Turn to Final - Keeping Ball Centered

"Roger" wrote in message
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Yup and half standard when you get any where near the airport. (Time
for a PARg)

I had wonderedl whether those were even still available.

Peter

On Thu, 13 Mar 2008 21:55:55 -0400, "Peter Dohm"
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"Roger" wrote in message
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Yup and half standard when you get any where near the airport. (Time
for a PARg)

I had wonderedl whether those were even still available.

I rarely see them listed, but the nearby commercial airport was still
issuing them on request. At one time when I was flying in there quite
often I'd regularly get requests to fly a PAR for a trainee
controller. Flying one when you can see is more difficult than flying
one when you can't. You almost invariably try to fly it as your eyes
tell you instead of what the controller says. Of course watching them
on the instruments really means you have to fight your instincts. A
beginner can have you S-turning across the localizer all the way down
the GS. They've always been pretty close on the GS.

Peter

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com