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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