Ghery
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Ghery Pettit
3 nights in a row and I've been up with the CFII. Wednesday night in the 182, electrical problems caused us to cut it short. Plane is going in for annual, so they'll look at that as well. Thursday (OLM-FHR-OLM) and last night (OLM-PAE-OLM) in the Arrow. The question relates to last night.
The Arrow is /U. The only IFR bird in the club without DME. The initial plan for last night was to make the ILS approach to 16R at PAE. Take a look at the approach plate. ILS or LOC/DME to 16R. But the notes (both NACO and Jepp) say that simultanious reception of the localizer and DME are required. I understand that for the LOC/DME option, but the ILS? You can identify the IAF using a cross radial from CVV VOR. JUGBA would be identified by GS intercept or the OM (which is not monitored, so use it at your own risk). So, why is DME required for the ILS?
Plan B, which we executed was the VOR 16R approach (attached). All you need is a VOR receiver. Of course, the radar vectors made for a serious turn to the left to intercept the outbound radial to set up for the procedure turn. Intercepted the radial, dropped to 1100 MSL and drove along until lined up with the runway. T&G and back to OLM, shot the ILS 17 to minimums, ditched the foggles and landed. DME or Radar required for that one, we had radar vectors.
Oh, and until I burned a bunch of gas from the right tank it was seriously right wing heavy. No illumination on the AI (I'm going to call the maintenance officer and squawk that) and other than having a working DG it was like flying partial panel. CFII put his light on the AI and things smoothed out nicely. And, why did I file a route from OLM to PAE? SEA APP gave me radar vectors up and back. Oh well, that was good practice, too. And, it was clear and a million, or so say the weather types. I missed the view for some reason.
Happy New Year.
The Arrow is /U. The only IFR bird in the club without DME. The initial plan for last night was to make the ILS approach to 16R at PAE. Take a look at the approach plate. ILS or LOC/DME to 16R. But the notes (both NACO and Jepp) say that simultanious reception of the localizer and DME are required. I understand that for the LOC/DME option, but the ILS? You can identify the IAF using a cross radial from CVV VOR. JUGBA would be identified by GS intercept or the OM (which is not monitored, so use it at your own risk). So, why is DME required for the ILS?
Plan B, which we executed was the VOR 16R approach (attached). All you need is a VOR receiver. Of course, the radar vectors made for a serious turn to the left to intercept the outbound radial to set up for the procedure turn. Intercepted the radial, dropped to 1100 MSL and drove along until lined up with the runway. T&G and back to OLM, shot the ILS 17 to minimums, ditched the foggles and landed. DME or Radar required for that one, we had radar vectors.
Oh, and until I burned a bunch of gas from the right tank it was seriously right wing heavy. No illumination on the AI (I'm going to call the maintenance officer and squawk that) and other than having a working DG it was like flying partial panel. CFII put his light on the AI and things smoothed out nicely. And, why did I file a route from OLM to PAE? SEA APP gave me radar vectors up and back. Oh well, that was good practice, too. And, it was clear and a million, or so say the weather types. I missed the view for some reason.
Happy New Year.