How do you use the Instrumental Landing System in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004?
ILS system is based on VOR station (or VOR/DME) and its task is to help pilots during landings by guiding the aircraft along the optimal descent path. ILS system consists of: a) localizer – the outward horizontal beam which helps align the aircraft with the runway; b) glide slope – vertical beam that helps keep the aircraft on an optimal descent path; c) markers – three specific stations (The Outer Marker, the Middle Marker and the Inner Marker), set in front of the runway, which are an additional information about the distance from the threshold. Radio beams of the ILS system. As we can see, the localizer and the glideslope form a cross. The middle of that cross is the path the aircraft should follow to land right behind the runway threshold. Decision height is the altitude on which we make a decision whether to continue landing or abort it. The DH can be found on airport approach charts, but if we use the ILS system, the most common DH is 200 feet above the ground level.
Use Flight Simulator 2004, which is a vastly more powerful and sophisticated program. The rendering software generates amazingly realistic views, and the program includes numerous advanced features like autopilots, instrument landing systems, flight planning and air traffic control, realistic clouds and weather, a full worldwide database of airports and navaids, and a very useful help system including computerized flight training.
