Berlin Airlift, IFR

In article , rstro wrote:
so--in other words loaded transport aircraft returned across the Atlantic to
their home baese???? they couldn't have possibly carried enough fuel for
that???
George Z. Bush wrote:
All aircraft involved used GCA approaches for landings. There were no
missed approach procedures.....if you missed your approach, you were
automatically cleared for return to your home base. In that way, they

WTF? What on Earth makes you think that the aircraft were operating across
the Atlantic? Many of the types used wouldn't have had the legs to do
that even unladen. If you look at any map from the 1950s-start 1990s
you'll see that Berlin actually lies not-awfully-far from the old border
(couple of hundred km-ish, from memory). The bases for the airlift were in
the American, British and French occupied zones - what later became the
Federal Republic.

--
Andy Breen ~ Speaking for myself, not the University of Wales
"your suggestion rates at four monkeys for six weeks"
(Peter D. Rieden)

On Sunday, February 11, 2007 5:57:55 PM UTC-5, paul kgyy wrote:
Anybody know what type of instrument approaches were used to fly the
airlift into Berlin in the 40s?

MPN-1 GCA ground units equipped with both Surveillance and precision radar. The total approaches in 8 months was 36,797 GCA or 6+ per hour around the clock.