From: dan@?dmc.gt.ed.net (Hotblack Desiato)
Date: 11 Aug 1997 16:15:14 -0400
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On 08 Aug 97 05:41:22 , k_ish <kenish@ix.netcom..com> professed:
>jf mezei wrote:
>> Is it plausible that the missing glide slope would have resulted in the
>> plane being much lower than it should have been in its approach ?
>
>The glide slope had been out of service for a month, and hundreds of
>aircraft landed uneventfully. In some footage, you can see a flat,
>circular dirt area with a white antenna in the center. This is the
>middle marker beacon!
No, that's a TACAN beacon.
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