Distance Measuring Equipment Final Approach Weather 
Air Facts
MAY 7, 2025
The equipment was often not much modernized from the military days so the pilots likely hoped for good weather as they filed their flight plans. Not all VOR stations provided DME and not all aircraft had the necessary Equipment on board. Such it was in those days.
Pilot Institute
SEPTEMBER 24, 2024
The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. It consists of lights that start at the landing threshold and extend into the approach area. This is most likely thanks to the ILS. What is an ILS?
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