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Things have been pretty quiet on Mooneyspace recently. Since the Mooney Summit is in KECP, I thought I’d ask Mooneyspace instrument pilots what they think about the ILS or LOC/DME RWY 16 approach there. Take a look: KECP ILS procedure This is definitely not a test. Some of these questions are continually, “hotly” contested by those who know far more than I. This is for entertainment/discussion only….and for the next Summit when it might be hard IFR using RWY16! If you think I know the answers, you are giving me way too much credit. Mike, please schedule the Summit for good VMC weather, okay? 1. Can you shoot the full ILS approach with just an ILS receiver, no DME? i.e. does DME only refer to the LOC procedure, or must you have Distance Measuring Equipment for either the ILS, or the LOC? Why? 2. Can you shoot the LOC using GPS distance information without DME equipment? Any special set up required, or do you just load the approach from the database? 3. Can you shoot the ILS using GPS distance information? How would you set up the 430/530 to do this? 4. The Garmin 430/530 approach info displays only LIVVY and the RWY. None of the fixes inside the FAF are stored/displayed. What effect does this have on the ILS? The LOC/DME? 5. If you look at the VOR/DME 16: KECP VOR/DME DME appears in the approach name, but unlike the ILS or LOC/DME, it does not say DME required in the notes. Why is this? i.e. Why was the note required on the ILS, but not on the VOR approach, even though both include DME in the approach name. 6. What is the significance of the reverse print (white on black) 'C' on the circling minima?