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=Your first all instrument approach to KLAX= | =Your first all instrument approach to KLAX= | ||
[[Image:Lax.jpg|thumb|200px|This is the Air chart showing The airport]] | [[Image:Lax.jpg|thumb|200px|This is the Air chart showing The airport]] | ||
Your first all instrument approach will be to runway 6 | Your first all instrument approach will be to runway 6 L ,which is the 2ND of 4 main runways as seen from left to right in your current approach . ILS (Instrument Landing System . which is a special type of radio beacon for landing ) or 'Localiser' Now set nav 1 to 108.5(the localiser beacon) set nav 2 to KLAX VOR 113.6 (note you must be under 2500ft for the vertical guidance or '''Glide slope''' portion to '''Intercept''' it's signal so ,lining your approach up to set up the ILS is vital. (We will tackle this in our next flight from Boston to New York)The localiser gives you traditional VOR guidance from up to 20 DME away and vertical "glideslope Guidance" 4-5 DME and under 2500ft directly in front of the runway .(note the vor CDI green needle will not point to the correct heading | ||
of your runway when close by or on approach as it it not situated on the runway , establish the exact magnetic and true headings for you runway and set your heading bug in the F11 autopilot menu , you can obtain all the information you need from airnav.com) | of your runway when close by or on approach as it it not situated on the runway , establish the exact magnetic and true headings for you runway and set your heading bug in the F11 autopilot menu , you can obtain all the information you need from airnav.com) | ||
I have also included the headings you need in the next section. | I have also included the headings you need in the next section. | ||