An aircraft is travelling at 100kts forward speed on a 3° glidescope. What is its rate of  descent?  
a. 500 ft/min  
b. 300 ft/min  
c. 250 ft/min  
d. 600 ft/min

1 Answer

Answer :

a. 500 ft/min

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