Discussion of Smolensk-Severnyj equipment in use
Borrowing somebodys recent text from other forum, pardon this rather primitive translation (use of mixed EN & RU abbreviations is problematic):
Have been working at 3 airfields. A dozen located in our region are without ПРЛ option (in civil aerodromes. ПРЛ has not been in use for 10 years). And there are none. In this forum, around pages 1300-1400 there was airport Severnyj scheme. In the corner is clearly marked: ОСП, ОСП+РСП, РМС. Since then РСБН and ПРМГ have been dismantled meaning that РМС approach no longer exists. Actually РСП+ОСП does not materialize either. Left will be ОСП meaning БПРМ and ДПРМ so, what if they are not considered on 1500 existing forum pages? Diagrams and calculations are based on these.
What he is trying to say? Both RSBN and accompanying precision APP-system PRMG no longer in use. Radar + 2xNDB also not existing, 2xNDB will be left. In some Severnyj photos can be seen two types of radars, as well as RSBN and some other equipment, some 300 m north of runway. PAR operation from such a ground antenna location may well be in suspect.
РМС ("Radiomayachnaya landing system") means KGS, ILS, PRMG and other precision systems. PAR in Russian is abbreviated ПРЛ but not so often used. Would like to underline that combination РСП+ОСП (looks like: PAR+2xNDB) is not what we are used to in our so called Western culture.
Last edited by vakakaaa; 16th Jun 2010 at 20:53.