This low pass of a Dassault Falcon aircraft over the runway at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport

This low pass of a Dassault Falcon aircraft over the runway at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen Airport in Turkey is not entertainment for pilots, but important work.

Such flights are performed to calibrate and adjust radio navigation landing systems, such as ILS (Instrument Landing System) or visual glide path indication light systems, such as PAPI (Precision Approach Path Indicator).

The aircraft performing these flights is equipped with special equipment to measure and verify the operation of these systems. It repeatedly flies over the runway at various altitudes and trajectories to ensure that the airport equipment provides pilots with accurate signals at all stages of the approach.

Beautiful airplanes ✈️