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Old 15th Jan 2009, 01:03
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ILS Capture from Above False GS

I just flew to Antalya Turkey, and there they always keep us high on approach, we were at 8000 ft when the GS started coming, we later on descended and caught the GS from above at 3000 ft.

I started thinking during the approach about the possibility of capturing a "false loab", I'm not too sure about the spelling on that one but anyway, I remember from my ATPL theory that the GS transmitter is not only sending the "standard 3 degree" glide slope but also some false loabs above and below the 3 degrees...

Has anyone ever managed to catch one of these false loabs? my thoughts are because almost everytime when we're flying in Turkey we're capturing the GS from above...
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