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Old 26th Sep 2015, 21:15
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Una Due Tfc
 
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Smaller Citations (C25A/B/C, C525, C550 etc) known as "Nearjets", because they are considered nearly a jet. Plenty of controllers have been caught out expecting them to climb like a Gulfstream. Heard an interesting story about a C525 being outclimbed by a Dornier 328 off an intersecting runway almost leading to a loss of separation from a colleague a few years ago, he turned the Nearjet back almost 180 degrees to cross the departure path of the Dornier below, expected it to climb way faster than it did....

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