On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:38:28 -0500, Ron Rosenfeld
wrote:

On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 05:09:12 GMT, "Russ MacDonald"
wrote:

All I am asking is what are the differences in the weather, or the terrain,
or whatever, in the northeast that cause lots of contact approaches instead
of visual approaches?

For me, it enables me to take short cuts in familiar areas where I do NOT
have the field (or preceding traffic) in sight.



Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)


It's also often useful just to get lower before you have the field in
sight.

Although I find it more useful in unfamiliar areas than familiar
areas.