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Roy Smith wrote:
When you reach the MAP after D&D, you're stable in three axes. How would you rather be when looking for the runway? When you reach the MAP after following a glide slope, you should also be stable in three axes (heading, pitch, and bank should all be constant).Â*Â*EvenÂ*better,Â*ifÂ*youÂ*seeÂ*theÂ*ru nway,Â*youÂ*canÂ*continueÂ*to hold that attitude down to the surface. If anything, the slight nose-down pitch attitude should make it easier to see the runway, compared to having to search for it over the nose in level flight after a dive-and-drive. Further, this is still - unless I'm misinterpreting something here - the same situation as that of a precision approach. The cited article on AVWeb makes a big deal of the runway not being right on the nose for a nonprecision approach. However, the runway is often not right on the nose for a precision approach. It depends upon the wind. A review of the approach along with an awareness of the heading should be a pretty good indication of the direction in which one's head should turn. - Andrew |
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