ILS less effective than the MLS

Sir - Mr Montel's proposal for differential instrument landing systems (ILS) (Flight International, Letters, 14-20 December, 1994, P44) does not address another principal disadvantage of the ILS - its inability to be used to determine the position of the aircraft other than within a narrow angle close to the glideslope.

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