737 Operations Manual
Performance Inflight -
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737-400/CFM56-3_23.5K
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D6-27370-400E-TBCE PI.26.11
maximum altitude, and compute overly shallow descent path. To obtain
accurate ETA predictions, gear down cruise speed and altitude should be
entered on the CLB and CRZ pages. Gear down cruise speed should also
be entered on the DES page. Use of VNAV during descent under these
circumstances is not recommended.
Tables for gear down performance in this section are identical in format
and used in the same manner as tables for the gear up configuration
previously described.
June 07, 2002