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Regarding deviations by EASA/FAA: member states are not required to list differences from PANS-OPS 8168 as they do to SARPs (I checked USA AIP, 8168 is not mentioned): the angle varies so that a suitable width is achieved at the threshold.

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I'd say the author confused it with the NDB's ±5° quoted above, also note that a full scale localizer deflection is not a fixed angle it depends on the runway length and ILS category, i.e. 2020 FsErs present to you our 1st series with the Cennsa 172 & basic VFR flight rules and procedures in Microsoft flight simulator 2020. ➤ As a summary to all the above: be established (half full scale deflection) 2 NM prior to G/S interception.

b) within ±5° of the required bearing for the NDB. Ukraine says it has for the first time used a US-made Patriot air defense system to intercept a Russian hypersonic missile.

a) within half full scale deflection for the ILS and VOR or You may fly the localizer outside 18NMs, if the instrument procedure depicts a greater distance or radar service is provided.

The lesson in all this confusion is that communication is the key to managing expectations.

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With this instruction and the forthcoming approach clearance, you can fly straight in ( go to the PDF ). An aircraft is considered established when it is: It will come as something like, Fly heading of 360, vectors to intercept the localizer. Meaning the turn to final should permit LOC capture before G/S capture.Īnd from Volume I − Flight Procedures Sixth Edition, 2018 (p. when vectoring to intercept the final approach course or track, the final vector will meet the following conditions enable the aircraft to be established on the final approach course or track, in level flight for at least 3.7 km (2.0 NM) prior to intercepting the glide path or vertical path for the selected instrument approach procedure (pp. the pilot should not be required to complete a turn on to final approach at distances less than will in the case of instrument approaches, permit the aircraft to be established on final approach prior to interception of the glide path, as detailed in PANS-OPS, Volume I, Section 4, Chapter 5, 5.2.4, 'FAF crossing'. I realize that I could have just turned left at SAGER and flown a 014 heading, but that would only work if there was no wind.From Volume III − Aircraft Operating Procedures First Edition, 2018: From then on I was fine, but I felt really stupid for forgetting that a localizer wasn't a VOR. After wandering left and right like a drunken sailor for about 45 seconds, I just settled on flying a 014 HEADING, made the left teardrop turn and intercepted the localizer. I'd dialed in 014 as my course, but THAT didn't seem to be working.

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I'm patting myself on the back for being such a clever lad, then as I make the left turn to 014 outbound from SAGER I realize I have no freaking idea how to fly a localizer course in reverse. To intercept the ILS Localizer, we follow these steps: Verify that the correct ILS frequency is tuned in the MCDU-RNAV page. After a minutes passes, I'll make the teardrop left turn to re-intercept the localizer and all will be good - at that point it's a normal ILS approach and the GPS failure wasn't a big deal. When you are about to enter the final approach path you will close in on the localizer beam of the runway (the green wedges in the FSX map that some airports have): You will see that a diamond will come alive at the bottom of the attitude indicator but instead of being magenta it is white and not filled. I'll turn left to 014 degrees at SAGER, punch NAV1 onto the localizer, and track it outbound on VOR1 for 1 minute while descending to 3500'. I know that when I cross the localizer I'll be at SAGER (and to double check, I ought to be 17.3 DME from KSNA). I switch to tracking the SLI 049 radial outbound from the VOR and set up the KSNA localizer on VOR2 (and also set ISNA as the standby frequency on NAV1). On my third try, getting a little bored, I decide that my GPS has suffered a failure while inbound from SLI to SAGER and I'll need to use different navaids to help me complete the approach. I'd flown it a couple of times already with no problems, allowing the autopilot to fly the approach (including the course-reversal) coupled to the GPS.

So I'm practicing for I6, the full ILS RWY 19R approach from LAX to SNA.

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