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Old 25th April 2004 | 07:04
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FlightDetent

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NO, NO, NO !!!

We only have received a note, that "someone" may consider clearing the equipment and letting it radiate once the weather is close to NDB DME minima. Such a note stands for all it is - COMPLETE NOTHING!!! Don't let anyone push your luck their way!!!

The major foul played at flightcrews is such that the ILS is on all the time for the NDB/DME APCH. I personally elect to use the OKL DME instead. The 109.5 (LOC PG) identifies itself as T.E.S.T, T.E.S.T., T.E.S.T. (so much for the ILS) and P.G. (the DME).

Should you be led to believe the ILS is operating, you may by chance catch the DME ident and have a go at it.THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE. Ident properly!!!

On the other hand, on friday I have HAD flown an ILS approach to 300' AAL. It had been advised on ATIS, I have been cleared to it by ATC, and played the three PGs for ILS and one slightly pitched for DME all the way down. After landing it was evident that all obstructionons had been removed from the sensitive are at the time. Someone knows how to help, but the incorrect information and false clues make it quite hard to decipher right from wrong.

I've not checked my company mailbox (the rumor says it migrated somewhere ) in the last to days, so perhaps there's more than I know. However, the NOW VALID AND AVAILABLE INFO IS SUCH:

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METAR 250630Z 35010KT 6000 BKN006 OVC010 05/03 Q1023 NOSIG
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(A0245/04 NOTAMN
Q) LKAA/QISXX/I/NBO/A/000/999/5006N01415E005
A) LKPR
B) 0404090938 C) 0405161500
E) ILS RWY 31 U/S, DO NOT USE.)
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TEXT
GOOD MORNING RUZYNE ATIS INFORMATION MIKE 0644
*
/ATS
ILS APPROACH RWY31 IN USE TRANSITION LEVEL 50
/ATS
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ESSENTIAL LOCAL TRAFFIC LOCAL VFR TRAFFIC AIRPORT LKLT UP TO ALT 2000 FEET
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WIND 350 DEGREES 10 KNOTS VISIBILITY 6 THOUSAND METRES LIGHT DRIZZLE SCATTERED 6 HUNDRED FEET OVERCAST 1 THOUSAND 1 HUNDRED FEET TEMPERATURE 5 , DEWPOINT 3 QNH 1023 HECTOPASCALS
*
/ATS
YOU HAVE RECEIVED ATIS INFORMATION MIKE
/ATS

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THINK!

Fly safe,
F.D.
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