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I've heard from a couple of sources that it is possible to land in zero visibility by manually following the localiser to the ground. Only from light piston typ
by VBprogrammer 7y ago
I've heard from a couple of sources that it is possible to land in zero visibility by manually following the localiser to the ground. Only from light piston types though.
Doing it in a commercial airliner full of passengers would absolutely be a last resort.
- t0mas88 7y agoIt is possible, but not legal. And you cannot really flare based on just the glideslope. As an absolute last resort in a small piston you can try to do what we learned to do in case of a night landing where all lighting etc fails: Fly it slightly nose up, no flaps, with a 100 ft/min descend and wait until you hit the runway. You will basically fly it into the runway at a speed that doesn't break anything. Only works for small planes on a big runway.
- VBprogrammer 7y agoYes, is very similar to a glass water landing in float planes. For a number of reasons the glideslope is unreliable below minimums anyway. The legality doesn't matter much if you are doing it in an emergency (say unforcast fog shutting down all runways within the aircraft's remaining range).
- t0mas88 7y agoTrue, they recommended LPV in this case. That remains quite stable all the way to the ground. It also doesn't require any ground equipment and this scenario is only likely in case of a total power loss at a remote airport.