Makes 'ya think that they forgot to stay at a Holiday Inn Express last
night, doesn't it? Ah, but they rode on an airplane once. And they saw a
control tower. Everybody knows that the guys in the tower help those poor
pilots find the airport and the runway when the weather is bad, after all,
we all heard it on the news or read it in the paper.

I feel sorry for reporters. So many complicated subjects and simply not
enough time to get it right, besides everybody knows that reporters are
smarter than John Q Public, right? And, if you're not smart enough to be a
reporter, you can always be an editor. Just make sure there is enough
techno-babble intermixed in the story to make the reporter sound as smart as
the editor.

So.... when an airplane stalls, we all know it's engine quits (we've all
read it, right?).... does an airplane on a GLIDE slope have to become a
glider? or shut it's engines down? does an airplane stall when it hit's the
glideslope? Tell me Miss/Mr Wise Reporter... curious minds want to know.
Jim

"Jackal24" wrote in message
...
"The ILS is an electronic beam from the ground sent to pilots when
visibility is poor. Essentially, it shows pilots where the plane should
be on approach, called the glide slope."

I guess we don't have to worry about the localizer anymore, just
glideslope.


"Jim Burns" wrote in
:

Yep, and they send it to you when the weather is bad. Cool... wonder
if they'll send me one this winter when it's snowing so hard I can't
see the road?
Jim

"james" wrote in message
ups.com...

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