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From: good@pixar (Craig Good: Pixar Aeronautics Division)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Out to dry on the glideslope
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Date: Mon, 3-Mar-86 12:50:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Mar  3 12:50:25 1986
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> You do this often???

	It has happened, yes.  It's the same thing that someone else mentioned
recently: the clearance is to maintain (for example) 3000' until established
on the localizer, but we are at 4000+ feet because we just came over the
hills East of Santa Rosa.  Since he's cleared us to descend to 3000 we are
past the hills, but we are a little way out from actually intercepting the
glideslope.  We intercept the GS, start the descent, the localizer needle
comes in, and we've had the needles both centered for about five hours :-)
by the time we reach the IAF.  Check the altimiter:  it's where it belongs.

	Whew!  Cheated Death again.

	Thanks for all the responses.  I've learned almost as much about how
careful you have to be to not be mis-understood on the net as I have about
flying approaches...	:-}

		--Craig
		...ucbvax!pixar!good