Speed control on a Visual Approach at night
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That's a good and sensible method but - as you allude to briefly - it only will give you the terrain clearance if you can actually manoeuvre the aircraft to above the approach minima to start that approach's missed approach.
And at 1% climb gradient at ISA might not be possible....
And at 1% climb gradient at ISA might not be possible....
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I know stallie - but the point is: You need some sort of plan (whatever that is, and as long as it isn't just "She'll be right") to get the aircraft up to LSALT - and a lot of guys don't teach anything about it, and don't even think about it ...
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I know you know 
- but just pointing it out to others who might read it and treat it as the cure for all evils... 
But it's still a damn good idea, and pretty easy to understand.
- but just pointing it out to others who might read it and treat it as the cure for all evils... But it's still a damn good idea, and pretty easy to understand.
Last edited by compressor stall; 14th June 2012 at 12:18.
