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  2. Instrument landing system - Wikipedia

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    ILS planes. An instrument landing system operates as a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision lateral and vertical guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a safe landing during instrument meteorological conditions (IMC), such as low ceilings or reduced ...

  3. American Airlines Flight 1572 - Wikipedia

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    At 00:51, winds at Bradley were measured as 170° at 25 knots (13 m/s), gusting to 40 knots (21 m/s), with an altimeter setting of 29.35 inHg (994 hPa) and falling rapidly. This information was not transmitted to the Bradley control tower until 00:57 and was not made available to the flight crew before landing. [1]: 14

  4. Runway incursion - Wikipedia

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    When an incursion involves an active runway being used by arriving or departing aircraft, the potential for a collision hazard or instrument landing system (ILS) interference can exist. At present, various runway safety technologies and processes are commonly employed to reduce the risk and potential consequences of such an event.

  5. VHF omnidirectional range - Wikipedia

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    The first 4 MHz is shared with the instrument landing system (ILS) band. In the United States, frequencies within the pass band of 108.00 to 111.95 MHz which have an even 100 kHz first digit after the decimal point (108.00, 108.05, 108.20, 108.25, and so on) are reserved for VOR frequencies while frequencies within the 108.00 to 111.95 MHz pass ...

  6. File:ILS gauge.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: This is a simple Instrument Landing System on-board gauge. The vertical needle indicates the horizontal position of the localizer beam, in this mode the scale is notched by 1 degrees. At this case the airplane is about 1.6 degrees right of the runway center line.

  7. DZ203 - Wikipedia

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    The experimental system was based on the SCS-51, a blind-landing system introduced by the US in 1942. The SCS-51 formed the basis for the modern instrument landing system (ILS), which offers enough accuracy to bring the aircraft to an altitude of 200 feet (61 m) above the ground.

  8. Blind Landing Experimental Unit - Wikipedia

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    Research during the first few years at BLEU led to the conclusion that a promising approach to blind landing would be a fully automatic system, and produced a definition of the requirements for such a system, later designated Autoland. The Instrument Landing System (ILS) was introduced in the post-war era based on the SCS 51 concepts. This used ...

  9. Radio beacon - Wikipedia

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    A marker beacon is a specialized beacon used in aviation, in conjunction with an instrument landing system (ILS), to give pilots a means to determine distance to the runway. Marker beacons transmit on the dedicated frequency of 75 MHz. This type of beacon is slowly being phased out, and most new ILS installations have no marker beacons.