Melbourne FL airport -- approach

Looking for submarines magnetic signature would be my guess.



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"Dan Foster" wrote in message
...
| In article
, Bob
Moore wrote:
| Bush wrote
|
| Capt. Bob Moore can attest to this, however most large
airports
| on the East coast have approaches over water. Most of
these
| airports were WWII fields or products of since they
were
| originally setup for training, and was cheap real
estate at the
| time. I always take 91.3, if I take fery good care of
myself,
| everyone in the back will be fine.
|
| Seems as if almost all of PanAm's worldwide destinations
were
| served by seaside airports. But then, I had spent most
of my 10
| years of Navy flying (P-2 P-3) at 100'-200' over water
both night
| and IMC. Hand flying a P-2 Neptune for 12 hours at 100'
at night
| could very well test one's mettle.
|
| Can only imagine! That sounds pretty challenging, to
maintain that level
| of proficiency for so long and not get trapped by various
risk factors.
|
| Just out of sheer curiosity, what made 100' AGL suitable,
but not higher
| altitudes? Climb performance, density altitude, weight
limits?
|
| -Dan