Hi Ils?

[Tug Driver]

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0604/00134HI22.PDF

ELP

What is the story behind these HI-ILS's. Ive never heard of them before and my instrument flying handbook says nothing.

Help

Tug

 

[angry tanker]

your link wasn't working, but hi-ils is usually for military jets to go from high altitude right to an approach, no enroute descent.

 

[Dr Pokenhiemer]

You will also hear the term "High Penetration Approach". The theory behind these High Approaches and that the military aircraft can stay at cruise altitude longer and do an almost power-off descent to the VOR or ILS approach. There are no civilian charts available for High Approaches that I know of. If anyone has ever heard of civ charts please correct me and let me know where to find them.

 

[Gorilla]

You will also hear the term "High Penetration Approach". The theory behind these High Approaches and that the military aircraft can stay at cruise altitude longer and do an almost power-off descent to the VOR or ILS approach. There are no civilian charts available for High Approaches that I know of. If anyone has ever heard of civ charts please correct me and let me know where to find them.

You are correct and the Hi-ILS or Hi-TACAN used to be a staple of military aircraft. I haven't encountered a single one yet in civilian clothing, unless you can count a couple of arcing ILS approaches that might lose 6 to 10 thousand feet.

 

[Tug Driver]

so this only is in the nos plates becaus the military uses it? could civilians be issued the ILS for this plate and just disregard all the decent info? What is common for ops into ELP?

plate in reference is the HI ILS 22 ELP

in case the link doesn't work.

Thanks

Tug

 

[paulsalem]

Is the "HI" in "HI-ILS" an acronym?

Or did the gov't use the wrong [SIZE=-1]homonym "HI"?[/SIZE]

 

[Thedude]

Isnt there on at Houston-Ellington. I believe its a 6 degree glide path