On (22 May 95) Bill Grimsley wrote to Keith Richardson...



 BG> Keith, at 19:34 on May 18 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...



 BG> Dunno much about ILS these days, but I'd assumed that it was used 

 BG> as a matter of course on commercial flights, not just at night or 

 BG> during poor visibility.  Rod tells me that VFR is still pretty 

 BG> common though.



 KR> i think that you would find that only the toy airlines fly vfr, 

 KR> the big stuff flies by ifr rules as a matter of course.



 BG> I actually meant visual approach and landing, as distinct from ILS, not VFR

 BG> per se.  Dunno what it's called though, if indeed anything at all.



it would be normal practice to have the ils receivers tuned to the

runway in use, and available, whether or not it was used.



                        Keith



... I'll play fair if I get to make up the rules.



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