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Old 26th December 2014 | 22:51
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Chilli Monster
 
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Forget the altitude - just use your calculator to work out how long it will take you to cover 12.5 nm at 70kts ((60 / Speed) x distance = 10 mins 43 secs)

A rate of descent would of course be useful. Altitude loss required / time available for descent. 7000 / 10.71 = 653 fpm
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