Hello guys,

When doing a flight on fs, you are normally given headings to follow until you intercept the glideslope. One time when doing a flight, the atc just said "carry out a straight in approach", no vectors were given. What does that mean?

Ta!

The ATC got asleep... :huh:

You should have tuned the ILS frequency on the NAV 1, you will see the VNAV, and LNAV bars move at about 25 miles from the reunway. pressw app. hold, and it will take you in automatically. Straight in means straight down the ILS "feathers"

prolly cause they alredy vectored you into the approach fix and you were cleared to intercept the ILS and the tower just said fly straight in because they knew you knew where you were

Click on your approach Icon to fly you in. If you are within 20 degrees of the final, then you are straight in.

I am very knew to fs if you click approach while nav 1 is tuned in the airplane should land itself?

If Nav 1 is tuned to the ILS frequency and you switch your A/P to "Approach" mode, then it will capture the localizer and glide slope. I usually disengage the A/P at my DH and hand fly it from there.

I do it a little different, I am autopilot all the way up to where I intercept the localizer, then I disengage the A/P and fly it in manually. When they say Fly Straight In, it means that if you continue on your present heading you will intercept the localizer, and once you get close enough and have the localizer they will clear you for the ILS approach. Then once you are very near the runway they will clear you to land. At least that is how it is suppost to work lol. :lol:

One time I think the ATC just went on a vacation on the middle of an approach, I was cleared to land and when I landed it told me I wasn't cleared to land :huh: :lol:

Yes!!! But you have to have an ILS that is CATIII C!


In real life thae Crew and aircraft have to be certified to a high standard and the aircraft has to be equiped with the auto land feature!

Happy Siming

yeah i was wondering what does CATII and III mean?? just that the flight crew is certed to use the AL?

Hawker is right. And not only do the aircraft and crew need to be certified, but also the runway. CAT II and III require runway centerline and landing zone lighting. CAT III needs taxiway centerline lighting, also. There is more, but I would have to look it up.

cool thx

Yea, there is a whole long list of requirments! I got to get a new Far/AIm