Objective

The student should leave with an understanding of DME operation and the instrument landing system and be able to apply that knowledge to flight scenarios.

Elements

• tracking navaids – review
• working with ATC – review
• approach briefing – review
• procedure turn – review
• minimum altitudes: MDA & DA
• visual maneuvering – review
• missed approach
• holding – review

Schedule

Introduction	05
Main body	50
Application	15
Conclusion	05
Total	1 hour 15 minutes

Equipment

• pen and paper
• Instrument Flying Handbook and The Pilot’s Manual: Instrument Flying
• instrument procedure charts
• laptop with flight simulator and internet access

Online resources

• Tim’s Navigation Simulator works with multiple technologies
• Selkirk IFR trainers
• AIM Chapter 1: Air Navigation

Instructor actions

• Introduce and motivate with the question of how we gauge distance and arrive at the airport without visual references
• Describe new navigation systems and their operation in a predominantly lecture format
• Illustrate techniques using Tim’s simulator
• Review each system before moving on to the next
• Evaluate student knowledge with questions emphasizing understanding rather than rote
  • Have the student solve multiple scenarios
• Conclude with an oral quiz, identifying and correcting errors

Student actions

• Arrive with completed homework assignment
• Maintain active involvement by responding to questions and taking notes
• Guide the instructor through the intercepting and tracking of several simulator scenarios
• Complete an oral quiz and demonstration of the concepts

Completion standards

The lesson will be complete when the student can describe DME and ILS equipment – and demonstrate an understanding of the techniques required to smoothly and accurately intercept and track a localizer and glideslope – with minimal instructor guidance.

Teaching outline

Review radio principles

• What are the three types of waves?
• Which kind of frequency does the ILS use? How about DME?

CDI with localizer and glideslope

• Not all CDIs can be used with an ILS, but all should work with a localizer
  • when flying a localizer, it is four times as sensitive – every dot is .5° rather than 2°
  • the glideslope needle will be flown just like a normal lateral course – the center is the airplane
  • performance instrument, used as a reference to adjust control inputs

Instrument Landing System, IF 309 & IFH 7-27

The ILS is a precision approach, providing both lateral and vertical guidance down a predetermined flight path.