Flight BAL 10

Wunstorf to Gatow

RAF Avro York

If you haven’t printed the map of the Traffic Patterns do so now

Takeoff Runway 25. At 500 AGL turn right to about 25 degrees

Cruise at 180 knots at 5,500’ .

Plan descent to arrive Frohnau at 3,000’

Note: All aircaft to Gatow will be at 3,000’ at Frohnau and spaced

as close as 3 minutes apart, so reduce speed to 145 knots to match

the slowest aircraft (C-47). Maintain 145 knots until on the localizer.

Arrive Frohnau at 3,000’ Maintain at least 2,000’ until passed Tegel

Altitude at Grunewald should be 1,500’

From	To	Frequency	Heading	Distance
Wunstorf	Walsrode WAL	405.0	25 deg	25 nm
Walsrode	Egestorf EGE	415.0	43 deg	27 nm
Egestorf	Dannenburg DZ	294.0	100 deg	38 nm
Dannenburg	Frohnau FO	340.0	109 deg	85 nm
Frohnau	Grunewald CD	297.0	180	8.6 nm
Localizer	Gatow RW26	110.5	260 deg	5.8 nm

Gatow to Wunstorf

RAF Avro York

Takeoff RW26. Continue on a heading of 259 deg to Volkenrode

Cruise at 180 knots at 5,500’

Altitude at Hannover should be 1,450’ to be on the glideslope.

From	To	Frequency	Heading	Distance
Gatow	Volkenrode VKN	355.0	259 deg	101 nm
Volkenrode	Wunstorf AB HW	358.0	301 deg	37 nm
Hanover	Wunstorf WUN	419.0 109.7	261 deg	4 nm

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