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ArtP wrote: That lightning bolt to SHEDD says the controller can identify it. How do you know that's what it means? I don't doubt you, just can't find the info/definition on the lightning bolt symbol. -- Dale L. Falk There is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing around with airplanes. http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/flying.html |
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On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 17:48:47 -0900, Dale wrote:
In article , ArtP wrote: That lightning bolt to SHEDD says the controller can identify it. How do you know that's what it means? I don't doubt you, just can't find the info/definition on the lightning bolt symbol. I suspect that piece of trivia is buried somewhere in a King course. But if you look at an approach plate labeled RADAR REQUIRED (BWI ILS 28), you will only see that symbol associated with the word "RADAR". The only time I have seen that symbol not accompanied by the word "RADAR" is on approaches which are legal with only an NDB or single VOR. On these the symbol is always associated with an intersection that would require DME or a second VOR to identify. |
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"ArtP" wrote in message
... On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 17:48:47 -0900, Dale wrote: In article , ArtP wrote: That lightning bolt to SHEDD says the controller can identify it. So it is perfectly legal to fly the approach with just an NDB as long as you are in radio contact with ATC. How do you know that's what it means? I don't doubt you, just can't find the info/definition on the lightning bolt symbol. I suspect that piece of trivia is buried somewhere in a King course. But if you look at an approach plate labeled RADAR REQUIRED (BWI ILS 28), you will only see that symbol associated with the word "RADAR". Not at all. Look at BED ILS 29--radar required, and JAYSE and MORIS have the jagged symbol, but no "RADAR" label. With all due respect, it's pretty dangerous to assign operational significance to an approach-chart symbol by guesswork or by suspected King trivia, if the symbol doesn't appear in the legend for the chart. There's really nothing to indicate that the jagged symbol is anything other than an arrow pointing from the name to the fix. --Gary |
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"ArtP" wrote in message
... On Tue, 09 Mar 2004 17:48:47 -0900, Dale wrote: In article , ArtP wrote: That lightning bolt to SHEDD says the controller can identify it. So it is perfectly legal to fly the approach with just an NDB as long as you are in radio contact with ATC. How do you know that's what it means? I don't doubt you, just can't find the info/definition on the lightning bolt symbol. I suspect that piece of trivia is buried somewhere in a King course. But if you look at an approach plate labeled RADAR REQUIRED (BWI ILS 28), you will only see that symbol associated with the word "RADAR". Not at all. BED ILS 29, for example, is a radar-required approach with the jagged symbol at JAYSE and MORIS, but there's no "RADAR" label at those fixes. With all due respect, it's dangerous to attribute operational significance to an approach-chart symbol by guesswork or by suspected King trivia, if the symbol does not appear in the legend for the chart. There's no indication that a jagged line in the plan view does anything other than connect the name to the fix. --Gary |
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![]() ArtP wrote: I suspect that piece of trivia is buried somewhere in a King course. But if you look at an approach plate labeled RADAR REQUIRED (BWI ILS 28), you will only see that symbol associated with the word "RADAR". The only time I have seen that symbol not accompanied by the word "RADAR" is on approaches which are legal with only an NDB or single VOR. On these the symbol is always associated with an intersection that would require DME or a second VOR to identify. I suspect it is some chart makers way of tagging the name to the fix. |
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