Hello Ron, Have you read the section entitled calculating your descent on PAGE 59? There are 3 examples that answer all of your questions. I could not explain it any better than I did in that section. Regards, Robert On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Ron Kolesar <kolesar16417@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi Robert. > let's use the falcon. > It's toc is 51,000 ft or 510. > If you devide 510 by 3 you'll get 17,000 or 170. > Then you would devide the 17,000 by two correct? > Have for climb and half for descent which would be 8,500. > Then if you would subtract the 8,500 from 51,000 which would equal 42,500 > ft or a cruising alt of 425. > Which would mean if you devide 425 by three for the start of your descent. > Your descent would be at around141 miles out? > Is this not correct? > Please advise. > Thanks. > > Is this correct? > Thanks. > So you would subtract that or 340. > If you would subtract that from 51,000 51,000 or 510 which would equal > > Ron and current Leader Dog boz who states > "that a service dog beats a cane paws down any day of the week." > Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist > //www.freelists.org/list/**bvipilots<//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots> > To post a message to the list, send a message to > bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe, send a message to > bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and > put the word unsubscribe in the subject of your message. > For other options such as digest, send a message to > bvipilots-request@freelists.**org <bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> and > put the word help in the subject of your message. > -- AOPA Member No: 06936977