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Old 3rd Nov 2014, 08:30
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Mikehotel152
 
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McNugget's quite right, but in some parts of the world PAPIs on each side of the runway don't align, let alone with the G/S! Without local knowledge you will be surprised on short final.

Even in supposedly well-managed places there are discrepancies but this is presumably intentional due to the differing technical/legal requirements of obstacle clearance limits when designing precision vs non-precision or visual approaches?
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