Originally Posted by
flynwmn
When was the last time you took your citation from 6000 down to a surface elevation of 900' inside of a 6 mile final. Mine was today since ELM approach left us high and dry so the Pinnacle Barbie Jet could land ahead of us.
Flaps 35 and Props Max and just floated home. oh and it was only leg four of a 4 leg day.
So, if you are inside of six miles, I can reasonably assume you flew a five mile final.
A quick look at the math, I'm not trying to offend anyone here.
You lost 5100 feet in five miles.
Assuming that you fly at 140 knots (I don't know what you approach at in the Dash 8), that means you were descending at 2380 feet per minute all the way to the runway.
I am not trying to sound contemptuous here; we should stick to stabilized approaches no matter what venue we fly in..right?