Hi Tony, I did a flight here locally in Sweden from Stockholm Arlanda to Gothenburg Landvetter. Please let me know how it goes for you. I am actually thinking about having a flight to London Heathrow tonight just to see how it goes if I will get the same there as well. Many thanks, Christian On 2011-11-22 at 17:08 Tony wrote: >I had that problem once flying to Geneva. > >What airport are you flying to, I'd be prepared to give it a go. > >-----Original Message----- >From: bvipilots-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bvipilots-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Jordan Gallacher >Sent: 22 November 2011 00:38 >To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bvipilots] Re: Landing Boing 747 > >No you should not have to turn it on manually. I have had this happen too >with other aircraft, and if this happens more than twice, I forget it. I >tell Michelle to do a visual approach. If everything is truely set >correctly, an ILS approach should work just fine, but like I said above, >I've had the same issues. Maybe your plane was still going to fast, but >just throwing that idea out there. >Jordan > >-----Original Message----- >From: bvipilots-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[mailto:bvipilots-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >On Behalf Of Christian >Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 6:00 PM >To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bvipilots] Landing Boing 747 > >Hi all, >Well, I have had problems landing the Boing 747 using ILS and i think I am >doing everything right. >I have in IYP checked autolanding as well as blind pilots mode. >When I am getting closer to the airport and ATC gives me the frequency I >say >to Michelle for example load the ILS frequency for runway 26 Then, I follow >all turns provided by ATC and the GPS is set to navigation. >But the localizer is not detected and I keep circleing around the airport. >I do the landing and approach checklist when I am about 22 miles from the >airport. >Do you turn the ILS mode on manually? >One shouldn't have to do that from what I understand. >Many thanks for any tip, >Christian > >Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist >//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots >To post a message to the list, send a message to bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To >unsubscribe, send a message to bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the >word subscribe in the subject of your message. >For other options such as digest, send a message to >bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of >your >message. > >Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist >//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots >To post a message to the list, send a message to bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To >unsubscribe, send a message to bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the >word subscribe in the subject of your message. >For other options such as digest, send a message to >bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of >your >message. > >Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist >//www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots >To post a message to the list, send a message to >bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe, send a message to >bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word subscribe in the subject >of your message. >For other options such as digest, send a message to >bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of >your message. Blind and Visually impaired Pilots mailinglist //www.freelists.org/list/bvipilots To post a message to the list, send a message to bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe, send a message to bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word subscribe in the subject of your message. For other options such as digest, send a message to bvipilots-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and put the word help in the subject of your message.