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Old Jun 13, 2000, 2:25 pm
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AC*SE
 
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Those are killer tolerances. The 747 is a very heavy airplane which is none to quick in responding to throttle changes.

Without autothrottle on those steep turns you really need to coordinate your thottle back with your roll-out, or else you will screw up on the altitude and airspeed tolerances.
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