VC10 Professional – Operations Manual
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With our cruise altitude selected, use the pitch control wheels to select a vertical speed of
+2,500ft per minute
,
as indicated by the tooltip.
Finally, select
LOC VOR
mode. The autopilot will now track towards Compton VOR, allowing us to enjoy the view
as we depart Heathrow airspace.
Switch
OFF
and retract the landing lights as you pass through 10,000 feet and select
290
knots on the
autothrottle speed selector.
Reduce your vertical speed to obtain your climb speed and then increase it as necessary throughout the
remainder of the climb to ensure adequate airspeed and climb rate.
As we pass through FL250 we can switch from IAS to MACH. As the aircraft accelerates through M0.74, select
MACH
hold mode.
Cruise
We should reach our cruising altitude of 31,000ft close to the Honiley VOR. As altitude hold mode is engaged,
the autopilot will level out the aircraft and the autothrottle will throttle back to maintain our selected Mach
number.
Turn
OFF
the seatbelt signs using the switch on the overhead panel and then take some time to explore the
cockpit further and review the functionality covered in the
PANEL GUIDE
section of this manual. This is the ideal
opportunity to work through the hundreds of controls and indications at the Flight Engineer’s station.
Continue to monitor your progress towards each VOR in the flight plan. As you approach the next VOR, switch
the autopilot to
MAN
mode, tune the next VOR into the NAV 1 radio and rotate the course knob to select the
appropriate course. Then switch back to
LOC VOR
mode. The lateral needle on the CDI should remain centred,
showing that we are on course, and the DME read-out should start counting down.
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