Re: Missed approach (?) when glideslope fails


"Hilton" <xyz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>
> The problem is that you have no missed approach procedure to follow.
>

Show me an ILS without a missed approach procedure.


>
> Let's
> say, for example, that the missed is a 180 degree turn back to the LOM.
> If
> you start your turn early (i.e. fly the missed right now), you may hit a
> mountain.
>
> i.e. you must have a way to determine (at least approximately) where the
> MAP
> is; for examples are GS, DME, VOR, timing...
>

Easily done. A standard 3 degree GS descends 318' per nautical mile,
altitude above DH is directly proportional to distance from the MAP. To
make the arithmetic simpler 300' per mile is a close enough approximation.


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