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Old 12th Sep 2012, 21:45
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sevenstrokeroll
 
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The SBA (standard beam approach) would lead a plane down to 100' above touchdown zone.

no glideslope per se, but the OUTER marker to the Middle Marker could be timed at just the right rate of descent to create a pseudo glideslope.

a good example of it is in the book: ''fate is the hunter''
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