Different Flying Questions: ILS/VOR/DME

[AlexF]

What, are you flying CAT III approaches? A few feet?

Duhh....Of course, everyone knows you can do a CAT III on every ILS even if it says it is meant for CAT I (1st class is better then 2nd and 3rd isn't it?), plus a Cessna 172 can do everything a bigger plane can do.

Actually, this was a couple years ago before I started any pilot training and was over in the small state (RI). Somehow my mom took care of a patient who had some sort of a connection with a turboprop aircraft and ended up getting an aerial tour, the landing was freakin awesome (I wish I had a camera). For now though, I can just do CAT I etc approaches with my instructor (my airport dons't have the fancy smancy landing systems); although that's pretty cool as it is.

 

[Maximilian_Jenius]

Okay - I've come out the closet - i dont know what alot of these words or flying stuff means...

oh,oh...okay!

I understand what ILS word for word mean - Instrument Landing System but how do you do any ILS approach? What's VOR - i know its a radio signal or something and same goes for DME - What does all this stuff mean and how do you use it in flying? Can you shoot a VOR approach or a DME approach?

The list:
ILS
VOR
DME
PAPI
ADF
ASL
ASEL

What's the difference of a visual apprach vs. a ILS approach. Do you literally fly the plane by visual all the way down or what?

Thanks for the responses, i know this is probably silly for asking, but its been bugging me for a while.

you been looking at Airnav.com again?




-Matthew

 

[mtsu_av8er]

I mostly wait until I am on the ground before I do any braking.

Don't be a wuss, man! Stand on the brakes before you land, and you can get stopped pretty quickly!!!:rawk:

 

[BobDDuck]

One of my students busted his CFI SE add on (and this was in the ATP environment where that ride is pretty much a gimme) because he did his softfield landing and stepped on the brakes before the nose was on the ground. The DE said it wasn't soft at all after that.