Trust those intruments Trust those instruments

On Tue, 02 May 2006 19:48:15 -0400, Peter Clark wrote:

Thank you both Mark and Gary for bringing this to my attention. My low
approach was right at 200 feet AGL (ILS minimums) over the runway, but I
never even considered obstacle clearances at the end of the runway. I
always climb out at 500 feet per minute anyway, but you both pointed out
something I never even thought of.

500FPM doesn't necessarily guarantee 200FPNM if you have a high
groundspeed.

Very true Peter.....

In my "Slowdowner", climbout speed is 78 knots with a direct Xwind across
the runway in yesterday's flight, so in my case I'd suspect I was doing a
tad more then 200 feet per nautical mile.

Allen