Originally Posted by T8191

Former Mil ATCO Speaking. The “normal” approach is a 3° glide path, except for the dear old Lightning which used 2.5°, which required us who were privileged to control them to have 2 glidepaths showing on our Talkdown radar display. The thin high-pressure tyres needed careful handling.



Departure could be a careful rotation (2.5 g, IIRC) before going vertical to 25,000 or so before resuming normal operations for a brief period before declaring “Fuel Priority” and cruising home for a 2.5° approach and and landing. 😎