Keith, at 20:00 on May 15 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley...

BG> Don't the bigger airports all use ILS now?  If you deviate even 
BG> marginally from the actual approach, all hell breaks loose.

KR> dinosaur technology boy! we were using ils to lock autopilots for
KR> autolandings 30 years ago. 

Might be old technology, but there's no arguing that it works.

KR> trouble is that ils needs long straight approaches the more modern systems 
KR> like interscan let you have much more flexible approach patterns.

Dunno much about ILS these days, but I'd assumed that it was used as a
matter of course on commercial flights, not just at night or during poor
visibility.  Rod tells me that VFR is still pretty common though.

Regards, Bill
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