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Old April 29th, 2008, 00:54   #20
meritflyer
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Default Re: Cross Country Advice

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Originally Posted by Citationkid View Post
I think the point of the visual climb is so you do not need to meet the climb gradient. You are supposed to cross LAS (8 miles away) at 4000' if you fly the normal procedure. If you are unable to do 4000' at LAS, then you do the visual climb. That is what I think is the case, but I'd like someone to confirm it for me.
VCOA are solely for obstacle avoidance. You shouldn't have any problems though and I've flown 172, 182, and PA-44's out of there.
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