Can't locate the carb heat...

[JCJ]

It is truly a glider, with no option for a go around. I believe that I have read that it uses an MLS approach, with a curved flight path to final. The glide angle is a whopping 15 degrees (as opposed to about three degrees for a standard ILS)

I read this off a NASA web page - here is the link

http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/shuttle/reference/shutref/events/entry/

no carb heat becasue it is fuel injected!

 

[MKaprocki]

I'm sure you noticed the throttle looking thing on the left side....which is the speedbrake control. They made it work similar to a throttle to make it easier on the pilots....no thought required, just the natural reactions they have as a pilot. Need to slow down/come down? Pull the "throttle" back, which deploys the speedbrakes.

The throttle looking thing also functions as a throttle (who'd a thunk it?)
http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttle/technology/sts-newsref/sts-rhc.html#sts-gnnc-brake

Found this a few months ago when I was taking a class on the shuttle:
http://www.shuttlesim.be/
http://user.tninet.se/%7Emxa881h/pics.html

 

[User546]

I believe that I have read that it uses an MLS approach, with a curved flight path to final.

You are correct. A copy of the actual MLS approach plate is below:

http://www.bartnet.net/~jmt/ksc_mls_33.jpg

 

[mattpilot]

You are correct. A copy of the actual MLS approach plate is below:

http://www.bartnet.net/~jmt/ksc_mls_33.jpg

i wonder why they don't have any circle to land minimums? And why is the missed approach N/A?