What is a checkerboard approach?

What is a checkerboard approach?

It was a creative way to provide instrument guidance for approaches. Aircraft would fly a precision approach to a checkerboard built on the side of a hill. At a predetermined DME (and once the checkerboard was in sight), the aircraft would then make a 90 degree turn to final.

Where is the Kai Tak checkerboard?

Located on the edge of Kowloon City, the hill was located beneath the final approach to runway 13 at the non-closed Kai Tak Airport, and had a large checkerboard red and white pattern painted onto the hillside as a navigational aid.

Did Kai Tak have an ILS?

The IGS was, in essence, a heavily modified ILS system designed uniquely for Kai Tak Airport, otherwise functioning identical to a normal ILS. At roughly ~2500 ft, the autopilot was disconnected, and the rest of the approach was flown manually.

What is the name of Hong Kong airport?

Hong Kong International Airport
That same year, Kai Tak Airport officially adopted the name Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA).

What is IGS aviation?

GE Aviation. GE Aviation’s Integrated Ground Software (IGS) is a comprehensive ground support software application that allows the user to view, replay, and analyze flight and audio data recorded by GE’s solid-state crash survivable Cockpit Voice and Flight Data Recorder systems.

Why Kai Tak Airport was closed?

It was one-of-a-kind, requiring pilots to be specially certified in order to make hair-raising landings amid mountains and high-rises. Kai Tak Airport closed on July 6, 1986. It was one-of-a-kind, requiring pilots to be specially certified in order to make hair-raising landings amid mountains and high-rises.

What is MLS in aviation?

The microwave landing system (MLS) is an all-weather, precision radio guidance system intended to be installed at large airports to assist aircraft in landing, including ‘blind landings’.

What is cat3 landing?

CAT III A DEFINITIONS ICAO and FAA definition. A category III A approach is a precision instrument approach and landing with no decision height or a decision height lower than 100ft (30m) and a runway visual range not less than 700ft (200m).

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