Great video. On your next non-precision video explain the V (Visual Descent Point). It would appear that you live in the New England area. From 1987 until 1999 I flew for Business Express airlines and then American Eagle Airlines living in Westfield, MA.
*IS* there a situation where you'd be getting ILS info, but NOT a glide slope? I'm just trying to figure out this exercise. Is it for specific airports/runways, or is it just another way to practice?
Yes. The approach he's flying can be done either way, but other airports have localizer-only approaches that provide no glideslope information. (Although I believe the main real-world use is actually when your aircraft can't receive the glideslope information rather than when the airport isn't sending it.)
Yes. Sometimes glide slopes can be out of service but the localizer works just fine because they are two separate pieces of equipment on the ground. Some airports have localizer only approaches. There are also LDA approaches that use a localizer to get to the airport but the final approach course isn’t aligned with the runway and will be a circling approach.
It seems MS snuck in the ability to turn off the Synthetic Vision if you want that extra challenge. Kids and their computers, back in my day we flew the needles :P
What's up with the narrator? Did you play lawn darts without your helmet? It's nearly impossible to understand what you're saying at times. Slow down, annunciate, double your Prozac dose... Please listen to this video yourself, you'll see. No doubt you know your stuff but c'mon. I discontinued watching only a few minutes in.
What a toxic comment. I'm sorry your cognition is inadequate to process the pace of the information being provided. Seems like you are the one who played lawn darts without a helmet as most can understand him without an issue. You can also slow the speed of the video if you are struggling to comprehend and keep up.
Solid! Good info! Thanks!
Great video. Thanks
Great video. On your next non-precision video explain the V (Visual Descent Point). It would appear that you live in the New England area. From 1987 until 1999 I flew for Business Express airlines and then American Eagle Airlines living in Westfield, MA.
*IS* there a situation where you'd be getting ILS info, but NOT a glide slope?
I'm just trying to figure out this exercise. Is it for specific airports/runways, or is it just another way to practice?
Yes. The approach he's flying can be done either way, but other airports have localizer-only approaches that provide no glideslope information. (Although I believe the main real-world use is actually when your aircraft can't receive the glideslope information rather than when the airport isn't sending it.)
Yes. Sometimes glide slopes can be out of service but the localizer works just fine because they are two separate pieces of equipment on the ground. Some airports have localizer only approaches. There are also LDA approaches that use a localizer to get to the airport but the final approach course isn’t aligned with the runway and will be a circling approach.
KBAF stands for Barnes Air Field (not Air Force). The field is shared with the MA Air National Guard, which is why the large runway.
Where do you get the airport maps?
It seems MS snuck in the ability to turn off the Synthetic Vision if you want that extra challenge.
Kids and their computers, back in my day we flew the needles :P
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What's up with the narrator? Did you play lawn darts without your helmet? It's nearly impossible to understand what you're saying at times. Slow down, annunciate, double your Prozac dose... Please listen to this video yourself, you'll see. No doubt you know your stuff but c'mon. I discontinued watching only a few minutes in.
What a toxic comment. I'm sorry your cognition is inadequate to process the pace of the information being provided. Seems like you are the one who played lawn darts without a helmet as most can understand him without an issue. You can also slow the speed of the video if you are struggling to comprehend and keep up.