Ralgha From United States of America, joined Nov 1999, 1614 posts, RR: 6 Reply 2, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3797 times:
PAPI, as well as every other type of visual glideslope indicator, are mearly a set of lights that are angled and shielded in such a way that you see red or white depending on your angle to the lights.
Now comes the stream of responses giving you way more information than you asked for.
Cosync From Mexico, joined Nov 2001, 556 posts, RR: 0 Reply 3, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 3787 times:
well from my little understanding there are two lights and there are codes to tell you if u r too high/low or on track. if the to lights are red u are two low if both lights are white u are two high adn if one light is red and the other is white u are good to land
Goldenshield From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 4955 posts, RR: 15 Reply 5, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 3 days 11 hours ago) and read 3753 times:
You guys made me dig out my FAR/AIM which will expire in a month!
PAPI is short for Precision Approah Path Indicator.
it looks like this: O O O O / \O O O O
basically, it tells you your approach angle, and gives you 5 indications of your angle.
I like this system, but there is nothing better than to eyeball it yourself!
gs
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Goldenshield From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 4955 posts, RR: 15 Reply 9, posted (10 years 3 months 1 week 1 day 18 hours ago) and read 3664 times:
I've never heard about what you're about, but there are 5 different visual system (6 if you include your internal system!).
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