Remove Descent Remove Gross Weight Remove Quick Access Recorder
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Pilot, Know Thyself: Discovering What It Means to Be Painfully Average

Flying Magazine

Participating airlines equip their aircraft with quick access recorders to harvest and regularly uplink detailed flight data. I took off from Runway 34L at 169,800 pounds gross weight, rotated at 1.8 This one is for an unstable approach due to an excessive descent rate (1,232 ft/min).

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