Another IFR Haiku

Seems that GPS makes the time thing irrelevant.

Watch the little airplane on the screen.


"Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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Makes sense.
And time, but only as close as is reasonable, if my ground speed is the
issue, without GPS, it is just a guess based on winds that I don't know.

So I time to 10 seconds and remember that I need to see the runway 1/2 to
1
mile ahead in order to land. If I was on the ILS GS I'm aimed at the
middle
of the touchdown and would be at 200 feet near the approach lights. If
the
GS fails, you level out at the MDA and will be high. Unless the runway is
long [most ILS runways are] it will be hard to make a normal landing. If
the GS fails below MDA and above DH and you don't have the lights, a
missed
approach is the safe thing to do.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFII-ASMELI, A&P
BE400/BE1900-BE300


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"Hilton" wrote in message
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| Jim,
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| FWIW: I put time first. Why? For "Turn, Time...", I have to remember
to
| start the time during/after the turn. But when using "Time, Turn..." I
put
| my finger on the start button, and as soon as I hit the fix, I hit the
| Start - bingo one less thing to remember and more accurate timing too.
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| As an aside, it is consistent with all approaches; i.e. yes, I time an
ILS
| because I want to and because my timing is automatic when I cross the
fix -
| same procedure for all. I never meant to move this thread into a "Do
you
| time the ILS?", so let 's not.
|
| Hilton
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| "Jim Macklin" wrote in message
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| That too will work, but tuning is like talking, it can wait.
| But time is often the reason to turn, so it often needs to come first.
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| "Barry" wrote in message
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| | Time, turn, tune, throttle and talk.
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| | You know the general heading, so turn then tune.
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| | I learned and teach:
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| | Turn, Time, Twist, Throttle, Talk
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