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Civil / Airliner45 min lesson
Hand-Flown ILS Approach
Fly a stable, hand-flown ILS from the FAF to touchdown — no autopilot, no autothrottle, just pitch and power.
About this lesson
Real airline pilots hand-fly ILS approaches for currency. So should you. Your tutor coaches you through instrument scan, pitch-and-power changes, and the corrections needed when the needles drift.
Why a human tutor? The corrections are millisecond-scale. A tutor sees your scan freeze or your trim lag and corrects it while it's happening.
What you'll learn
- ✓Instrument scan pattern for ILS
- ✓Pitch-and-power combinations for each configuration
- ✓Recognising and correcting localiser and glideslope drift
- ✓Trim technique to reduce workload
- ✓Managing speed without autothrottle
Prerequisites
- •Comfortable with a coupled ILS
- •Familiar with the aircraft's approach speeds
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Prep material
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