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Old 15th Sep 2013, 08:09
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Bergerie1
 
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At the risk of opening up another debate, may I bring up the subject of simple DME/Altitude tables. This may have been mentioned before in this thread, in which case many apologies, equally, I realise the use of a DME/Altitude table may not be strictly relevant to the UPS accident.

However, I am amazed that some airlines still use the old 'Dive and Drive' technique on NPA approaches. The rather lengthy presentation below is well worth studying and, while it may not have prevented the UPS accident, the constant angle NPA approach technique deserves to become the standard:-

http://www.dibley.eu.com/documents/W...HM-14sep13.pdf

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