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Jan 18, 2023 | 4:40 am

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momoflyingguy

Join Date: Jun 2019

Posts: 300

Thanks all, very interesting.

Quote:

Originally Posted by guv1976

You might enjoy this article about the (relatively) steep approach required for landing at LCY:

https://simpleflying.com/london-city...rt-challenges/

("Why Do Aircraft Complete Steep Approaches At London City?")

Quote:

Originally Posted by ijgordon

Exactly, you can't come down steep/fast lest you smash the plane into the runway and it breaks apart. Gotta bring it down gently. On takeoff, there's no worry about smashing into the sky.

I remember reading once about LCY, and the babybus using it. Great article

But i would assume that even in LCY where the final approach is 5.5 degrees, maybe at the last few seconds before touchdown they chould change the degree to avoid "breaking apart"?

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