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Old 1st Nov 2011, 13:29
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi flyburg,

If you had a huge head wind during your ILS App, so that your ground speed was zero, then you'd apply more power and have to fly level to stay on the ILS glide path. Your pitch attitude would be 3 degs higher than normal, so the view out of the window would show the runway apparently 3 degs lower than normal. But by increasing the approach speed, you could lower the nose and still fly level, and help restore the normal picture.

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