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Old 6th Apr 2016, 03:45
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Originally Posted by Capn Bloggs
We should keep this in perspective. We are talking about flight below the MDH. From that point, we should be flying with reference to the PAPI/runway perspective, not a profile.
Indeed Bloggs, I was interpreting the VDP as being the whole descent not just the visual bit below DA/MDA. It is all a bit academic if you're just working out a descent point to take you from 500ish feet to the TDZ!
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