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lambo14
Joined: 25 Mar 2005
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Location: Wytheville,Virginia USA (KMKJ)
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| Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2009 11:08 pm Post subject: Ever seen one of these before? |
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"End Fire" Glideslope antenna array, located at Rowan County Airport. It is supposedly only one of like five in the US.
It is a special type of antenna that allows for a glideslope at an airport with odd terrain (ie. the large gulley at the end of runway 20) that otherwise couldn't have one.
And here it is:
http://i520.photobucket.com/albums/w325/jonmkj/RUQ1.jpg |
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Boldpilot
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Location: Werribee, Australia
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:27 am Post subject: Ever seen one of these before |
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| Does it make an aircraft land on the grass at the side of the runway??. BP |
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lambo14
Joined: 25 Mar 2005
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Location: Wytheville,Virginia USA (KMKJ)
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| Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2009 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Haha, no... that would only happen if something was wrong with the localizer antenna, which is at the far end of the runway.
It operates just like a normal glide slope, it just looks funny.
I did some digging... two other airports that have one of these are Charleston Yeager on runway 23 and Los Angeles on runway 7L |
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