"Stan Prevost" wrote in message
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From the P/CG:

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FINAL APPROACH COURSE- A bearing/radial/track of an instrument approach
leading to a runway or an extended runway centerline all without regard to
distance.

COURSE-

a. The intended direction of flight in the horizontal plane measured in
degrees from north.

b. The ILS localizer signal pattern usually specified as the front course
or the back course.

c. The intended track along a straight, curved, or segmented MLS path.

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Final Approach Course is not the same as Final Approach Segment.


You've missed the point.

Let's look at a couple of approaches at Titletown to illustrate. First, the
ILS RWY 36:

http://map.aeroplanner.com/plates/Fa.../00873IL36.PDF

An aircraft is inbound from O'Hare, on initial contact it's instructed to
turn ten degrees left and join the runway 36 localizer. It intercepts about
thirty miles from the field and tracks inbound. No problem.

Now look at the RNAV RWY 36 approach:

http://map.aeroplanner.com/plates/Fa...s/00873R36.PDF

Same situation, an aircraft is inbound from O'Hare, on initial contact it's
instructed to turn ten degrees left and join the final approach course for
the RNAV RWY 36. It crosses the extended final about thirty miles south of
the field and continues on it's heading. There's nothing for it to
intercept, nothing similar to a localizer that it can join.