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Old 9th Apr 2017, 07:22
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DaveReidUK
 
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Originally Posted by FlightDetent
How quickly do you need us to decelerate from 180 to 160 knots once instructed on the final approach?

The reason I ask is that our aircraft manufacturer's recommendation on decelerated approaches would only yield 160 kt by 4 NM, if starting to slow down at 7,5 NM.
That's a speed loss of about 0.3 kts per second.
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