Takes me back to my time on Victor K1s at Marham. As a nav radar I could also talk the aircraft down using the aircraft's own radar. Wasnt as accurate as this though. That was a good PAR by the way!
ILS is Instrument Landing System which guides the pilot onto the correct course for a safe landing on the runway by two needles in the cockpit which have to cross in the middle to be on the correct course. But this video nicely shows a military ground controller 'talking down' the aircraft using PAR (Precision Approach Radar).
what a beautiful aircraft
levanter1M 4 months ago
Quite a spacious cockpit in the old Victor.
gnark1ll1us 5 months ago
this and the vulcan are the best planes the RAF have ever operated and RAF Marham is the best base in the RAF.
westandalonetogether 10 months ago
Its grandpa of survulance approach :)
MrMisiek955 11 months ago
That's not a PAR, it is an SRA (or "PAR azimuth only"). A Par would have the controller giving "on glidepath" etc, rather than heights passing.
RotorNed 1 year ago
@eezy1972 And GCA is Ground Control Approach
charade97 1 year ago
Takes me back to my time on Victor K1s at Marham. As a nav radar I could also talk the aircraft down using the aircraft's own radar. Wasnt as accurate as this though. That was a good PAR by the way!
wingco214 1 year ago
thats one mean mother! love it!
howden123456 1 year ago
ILS is Instrument Landing System which guides the pilot onto the correct course for a safe landing on the runway by two needles in the cockpit which have to cross in the middle to be on the correct course. But this video nicely shows a military ground controller 'talking down' the aircraft using PAR (Precision Approach Radar).
pdhurst 1 year ago
Sorry, what is ILS ?
eezy1972 1 year ago