[FedCom] More Flightcheck 77 on 135.85 La.

Tue, 23 Sep 2003 18:55:27 -0400

The fleet of FAA craft with callsigns starting with 'Flightcheck' (usually
Beech King Airs) are used, as you surmised, to check radio navigation
facilities (including ILS, VOR, NBD, DME). These same flightcheck fleet also
check-fly newly designed approaches.

Over the past few year, many small airports in the US that have lacked
expensive radio navigation landing facilities have been getting GPS
approaches approved for them - and they all have to be extensively flight
checked for signal reception and charting accuracy.

Nothing can ruin you day faster then an uncharted or mischarted antenna.
And.. the chartmakers do occasionally make mistakes.

Most instrument approaches are rather straight forward and easy to fly.  A
few are tricky - and will bite the unwary pilot.

===
Frank

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom M." <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 3:11 PM
Subject: [FedCom] More Flightcheck 77 on 135.85 La.

> I'm thinking from what I'm hearing that "maintenance" are the ground dudes
that
> maintain the ILS and glideslope equipment.  Flightcheck 77 is reading off
> measurements that sound like precision glideslope info.  Ground dudes are
> probably making corrections.
>
> Not sure of location, but it is not my town.  Possibly Baton Rouge or Lake

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