Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average
Flying Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
degrees per second, and lifted off at a pitch attitude of 6.5 degree glideslope, high density altitude, and an approach speed of 150 knots, all of which put our nominal descent rate very close to the book maximum of 1,000 ft/min. For example, last week I flew a Boeing 737-900ER from Salt Lake City to Tampa, Florida.
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