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Old April 10th 09, 08:52 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
AlexB
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Default KPAE ILS...Now Requires DME...Why?

On Apr 7, 5:43*pm, wegmand wrote:
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Also - An airplane's ILS installation would have to include the marker
beacon receiver but if the airplane only has a single VOR receiver (no
glideslope), the only way left to identify the FAF is with DME, right?


Now I was always thought that on an ILS the FAF was defined by
glideslope intercept which is the little lightning bolt on the NOS
plates. MAP was defined by being on GS and reaching the DA/DH.

I've been watching this plate and have been waving my flag since they
did this. I've got VOR and DME in my a/c but no ADF so I used to be
excluded from KPAE (or at leased forced onto the VOR approach) which
sucks because I'm based on KBFI. It looks like they've been adding DME
as a set of upgrades. Looking at the plates KTIW also decomissioned
their LOM and went to an ILS/DME setup the same as KPAE.

Alex.