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Old 9th Dec 2018, 17:42
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Originally Posted by Long Haul


Actually, the B787 also has a switch to turn off the glideslope. The FCOM recommends using this with unreliable indications. It’s called IAN (integrated approach navigation). You arm approach just like on an ILS, only you descend in GP mode instead of GS mode, and you can’t do an autoland.
That's a nice feature.
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