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Old 18th Aug 2016, 13:29
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piperboy84
 
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I practise ILS approaches into a local military base located on the coast, I don't have the published plate, but just go out over the North Sea about 15 miles on a day where the tops are about 5k and the basis 1k (as reported at a local field) pick up a basic service from the LARS for the MATZ I'm doing the approach into and jump on the ILS and ride it down to visual at about 1000 staying just outside the Zone, break off, hang a 180 climbing back up on top on the "downwind" and repeat that a few times. It's good practice and gives a good 8 or 9 minutes in actual while trying to stay on the crosshairs. Doesn't cost anything and for the most part not getting in anybody's way. I suppose you'd have to wait until you get your instrument ticket before you tried that but it's good for keeping your skills fresh post check ride.
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