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Old 17th Nov 2001, 05:03
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PAPI's have 4 lights in a horizontal row. VASI's have two (sometimes three) lights seen vertically. In a larger aircraft they'll fly the "upper" glideslope on a VASI if there are three lights. That means the smaller a/c (like you are flying) will use the lower glideslope; aka 2 red and 1 white.
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