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Originally Posted by averyrm  Well for me, when you're coming in to high density airports in a chieftan you need to stay as fast as possible to mix with jet traffic, but also cool the engine down by pulling the power at 1" per min. So, if you drop down to 2,400 when you can, you get 600' more downhill to keep your speed up at a low powersetting.
When I was CFIing I'd just intercept at the 3,000. |
But - and I'm just playing devils advocate here. Would ATC rather have you moving at a consistent "high" speed or speeding up and slowing down as you dive and level off? *I* would expect that they'd rather have you wait at 3,000 slow and then hit he GS and establish a "high" speed as a consistent speed until you have to slow down close in.
But I have never been an air traffic controller - that's just a guess.
And - I have flown Caravan's in high density air space, so I'm VERY familiar the concept of aerial road block and being one.