Dakotasport From Canada, joined Dec 2000, 224 posts, RR: 0 Posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1822 times:
Hey fellow a-nutters,
Listening to the VHF I heard arrival control stating "leave five-thousand on the glidepath." Does he mean, as you descend through 5000ft, do it while capturing the glidepath??
PhilSquares From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1816 times:
I would maintain 5000' until intercepting the glide slope, assuming I was at 5000'. Otherwise, you would descent to 5000' and maintain that until you intercept the glide slope.
Flyf15 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 5, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 1756 times:
Quoting PGNCS (Reply 4): This verbiage is very common in the UK.
In the US, you'll most commonly hear "Maintain 5000 till established" as part of your approach clearance or "Maintain 5000 till FIX" where FIX is the location you'll intercept the glideslope at 5000ft.
Mir From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 19708 posts, RR: 56 Reply 6, posted (5 years 11 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 1743 times:
Quoting Flyf15 (Reply 5): In the US, you'll most commonly hear "Maintain 5000 till established" as part of your approach clearance
Which means that once you're established on the localizer, you can descend to follow the altitude restrictions published on the approach plate. Say I've been instructed to maintain 4,000 until established, and once I'm established, I'm on a portion of the approach where the minimum altitude is 3,000. I can (and should) descend down to 3,000 at that time, and continue descending along with the published procedure until I get to the glideslope interception altitude.
-Mir
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