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September 1st 06, 07:12 PM posted to rec.aviation.ifr
Sam Spade
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Cheating the ILS
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Hello,
The other day, I was flyng the ILS into Stockton CA. Just for yuks,
I set the GPS
( GNS430 ) to the approach - with the warning that it was for
situational awareness
and entertainment only
. Naturally, the indicator was set to
VOR/LOC.
Sliding down the approach, I had the bright idea to select the NAV
page with
all the numbers - rather than the map page. With the needle centered,
I turned
the airplane so that the ground track number matched the DTK ( desired
track ) number. And then just read the reference heading off the DG.
Using the ground track # off the GPS was much faster than the usual
experimentation. I was easily able to keep the localizer needle in the
donut all the way down.
- Jerry Kaidor (
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That isn't cheating, so long as you have the raw data displayed.
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