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Old 6th December 2001 | 04:49
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Chimbu chuckles

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Went to KTM again yesterday!

500'/nm not 400 as my feeble memory had suggested. 85kt crosswinds, ruducing to 55kts later in the approach, reducing to 8kts tailwind for landing. Held at 15000' for too long by busy ATC requiring very high rod to recapture profile! Approach completed safely because we knew exactly what altitude we had to be every 1nm down the approach, and because my 3000hr mate in the RHS kept feeding me good info all the way down.

It would be impossible to fly the KTM VOR/DME as a dive and drive because of too many steps too close together. It can't be flown as a 3x profile either because the steps are too steep. 1/2 the DME + Elevation works, but my preference is 500'/nm back from the MAP/MDA to the 11800' MSA.

As Greybeard said, charachter building stuff!

Chuck.
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