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Old 20th Apr 2017, 18:16
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Curlytips
 
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Spooky, but I had to do the ILS.....

Having got my IMC in Faro, where they didn't have ILS back in the day (80s), I had only performed VOR/DME and PAR (latter into Gibraltar). Then in UK I got caught above cloud and the ONLY option available (due lack of radar and reducing fuel) was an ILS. Fortunately I was very current on instruments and managed to hack it - but wouldn't recommend to anyone to try without training. I was fortunate on the day, and Pilot mag are due to publish the ILAFFT article sometime over next few months. Readers may think "plonker" but we've all done something and this was my big learning curve..........still here and flying nearly 30 years later.
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