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Old 16th April 2012 | 09:19
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plain-plane
 
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false glides...
I have only seen them briefly when overflying the airport, in a very slow old turbo prop...

I have never been too worried about false glides, my descent planning take me right to the point where i intercept the correct G/S.

Also I would expect of most of my fellow pilots that before arming the autopilot/ FD system, they pause for one second and think are the parameters looking good... and then monitor the descent rate following the G/S.

Where I fly most G/S are normally only certified to 10 NM, which makes the math very simple... for your standard 3 DEG G/S expect to be just 3000 above the airport...


So yes I have intercepted "many" glides from above, and are "happy" to do...
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