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Old October 13th, 2006, 01:40   #18
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Default Re: Approach Question

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Originally Posted by Texasspilot View Post
Well....I shot the approach. The runway I ended up shooting the approach to had RVR and the reg's for that runway were 200/24. But I had to do it with a 14 knot tailwind.

Just wondering what would have been "legal" if i wanted to shoot an approach to a runway with a headwind but no rvr and visibility of 1/2 req'd.

Nice kick in the but after not having to shoot more than prolly 4 approaches in the last 2 months.
Does your airplane have a tailwind limitation? Many large airplanes have a 10 kt limitation, mainly due to the fact that landing distance only has to be calculated with up to a 10 kt tailwind for certification.
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