Originally Posted by
geosynchronous
So, if you are inside of six miles, I can reasonably assume you flew a five mile final.
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; but why would you be bragging about this?
I have seen 6,000 feet in 5 miles. Slow to 120 kts and get the gear down, flaps to 35 and props to max and hold about 110 all the way down to the runway.
I don't think he is bragging, just showing that the Dash 8 was built to handle that kind of stuff and to be able to get into short runways. Granted a jet could not do that it does fly faster than a Dash 8. Duh...so what? I am in this industry to build my time and make what little money I can and if I can make over $31 an hour second year to fly a turboprop while my buddy flying a jet is pulling in $28...so be it.