Thread: Halifax Crash
View Single Post
rick-l rick-l is offline
Registered
 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: St Louis
Posts: 4,211
Quote:
Originally Posted by GH85Carrera View Post
How can a pilot miss the glide slope that much? Was he sleeping?
I read it was a localizer/DME approach. DME = Distance Measuring Equipment not Digital Motor Electronics. The localizer aligns you with the runway (worked just fine) and then a certain distance out you start descending and at or before your minimum decision altitude if you see the runway you land else you go around and try again.
__________________
Rick
88 Cab
Old 03-31-2015, 09:24 AM
  Pelican Parts Catalog | Tech Articles | Promos & Specials    Reply With Quote #9 (permalink)