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How to Fly an ILS Approach

Pilot Institute

Even driving a car can be dangerous in foggy weather. While it is particularly useful in low visibility or poor weather conditions, it is not limited to such situations. Air travel would be significantly reduced if aircraft were limited to landing only when the weather was perfect. Lets learn more about this system!

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Experience in the Chair: Guiding a Twin Beech Home

Air Facts

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. There is no telling what that would do to the stall speed.