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This table is of little use as it is extremely confusing. It seems to combine regulations from 3 authorities (ICAO, FAA, JAA) without distinguishing between them. Imperial and metric measurements are mixed although they are not equivalent (row 1: 550 m = 1804 ft, not 2400) and other values lack clarification (row 1: when is the Canadian visibility minimum 1600 ft and when 1200 ft?). I would have split the table into 3 - one for each authority - but could not decipher it, not even with the aid of the references given (some of which seem to be irrelevant to this particular subject). Max Szabó — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.84.0.177 ( talk) 17:28, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
As far as I can tell the table only lists FAA specs. It may be worth to note than in Europe CATIIIb is 75m-200m RVR, and DH <100ft. CATIIIa is the same as FAA in Europe. EU-OPS-1 page 81, Aerodrome operating minima, (g) Precision approach — Category III operations [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.72.73.146 ( talk) 07:47, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
ILS was instrumental in the crash of an Avianca 747 in Madrid in 1983. Can someone explain why? Antonio ILS dummy Martin
ILS is said to be particularly susceptible to interference from faulty FM broadcast transmitters as the latter tends to utilise relatively high power levels on nearby frequency ranges. Does this merit some mention in the article ? How widespread a problem is it ? 90.198.231.12 ( talk) 22:25, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Some major airports swithces the landing directions in the same runway frequently - that is from opposite directions. How is this achieved? There might be two sets of ILS and other related instruments fixed thre? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.42.2.26 ( talk • contribs) SPJ June 20, 2006.
Navtek - In the US Localizers are almost always interlocked. The primary reason is there is usually a severe interfearence when the aircraft passes over the opposing Localizer antenna even if it is on a different frequency. This is usually checked by FAA Flight Check during commissioning and if there is no interfearence the interlock is not required, however usually still used. The advantage is maintenance may turn on the unused opposing system for testing without removing the used system from service. The same problem can exist with Localizers on other runways on the airport depending on the geometry. In this case additional interlocks may be required. Glideslopes must be interlocked only if they are on the same frequency. Ref FAA 6750.49 chg 5. The same DME can be used for both systems however the identification is usually switched to be the same as the Localizer with the correct sequence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.64.78.165 ( talk) 17:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
This article is getting way too technical for the average wikipedia reader to understand. I've made some adjustments, but the tech portion might need to go to the end and a 'lighter and fluffier' section should probably lead off the article. None of the article is sourced, and the tech stuff is likely to only be found in a Wilcox or Thales tech manual. I'm not sure how any of it's going to be available to a non-pilot / ILS tech. -- Dual Freq 23:44, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure any of the technical section could be easily distilled into a readable article for a layman. There is about a one foot stack of books that you get at an ILS school for theory, so I'm not sure this article is the place for that stuff. It should probably stick to the basics, ILS helps planes land using localizer, glideslope, markers and DME systems. Maybe a brief description of both would be good. -- Dual Freq 23:59, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
This page, seems to have a pretty good description and overview. I'm not suggesting to copy it, but rather trying to back up my above points with at least one web reference. -- Dual Freq 00:37, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I added some comments in the first paragraph of the principle of operation section attempting to explain some of the problems with that section. It seems to be a bit redundant with the components section, I'm not sure what to do with it. I'm sure the frequency part is right, but the antenna theory part is a bit inaccurate. I don't want to offend anyone here so I just added some comments to try to make my point. -- Dual Freq 00:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
OK, I moved the backcourse stuff to the a different section, I think they are fairly common in the US especially at rural airports that only have one ILS. A quick search of airnav.com via google yields 185 results to the string "bc rwy". I figure there has to be at least that many. The LOC 1000 ft thing is a rule of thumb, and I agree there is a wide variation of distances so I changed it to beyond the departure end. I'm still not certain where the LOC Ident part should go, maybe a new part of the components section called localizer. I think it is worth mentioning especially since the ident comes from the localizer only, no ident from glideslope. As for the CSB and SBO signals, I'm not talking about clearance transmitters / dual frequency equipment, I'm just talking about a standard-issue, single transmitter, null reference equipment. I don't know any ILS equipment that does not use CSB and SBO to create the radiated signal. However, I don't know too much about end-fire or sideband ref glideslopes, but I assume they have CSB and SBO as well. Most of the stuff I have seen is old Wilcox and new Thales equipment, but I think the main difference in manufacturers is how the signals are made and how the antennas are fed with respect to phasing, I think they all have to have CSB and SBO signals. -- Dual Freq 00:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Navtek - The diagrams and technical discription of the Localizer just isn't quite right. First of all the Log Periodic Antenna just does not have a narrow beam. The narrow defined centerline is the result of the out of phase SBO signals sent to each pair of antennas. I didn't see in the technical part that the SBO 90 and 150 hz audio signals are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. It can be seen then if the RF phasing of the SBO is adjusted to provide maximum addition of the 150 hz signals on the pilots right side this same phasing will cause maximum addition of the 90 hz on the left side. This is a linear addition (and cancellation of the opposing audio tone) on each side of centerline to at least 10 degrees. The phase of the sideband signal reverses at the null point on centerline. I've been working on and installing these systems for Wilcox/Thales for 38 years and would be pleased to answer any questions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.64.78.165 ( talk) 18:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Edited out a lot the info here as it was mostly jargon and way too hard to understand. Have tried to simplify things so that with a quick read you can get the main idea. 115.30.33.22 ( talk) 09:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Explain the use of the word promulgated under 'marker beacons' - even knowing the definition of the word, its use clarifies nothing - how is the height promulgated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.108.46 ( talk) 23:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I have reorganized the article a bit, and removed some of my previous edits that were questioned above. I hope this helps things. I'm not sure I could do the tech section properly, so I've left it out for now. -- Dual Freq 02:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
The pic of the "localizer system" is actually a pic of the approach lighting system, and needs to be changed. The ILS glidepath equipment is usually located next to the "captain's bars" while the DME may be co-located or at some other location on the airfield.
Also, in 17 years of flying, I've never heard of a Transponder Landing System. I've flown many fully-instrumented aircraft, including 737s, B-52s, T-38s, T-37s, C-130s, C-172s, and C-150s. While it appears plausible in theory, similar to a PAR, I've never heard it briefed or read it in the FAR/AIM.
Please elucidate! Dr1819 20:35, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but given GPS/WAAS/LAAS/JPALS, MLS is dead. Way to expensive, both for the airport as well as the carrier. Abandonded by the military. Too many far cheaper alternatives available.
Hi, MLS is dead...hum maybe, but I know it has been under test in 2005 on the CDG aircraft Carrier. For civil aviation it still doesn't meet the precision for Cat III landing. bloublou 03:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
the GP (glidepath antenna system) is usually situated adjacent to the runway, and there is usually some setback from the landing threshold, The beam pattern is adjusted to appear that it is leaving the ground at the threshold (it is actually reflected from a ground-plane-earth mat (beam forming area)) at an angle of 3degrees. The associated LLZ antenna system is located at the far end of the runway furthest away from the approaching (landing) aircraft so that the two major lobes of SBO (sideband only) signals are aligned with the physical centreline of the runway. Does this help? -- Read-write-services 23:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi User:Dual_Freq, your latest correction is right. GP/GSs are nominally 3degrees above the horizontal-not horizon! -- Read-write-services 00:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I corrected the installation of markers to most because yes in the US it is most, in Australia it is most and in most poorer nations eg: south eastern Asia etc. Markers are the most used progress-on-glideslope indicators. This fact does not make the article US-centric (believe me I wouldn't do that, I have had MANY discussions about British/Australian English versus US English), It just makes it (as far as geography and numbers are concerned), correct. Most installations around the world have markers. In other parts of Europe (i.e. apart from the UK), markers are more common-but yes they are being replaced SLOWLY (a case of if it isn't broken..) Further to this I would appreciate some further discussion before I revert it to "most" or we keep it at "some" could you please enlighten me as per some statistics? maybe i'll do it too.-- Read-write-services 23:27, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Added a minor reference to HUD and also clarified "autoland" to be coupled to a Flight Control Computer but a manually flow approach using a HUD can also be used. As an aside some companies make both Head Down and Head Up Displays and also autoland systems. In a sense this puts the HUD group (less stuff to maintain so lower cost, less safety concerns from computer failures, so lower cost) in direct competetion to the Autoland group (more precise, better passenger comfort, etc.) - Brian ( ZazenCID 22:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC))
FAA Notice 8200.97 (Airman and Aircraft Approval for Reduced Visibility Flight Operations, dated 9/20/06) and its contents are incorporated into section 7 of Order 8400.10, Chapter 2, All-Weather Terminal Area Operations via N 8000.340 (which contains the new material for 8400.10) effective 12/12/06. And contrary to what is on the first page of this Notice, all Notices are effective until specifically canceled by another notice. <sigh> - Brian ( ZazenCID 16:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC))
so which one of you experts knows the components of SCS-51 (set complete system)? Brian in denver ( talk) 18:16, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Folks, I found a small article on the US experiments on the radio landing aids during heavy weather and fog in a 1931 issue of Popular Mechanics. I put it in as a reference. But something I think is wrong with the dates. One sentence says the FAA authorized six installation in 1941 and then the next sentence says the first commercial aircraft to use radio landing aid was in 1938???? Jack
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I've removed the section below from the article. It's probably too technical for the place it had in the article, and it looks mostly like a set of specifications copied from somewhere. I don't know if the article really needs this information but perhaps someone can rewrite it and integrate it in the article. Rpvdk ( talk) 15:15, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Course Line - CL where DDM is zero in the vertical plane. Glidepath angle - angle between where DDM is zero and the horizontal plane.
GP Displacement Sensitivity (DS); DDM of 0.0875 (=8.75%DDM=75μA) at an angular displacement below the glide path of 0.12(Ө0).
At the time of writing this comment, there is a scan of a Jeppesen approach plate for KLAX ILS 24L on the article. At the bottom is clearly seen a copyright assertion by Jeppesen, but someone else is claiming copyright on it and releasing it under Creative Commons. Does that person legally represent Jeppesen, or should this be removed? MSK ( talk) 05:52, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Several other articles have been tagged for merging here, although the editor has not as yet tagged this article as their destination, so other editors may not be aware.#
I have removed the merger templates from the aforementioned articles. The consensus result of the discussions above was: no merger. Finnusertop ( talk | guestbook | contribs) 10:57, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
I am sorry but this table is misleading if I am interpreting it correctly. It infers that the ILS is tuned by the pilot via the X or Y channel number. The ILS is tuned via the VHF LOC frequency with (as it says elsewhere) the g/s receiver being tuned automatically depending on the VHF LOC frequency. You will not see an ILS primarily highlighted by a X/Y channel on a plate - only the X/Y channel being referred to for the associated DME (if any) and is primarily a military thing. The X or Y channels refer to the associated DME (if any) and, on civilian aircraft, the X or Y channel is not usually referred to directly as the aircraft DME interrogator relies on the LOC frequency being passed to it by the ILS (Loc or integrated LOC/GP) receiver, the VHF R-AID tuning panel itself or directed navigation device by a variety of methods (either usually digital ARINC standards or using monitored tuning discretes.). The DME unit will then use a look-up table, algorithm or some other method to determine the actual RF frequencies to use to lock to the DME ground unit. I would suggest that this table needs re-organizing so that the VHF LOC frequency is in the left-most column, the G/P UHF frequency is in the next column (but it is of little value as the tuning of the G/P is transparent to the pilot so this column could be got rid of altogether) and the associated DME X/Y channel being the right-most channel. Longfinal ( talk) 11:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Done.
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Another point which may have been made but I cannot see it: If there is an associated DME with an ILS, the idents of the LOC and the DME are interlaced so that there are 4 (I think) LOC idents on the VHF LOC frequency followed by one DME ident on the DME ground to air frequency (on a higher audio frequency than the LOC ident too). In that way, if the pilot is listening to the audio from both the LOC and the DME on the aircraft cockpit integrated audio system, he/she can determine if either facility is a) available and b) associated with the other one. It is also becoming more common to prefix ILS callsigns with "I" followed by a pause to avoid confusion with other similar R-AID callsigns. See ICAO Annex 10 for most of the above. I hope that helps. Longfinal ( talk) 11:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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An editor has reverted the lead multiple times to what (may be hair-splitting by me), seems incorrect. However, as I teach the subject, I feel that it needs clarification beyond my "verbose", description. There is an incorrect assertion that the ILS lands the aircraft when the pilot has no visual contact with the runway-this is incorrect, firstly, the Pilot flys the aircaft and lands it!, secondly, depending upon the catergory, the pilot MUST have visual contact with the runway to be able to land the aircraft. I'm a bit rusty on the avionics side of the system (aircraft electronics), however, I am quite clear on the ground systems operation. A cat IIIc system is able to assist the pilot using an autoland procedure which is a hands-off landing. however, there are few of these installations around the world, by far the most common is a cat I system which the pilot must have visual contact with the runway at a distance of 850 Metres (runway visual Range), and an altitude of 60 Metres (Decision Height) BEFORE landing the aircraft. I am appealing to whoever wishes to edit/correct this to do so, as the current information is misleading at best. I wont do this for the moment as it may appear to be a conflict of interest as i'm bringing it up, but unless someone more qualified than me rectifies/clarifies the information, I'll revert/fix the description sometime soon. Cheers, Read-write-services ( talk) 23:43, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification on the edit, however, my main beef was with the text that said "if the pilot cannot establish visual contact with the runway", this part is incorrect. The pilot MUST (depending on Category), establish visual contact BEFORE the plane can be landed. minor difference, yes, but I believe an important one-with respect to the actual ILS landing itself. The ILS does not land the plane, the pilot with visual contact and with the correct decision height-decision made to land it, does so. Cheers! Read-write-services ( talk) 02:19, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
To be honest, I'm happy that you know how the actual procedure from a pilots point of view is performed-this is not my area. I appreciate that you edited the article from a person in the know perspective. It is the pilot/procedure/aircraft interaction I'm not sure about. So thanks for that. There is a myth that an ILS lands the aircraft, I was trying to dispel that with my edit. I teach maintenance and installation Technicians and Engineers about the Repair, Maintenance and Installation of the ground-based equipment. Sometimes (before the course), some students think that the ILS "controls" the aircraft to land-this is not true for the vast majority of landings (Cat I landing systems are by far the most common systems, they are also the most pilot-interactive (pilot has to see the runway at the RVR and DH), types of landing. Read-write-services ( talk) 23:46, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
among the listed manufacturers only Thales and Indra are actual active ILS manufacturers. We may add to the list Intelscan, Selex (Leonardo Group) recently acquired by Indra, or Mopiens (South Korea). 2001:B07:5D37:ED3C:FF57:7EE7:C581:7ABF ( talk) 19:29, 10 October 2023 (UTC)
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This table is of little use as it is extremely confusing. It seems to combine regulations from 3 authorities (ICAO, FAA, JAA) without distinguishing between them. Imperial and metric measurements are mixed although they are not equivalent (row 1: 550 m = 1804 ft, not 2400) and other values lack clarification (row 1: when is the Canadian visibility minimum 1600 ft and when 1200 ft?). I would have split the table into 3 - one for each authority - but could not decipher it, not even with the aid of the references given (some of which seem to be irrelevant to this particular subject). Max Szabó — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.84.0.177 ( talk) 17:28, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
As far as I can tell the table only lists FAA specs. It may be worth to note than in Europe CATIIIb is 75m-200m RVR, and DH <100ft. CATIIIa is the same as FAA in Europe. EU-OPS-1 page 81, Aerodrome operating minima, (g) Precision approach — Category III operations [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.72.73.146 ( talk) 07:47, 4 April 2017 (UTC)
ILS was instrumental in the crash of an Avianca 747 in Madrid in 1983. Can someone explain why? Antonio ILS dummy Martin
ILS is said to be particularly susceptible to interference from faulty FM broadcast transmitters as the latter tends to utilise relatively high power levels on nearby frequency ranges. Does this merit some mention in the article ? How widespread a problem is it ? 90.198.231.12 ( talk) 22:25, 26 January 2015 (UTC)
Some major airports swithces the landing directions in the same runway frequently - that is from opposite directions. How is this achieved? There might be two sets of ILS and other related instruments fixed thre? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 213.42.2.26 ( talk • contribs) SPJ June 20, 2006.
Navtek - In the US Localizers are almost always interlocked. The primary reason is there is usually a severe interfearence when the aircraft passes over the opposing Localizer antenna even if it is on a different frequency. This is usually checked by FAA Flight Check during commissioning and if there is no interfearence the interlock is not required, however usually still used. The advantage is maintenance may turn on the unused opposing system for testing without removing the used system from service. The same problem can exist with Localizers on other runways on the airport depending on the geometry. In this case additional interlocks may be required. Glideslopes must be interlocked only if they are on the same frequency. Ref FAA 6750.49 chg 5. The same DME can be used for both systems however the identification is usually switched to be the same as the Localizer with the correct sequence. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.64.78.165 ( talk) 17:45, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
This article is getting way too technical for the average wikipedia reader to understand. I've made some adjustments, but the tech portion might need to go to the end and a 'lighter and fluffier' section should probably lead off the article. None of the article is sourced, and the tech stuff is likely to only be found in a Wilcox or Thales tech manual. I'm not sure how any of it's going to be available to a non-pilot / ILS tech. -- Dual Freq 23:44, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
I'm not sure any of the technical section could be easily distilled into a readable article for a layman. There is about a one foot stack of books that you get at an ILS school for theory, so I'm not sure this article is the place for that stuff. It should probably stick to the basics, ILS helps planes land using localizer, glideslope, markers and DME systems. Maybe a brief description of both would be good. -- Dual Freq 23:59, 3 January 2006 (UTC)
This page, seems to have a pretty good description and overview. I'm not suggesting to copy it, but rather trying to back up my above points with at least one web reference. -- Dual Freq 00:37, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
I added some comments in the first paragraph of the principle of operation section attempting to explain some of the problems with that section. It seems to be a bit redundant with the components section, I'm not sure what to do with it. I'm sure the frequency part is right, but the antenna theory part is a bit inaccurate. I don't want to offend anyone here so I just added some comments to try to make my point. -- Dual Freq 00:33, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
OK, I moved the backcourse stuff to the a different section, I think they are fairly common in the US especially at rural airports that only have one ILS. A quick search of airnav.com via google yields 185 results to the string "bc rwy". I figure there has to be at least that many. The LOC 1000 ft thing is a rule of thumb, and I agree there is a wide variation of distances so I changed it to beyond the departure end. I'm still not certain where the LOC Ident part should go, maybe a new part of the components section called localizer. I think it is worth mentioning especially since the ident comes from the localizer only, no ident from glideslope. As for the CSB and SBO signals, I'm not talking about clearance transmitters / dual frequency equipment, I'm just talking about a standard-issue, single transmitter, null reference equipment. I don't know any ILS equipment that does not use CSB and SBO to create the radiated signal. However, I don't know too much about end-fire or sideband ref glideslopes, but I assume they have CSB and SBO as well. Most of the stuff I have seen is old Wilcox and new Thales equipment, but I think the main difference in manufacturers is how the signals are made and how the antennas are fed with respect to phasing, I think they all have to have CSB and SBO signals. -- Dual Freq 00:45, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
Navtek - The diagrams and technical discription of the Localizer just isn't quite right. First of all the Log Periodic Antenna just does not have a narrow beam. The narrow defined centerline is the result of the out of phase SBO signals sent to each pair of antennas. I didn't see in the technical part that the SBO 90 and 150 hz audio signals are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. It can be seen then if the RF phasing of the SBO is adjusted to provide maximum addition of the 150 hz signals on the pilots right side this same phasing will cause maximum addition of the 90 hz on the left side. This is a linear addition (and cancellation of the opposing audio tone) on each side of centerline to at least 10 degrees. The phase of the sideband signal reverses at the null point on centerline. I've been working on and installing these systems for Wilcox/Thales for 38 years and would be pleased to answer any questions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.64.78.165 ( talk) 18:14, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
Edited out a lot the info here as it was mostly jargon and way too hard to understand. Have tried to simplify things so that with a quick read you can get the main idea. 115.30.33.22 ( talk) 09:55, 5 April 2009 (UTC)
Explain the use of the word promulgated under 'marker beacons' - even knowing the definition of the word, its use clarifies nothing - how is the height promulgated? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.158.108.46 ( talk) 23:22, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
I have reorganized the article a bit, and removed some of my previous edits that were questioned above. I hope this helps things. I'm not sure I could do the tech section properly, so I've left it out for now. -- Dual Freq 02:05, 24 January 2006 (UTC)
The pic of the "localizer system" is actually a pic of the approach lighting system, and needs to be changed. The ILS glidepath equipment is usually located next to the "captain's bars" while the DME may be co-located or at some other location on the airfield.
Also, in 17 years of flying, I've never heard of a Transponder Landing System. I've flown many fully-instrumented aircraft, including 737s, B-52s, T-38s, T-37s, C-130s, C-172s, and C-150s. While it appears plausible in theory, similar to a PAR, I've never heard it briefed or read it in the FAR/AIM.
Please elucidate! Dr1819 20:35, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
Sorry, but given GPS/WAAS/LAAS/JPALS, MLS is dead. Way to expensive, both for the airport as well as the carrier. Abandonded by the military. Too many far cheaper alternatives available.
Hi, MLS is dead...hum maybe, but I know it has been under test in 2005 on the CDG aircraft Carrier. For civil aviation it still doesn't meet the precision for Cat III landing. bloublou 03:16, 8 October 2007 (UTC)
the GP (glidepath antenna system) is usually situated adjacent to the runway, and there is usually some setback from the landing threshold, The beam pattern is adjusted to appear that it is leaving the ground at the threshold (it is actually reflected from a ground-plane-earth mat (beam forming area)) at an angle of 3degrees. The associated LLZ antenna system is located at the far end of the runway furthest away from the approaching (landing) aircraft so that the two major lobes of SBO (sideband only) signals are aligned with the physical centreline of the runway. Does this help? -- Read-write-services 23:43, 5 June 2007 (UTC)
Hi User:Dual_Freq, your latest correction is right. GP/GSs are nominally 3degrees above the horizontal-not horizon! -- Read-write-services 00:20, 29 March 2007 (UTC)
I corrected the installation of markers to most because yes in the US it is most, in Australia it is most and in most poorer nations eg: south eastern Asia etc. Markers are the most used progress-on-glideslope indicators. This fact does not make the article US-centric (believe me I wouldn't do that, I have had MANY discussions about British/Australian English versus US English), It just makes it (as far as geography and numbers are concerned), correct. Most installations around the world have markers. In other parts of Europe (i.e. apart from the UK), markers are more common-but yes they are being replaced SLOWLY (a case of if it isn't broken..) Further to this I would appreciate some further discussion before I revert it to "most" or we keep it at "some" could you please enlighten me as per some statistics? maybe i'll do it too.-- Read-write-services 23:27, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
Added a minor reference to HUD and also clarified "autoland" to be coupled to a Flight Control Computer but a manually flow approach using a HUD can also be used. As an aside some companies make both Head Down and Head Up Displays and also autoland systems. In a sense this puts the HUD group (less stuff to maintain so lower cost, less safety concerns from computer failures, so lower cost) in direct competetion to the Autoland group (more precise, better passenger comfort, etc.) - Brian ( ZazenCID 22:51, 31 May 2007 (UTC))
FAA Notice 8200.97 (Airman and Aircraft Approval for Reduced Visibility Flight Operations, dated 9/20/06) and its contents are incorporated into section 7 of Order 8400.10, Chapter 2, All-Weather Terminal Area Operations via N 8000.340 (which contains the new material for 8400.10) effective 12/12/06. And contrary to what is on the first page of this Notice, all Notices are effective until specifically canceled by another notice. <sigh> - Brian ( ZazenCID 16:37, 1 June 2007 (UTC))
so which one of you experts knows the components of SCS-51 (set complete system)? Brian in denver ( talk) 18:16, 3 October 2009 (UTC)
Folks, I found a small article on the US experiments on the radio landing aids during heavy weather and fog in a 1931 issue of Popular Mechanics. I put it in as a reference. But something I think is wrong with the dates. One sentence says the FAA authorized six installation in 1941 and then the next sentence says the first commercial aircraft to use radio landing aid was in 1938???? Jack
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I've removed the section below from the article. It's probably too technical for the place it had in the article, and it looks mostly like a set of specifications copied from somewhere. I don't know if the article really needs this information but perhaps someone can rewrite it and integrate it in the article. Rpvdk ( talk) 15:15, 2 June 2011 (UTC)
Course Line - CL where DDM is zero in the vertical plane. Glidepath angle - angle between where DDM is zero and the horizontal plane.
GP Displacement Sensitivity (DS); DDM of 0.0875 (=8.75%DDM=75μA) at an angular displacement below the glide path of 0.12(Ө0).
At the time of writing this comment, there is a scan of a Jeppesen approach plate for KLAX ILS 24L on the article. At the bottom is clearly seen a copyright assertion by Jeppesen, but someone else is claiming copyright on it and releasing it under Creative Commons. Does that person legally represent Jeppesen, or should this be removed? MSK ( talk) 05:52, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
Several other articles have been tagged for merging here, although the editor has not as yet tagged this article as their destination, so other editors may not be aware.#
I have removed the merger templates from the aforementioned articles. The consensus result of the discussions above was: no merger. Finnusertop ( talk | guestbook | contribs) 10:57, 6 August 2014 (UTC)
I am sorry but this table is misleading if I am interpreting it correctly. It infers that the ILS is tuned by the pilot via the X or Y channel number. The ILS is tuned via the VHF LOC frequency with (as it says elsewhere) the g/s receiver being tuned automatically depending on the VHF LOC frequency. You will not see an ILS primarily highlighted by a X/Y channel on a plate - only the X/Y channel being referred to for the associated DME (if any) and is primarily a military thing. The X or Y channels refer to the associated DME (if any) and, on civilian aircraft, the X or Y channel is not usually referred to directly as the aircraft DME interrogator relies on the LOC frequency being passed to it by the ILS (Loc or integrated LOC/GP) receiver, the VHF R-AID tuning panel itself or directed navigation device by a variety of methods (either usually digital ARINC standards or using monitored tuning discretes.). The DME unit will then use a look-up table, algorithm or some other method to determine the actual RF frequencies to use to lock to the DME ground unit. I would suggest that this table needs re-organizing so that the VHF LOC frequency is in the left-most column, the G/P UHF frequency is in the next column (but it is of little value as the tuning of the G/P is transparent to the pilot so this column could be got rid of altogether) and the associated DME X/Y channel being the right-most channel. Longfinal ( talk) 11:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
Done.
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Another point which may have been made but I cannot see it: If there is an associated DME with an ILS, the idents of the LOC and the DME are interlaced so that there are 4 (I think) LOC idents on the VHF LOC frequency followed by one DME ident on the DME ground to air frequency (on a higher audio frequency than the LOC ident too). In that way, if the pilot is listening to the audio from both the LOC and the DME on the aircraft cockpit integrated audio system, he/she can determine if either facility is a) available and b) associated with the other one. It is also becoming more common to prefix ILS callsigns with "I" followed by a pause to avoid confusion with other similar R-AID callsigns. See ICAO Annex 10 for most of the above. I hope that helps. Longfinal ( talk) 11:17, 7 April 2013 (UTC)
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An editor has reverted the lead multiple times to what (may be hair-splitting by me), seems incorrect. However, as I teach the subject, I feel that it needs clarification beyond my "verbose", description. There is an incorrect assertion that the ILS lands the aircraft when the pilot has no visual contact with the runway-this is incorrect, firstly, the Pilot flys the aircaft and lands it!, secondly, depending upon the catergory, the pilot MUST have visual contact with the runway to be able to land the aircraft. I'm a bit rusty on the avionics side of the system (aircraft electronics), however, I am quite clear on the ground systems operation. A cat IIIc system is able to assist the pilot using an autoland procedure which is a hands-off landing. however, there are few of these installations around the world, by far the most common is a cat I system which the pilot must have visual contact with the runway at a distance of 850 Metres (runway visual Range), and an altitude of 60 Metres (Decision Height) BEFORE landing the aircraft. I am appealing to whoever wishes to edit/correct this to do so, as the current information is misleading at best. I wont do this for the moment as it may appear to be a conflict of interest as i'm bringing it up, but unless someone more qualified than me rectifies/clarifies the information, I'll revert/fix the description sometime soon. Cheers, Read-write-services ( talk) 23:43, 4 February 2018 (UTC)
Thanks for your clarification on the edit, however, my main beef was with the text that said "if the pilot cannot establish visual contact with the runway", this part is incorrect. The pilot MUST (depending on Category), establish visual contact BEFORE the plane can be landed. minor difference, yes, but I believe an important one-with respect to the actual ILS landing itself. The ILS does not land the plane, the pilot with visual contact and with the correct decision height-decision made to land it, does so. Cheers! Read-write-services ( talk) 02:19, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
To be honest, I'm happy that you know how the actual procedure from a pilots point of view is performed-this is not my area. I appreciate that you edited the article from a person in the know perspective. It is the pilot/procedure/aircraft interaction I'm not sure about. So thanks for that. There is a myth that an ILS lands the aircraft, I was trying to dispel that with my edit. I teach maintenance and installation Technicians and Engineers about the Repair, Maintenance and Installation of the ground-based equipment. Sometimes (before the course), some students think that the ILS "controls" the aircraft to land-this is not true for the vast majority of landings (Cat I landing systems are by far the most common systems, they are also the most pilot-interactive (pilot has to see the runway at the RVR and DH), types of landing. Read-write-services ( talk) 23:46, 6 February 2018 (UTC)
among the listed manufacturers only Thales and Indra are actual active ILS manufacturers. We may add to the list Intelscan, Selex (Leonardo Group) recently acquired by Indra, or Mopiens (South Korea). 2001:B07:5D37:ED3C:FF57:7EE7:C581:7ABF ( talk) 19:29, 10 October 2023 (UTC)