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One more comment on the 27R approach
at Gillespie Field: In addition to PAPI, that runway has a 1300' displaced
threshhold, expressly to provide additional terrain clearance for approaches
over rising terrain to the east. Ignoring the PAPI is one thing,
but to get so low as to hit a perimeter fence beyond a displaced threshhold, in
clear weather no less, seems inconceivable to me.
Bottom line (how many times have we
heard this) is not to accept a bad approach. Clean it up while you're
out far enough to safely do so or go
around.
Skip Slater
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