Thread: Collins FMS-3000 - always use APPR mode ?
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Old 06-04-2012, 06:05 PM
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GrummanCT
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Originally Posted by Mink View Post
CJ3/CJ4 driver; I agree with the above. Only thing I'd add is to be in APPR when shooting a LOC to get it to auto-sequence to green needles, then once it's sequenced to green needles, go back to NAV so it won't possibly pick up an errant GS and blow through your MDA (I think the book, at least the FSI training manual, has words to this effect).
Refresh my memory...will the switch to green needles only happen when in apprch? I can't recall ever doing a stand alone localizer approach sine flying the airplane.
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