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Forum: Tech Log

31st Aug 2013, 11:15

Replies: 138

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Posted By AerocatS2A

Well for starters the American charts don't...

Well for starters the American charts don't appear to have a distance/altitude profile of the type displayed on the Adelaide chart, so unless they made up their own profile they did not have anything...

Forum: Tech Log

31st Aug 2013, 08:44

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

The presence or otherwise of a depiction of a 15%...

The presence or otherwise of a depiction of a 15% descent slope to each step makes no difference to my point. If you remember, you said I cannot claim to only use a constant descent method without...

Forum: Tech Log

30th Aug 2013, 08:32

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

Sure, but get it wrong from the MDA and you have...

Sure, but get it wrong from the MDA and you have to go around, get it wrong from 30,000+ feet and you've got 29,000+ feet to fix it ;). Not to mention that it goes against the philosophy of a...

Forum: Tech Log

29th Aug 2013, 07:32

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

Ah, the bunch that still fly the quadrapuff have...

Ah, the bunch that still fly the quadrapuff have something against using the charted profile, I'd assumed you guys in the faster twin-jet had inherited the same reluctance to change.

Forum: Tech Log

29th Aug 2013, 01:29

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

No, it doesn't have to. Look, here is how I...

No, it doesn't have to.

Look, here is how I fly an NPA. This is in a very steam driven four engined jet with no VNAV and no vertical guidance from the FMC, I can't even select a specific VS, it is...

Forum: Tech Log

25th Aug 2013, 12:23

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

flarepilot, I accept that in some odd cases an...

flarepilot, I accept that in some odd cases an ILS may have higher mins than an NPA to the same runway (Bloggs, thanks for noting the slightly higher min for the CDA and how that could affect the...

Forum: Tech Log

23rd Aug 2013, 05:25

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

Understand what you're saying, though the point...

Understand what you're saying, though the point of a constant descent approach is to hit the MDA on profile (ie 2w/2r on PAPI), so if you can't get in off the CDA because there is cloud on profile at...

Forum: Tech Log

22nd Aug 2013, 09:30

Replies: 138

MDA

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Posted By AerocatS2A

Are there ever times when you DON'T want to get...

Are there ever times when you DON'T want to get in? What's the point of flying an approach differently depending on whether you really want to get in or not? Shouldn't you fly the approaches the same...

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