Originally Posted by
Jet Jockey A4
That Challenger must have been smoking into KASE. The G/S must have been very high!
Back of the envelope, and totally guessing about the aircraft's vref:
Vref ~ 120kt
+ 5kt
+ Headwind = 0
+ Half gust component = 6
= approach IAS of 131kt
= approach TAS at 8000ft of 148kt
= approach GS (15kt tailwind) =
163kt
6.59deg glideslope... 1200fpm?
(edited-- wrong envelope)