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When is it a good time to start decending?

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Mustangfreak First Officer
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Dyess AFB Abilene TX/Ft Worth Tx is home
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:15 am

Im ususally flying a 737 or qa 747, I cruise anywhere from 32,000 to 35,000. When should I start decending to my destination? An hour to it? 45 min to it? when I say what time, I mean on the GPS ETE.

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Tailhook Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7026 Location: El Dorado
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:22 am

It depends on many factors, your weight, weatherconditions and many more. The type of a/c you're flying of course. The manual for the a/c will give you a pretty good basic idea.

Wait a little and you'll be swamped with more precise info than you'll be able to digest 😀

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Mustangfreak First Officer
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 156 Location: Dyess AFB Abilene TX/Ft Worth Tx is home
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:24 am

I figured. So far Once I'm an hour away from my destination, I start decending.

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Tailhook Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 12, 2005 Posts: 7026 Location: El Dorado
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 3:36 am

There's much more to it than that I'm afraid - let's hope you're flying cargo--- such as potatos or styrofoam Fear 😀

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Jonathan (99jolegg) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4127 Location: UK
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:10 am

You might like to have a look at this post:

https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/3299/three-questions-about-landing/#16545

😉

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CRJCapt Chief Captain
Joined: Sep 12, 2005 Posts: 3729 Location: Ohio,USA
Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:42 pm

See my previous post. 🙂

https://forum.flyawaysimulation.com/forum/topic/10875/descending-rate/#65188

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