All missed approach gradients are based on engine out climb,
which is very weak because jets climb at high speed and thus
have a lower gradient. The simple fact is that with an MDA
that is above VFR, but below surrounding terrain, it is a
very big problem because those people with ski and snow
boards have a strange desire to die in the mountains.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

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| Jim Macklin wrote:
| An AV-8B should have no real problem, if the engine
works.
|
|
| There is no transport aircraft, biz jet or air carrier,
that can safely
| extract from Aspen below 800 feet or so.