Gary Drescher wrote:

"Jose" wrote in message
...

This still leaves open what to do if you are on a non-vector course which
is pretty close to straight in, at an appropriate altitude for straight in
(i.e. the same altitude you'd be at inbound from the PT), but the
controller doesn't clear you straight in, a PT is depicted, and NoPT is
not depicted. Presumably you do a U-turn, and then a procedure turn.

Yes, nominally, although presumably there's a chart error in that case.

If that's the case, then there are a lot of charts with errors. I've
seen a lot of them (perhaps most?) that have this situation. Here's an
example:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0510/05949V24.PDF

If you are flying a heading of 235 10 miles NE of ICING. ATC clears you
direct ICING and then cleared VOR 24 approach. Your statement is that
you fly 10 miles, do a U-turn, fly the procedure turn, then the
approach. That just seems insane.

Yes, ATC will most likely vector you to the final approach course and
then clear you for the approach (turn left heading 235, join the final
approach course, cleared VOR 24 approach), but if they don't...


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