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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: MIRSI hold - give or take...
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Yep - a bit tight at times (when there are SHSN in the valley). The rest of the time - an enjoyable experience (some of the best scenery from the flightdeck to be had).#
A further finesse during the 08-circling 26 approach is to lock onto the IGS 08 in apch mode when visibility over the final ridge is marginal.
Have seen several guys in the sim trying to fly fully manually at this stage, often resulting in unwanted GPWS activations due to insufficient terrain clearance in the left turn (optical illusion that tends to make people duck under when rolling out of the turn).
It does not pay to ignore the GS signal - teh only reason it's an IGS instead of an ILS is that rock on 3/4 miles final to the right of the centreline that penetrates the GS transitional area. So - you are still resoponsible for your own terrain clearance as the term IGS suggests.
However - far better to fly a coupled IGS and verify that the a/c does what you want it to do rather than playing the macho card and doing it all by semi-visually - it can be gin clear when turning inbound after AB, but be very murky when approaching 1,5 miles...
My 2 eurocents' worth - hope your mate enjoys the experience, it's a great (and very well organised) airport.
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