TangoWhiskey
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Ed,
Attached is the Poor Man's ILS document I was telling you about. Mr. Joel Premselaar of Sisters, OR (click link to read about this fascinating Naval aviator) provided it for us, hoping it might help you build a plywood-based "VASI" tool for 6Y9. If you build it with reflective tape for the stripes, OR mask off the stripes area and paint the rest of the board with reflective paint, it could be very visible at night with a landing light on it. I think if you extend the stripes around to the back side of the boards, you could even get a good "initial setting" by sighting from the backside "back up" the glideslope you want to produce (clear of the trees).
These were used by the US Navy in California and Pacific Islands, and this one is unique in that it provides a pseudo-localizer in addition to glideslope-like guidance. On May 14, 1958, Mr. Premselaar ejected from F4D-1 Skyray BuNo 134762 after a flight control crankpin failed.
Hope this helps!! I did a lot of research about the plywood VASI's mentioned in the AIM, and finding plans for such are next to impossible! I bet some of the pilots would be willing to come back up and help you install and calibrate it!
If you want to thank Joel, his email address is on the plans. I told him that if we (you) built a version, we'd send him some photos...
Attached is the Poor Man's ILS document I was telling you about. Mr. Joel Premselaar of Sisters, OR (click link to read about this fascinating Naval aviator) provided it for us, hoping it might help you build a plywood-based "VASI" tool for 6Y9. If you build it with reflective tape for the stripes, OR mask off the stripes area and paint the rest of the board with reflective paint, it could be very visible at night with a landing light on it. I think if you extend the stripes around to the back side of the boards, you could even get a good "initial setting" by sighting from the backside "back up" the glideslope you want to produce (clear of the trees).
These were used by the US Navy in California and Pacific Islands, and this one is unique in that it provides a pseudo-localizer in addition to glideslope-like guidance. On May 14, 1958, Mr. Premselaar ejected from F4D-1 Skyray BuNo 134762 after a flight control crankpin failed.
Hope this helps!! I did a lot of research about the plywood VASI's mentioned in the AIM, and finding plans for such are next to impossible! I bet some of the pilots would be willing to come back up and help you install and calibrate it!
If you want to thank Joel, his email address is on the plans. I told him that if we (you) built a version, we'd send him some photos...