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Old 21st Sep 2014, 16:41
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blind pew
 
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Molemot....
Ahhh the good old stabilised approach ...from ten miles out.
It was erroneously believed in 1972 that you had to have everything hanging out by 3000ft and at final approach speed to safely land a swept wing jet by BEA.
There was an infamous chief who slammed one in on a flight with some prestegious guests....himself...of greek ancestry ...slammed open the cockpit door and was preported to say "if you are looking for your Trident it's up my ar@e".
Later in my career I was taught to land a jet from an approach which was stabilised at 300ft and not deploy the oxygen masks ;-)
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