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Old 20th Jul 2012, 02:57
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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bubbers 44 demonstrated what piloting is all about...always use multiple sources of information to confirm, confirm, confirm.

One time while instructing in a piper turbo arrow (over 30 years ago), a student selected the VOR for an airport instead of the ILS. He didn't identify...but the course indicator was on course and the GS was centered, the flag sticking out of the way. (VMC )

so he started down on glideslope (even though he was not on the ILS). IT was perfect...500 fpm, tracking the VOR like a champ...I took his hood off and said:

you got lucky, otherwise you would be dead...turned up the volume and made sure he knew the difference between the ILS ID and the VOR ID.
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