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Question 1

What is the formula for working out the required rate of descent on a standard 3 degree glide?

Answer 1

5 x groundspeed

or

Half groundspeed x 10

Question 2

What is the formula to work out what height you should be at on a standard 3 degree glide at a specific distance away?

Answer 2

Distance out (nm) x 3 = height in hundreds of feet