Distance Measuring Equipment Runway VOR 
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 14, 2025
The ILS (Instrument Landing System) uses radio signals to help pilots align the aircraft accurately on their approach to a runway. An “ILS approach” is a landing procedure using the Instrument Landing System (ILS) to guide an aircraft to the runway. Lets learn more about this system! Precision Approaches (e.g.,
Fear of Landing
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
One hour out, our ground speed is an absurdly slow: seventy knots as indicated by our distance measuring equipment (DME). I ignore him, select three VOR stations, determine our radial from each of them, draw it on the map, and determine our approximate position based on the intersection of the lines.
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