Cheating the ILS

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 ( )