Hello all,
Dear BOAC, I confirm I'm talking about 31R... Almost every time I flew into JFK and that runway was active, the glide did not work.
Of course, with a working ILS, there is no problem.
What I was appalled at was the ease with which atc clears aircrafts (and the ease with which they accept it!) on a visual approach to a runway :
1/At night,
2/with no glideslope,
3/NO visual flight path indicator,
4/NO Touchdown Zone lights,
5/NO Runway center lights
6/ A displaced threshold
And A VOR not centered with anything...
I think Carnage Matey! felt the same thing as he decribed the sensation quite well : FLYING INTO A DARK HOLE !
cheers