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From: ladkin@kestrel.ARPA (Peter Ladkin)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: Re: Out to dry on the glideslope
Message-ID: <5504@kestrel.ARPA>
Date: Thu, 6-Mar-86 23:31:18 EST
Article-I.D.: kestrel.5504
Posted: Thu Mar  6 23:31:18 1986
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Organization: Kestrel Institute, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <3317@sun.uucp>, marcum@sun.uucp (Alan Marcum) writes:
> Ah, for a world where what should be is.  I wish I had a buck for every
> time a controller's slam-dunked me onto the GS from above....

In the SF Bay Area, there is a slam-dunk (Bay Approach term, not mine)
that is frequently used on commercial aircraft into SFO, where they
bring them into the TCA from above, and right down on the GS.

On my Instrument Flight Test, I was slam-dunked onto the Oakland
27R ILS from 7500 feet (down to intercept at 3500) in slightly over
4 miles, in an Archer.

I've also had a Bay Approach controller cancel a VFR-on-top plan 
for me as soon as I was clear-of-clouds. Never mind 500 feet.
Never mind a request.

Peter Ladkin