Alright, even as I typed that post last night, I said to myself.. self don't post this, you don't know enough about what your talking about. Then I read it an hour later and said self, your going to get yourself lit up for this one.
And I did.. quite deservedly.
I will apologize to all for my ignorant comments regarding use of the glideslope in autoland situations... I know nothing about autoland and should have kept my mouth shut in the first place.
As far as from a teaching standpoint, I will have to reconsider some theories. I always learned to transition to a visual using the approach lights and disregard the glideslope. There have been some good points regarding that brought up here and I will certainly reconsider how I approach this as a pilot and as an instructor.
The one thing I will stand by is that on most Cessnas the glideslope antenna is either mounted on top of the windshield or coupled to the VOR's on the top of the fuselage or on the vertical stabilizer. However I had no grounds for extrapolating that placement to any other airplanes and should not have done so.
To all, I apologize for having to be the poster child of what a 200 hour pilot does not know and should keep his trap shut about... I'll try to do better in the future.
cale
And I did.. quite deservedly.
I will apologize to all for my ignorant comments regarding use of the glideslope in autoland situations... I know nothing about autoland and should have kept my mouth shut in the first place.
As far as from a teaching standpoint, I will have to reconsider some theories. I always learned to transition to a visual using the approach lights and disregard the glideslope. There have been some good points regarding that brought up here and I will certainly reconsider how I approach this as a pilot and as an instructor.
The one thing I will stand by is that on most Cessnas the glideslope antenna is either mounted on top of the windshield or coupled to the VOR's on the top of the fuselage or on the vertical stabilizer. However I had no grounds for extrapolating that placement to any other airplanes and should not have done so.
To all, I apologize for having to be the poster child of what a 200 hour pilot does not know and should keep his trap shut about... I'll try to do better in the future.
cale