Reasoning behind course reversal

"Ron Rosenfeld" wrote in message
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On Thu, 19 Feb 2004 16:38:24 GMT, "Michael 182"
wrote:


Now you have to ask yourself how you would navigate to an area South or
East of ALIKE at an altitude of 7300'? I'm having to look at a NACO
chart,
and I'm used to Jepps. But it seems that there is no airway leading to
ALIKE. And the MSA for that area is 10500'.

MSA to the NE is 7300. Navigation by GPS.


If ATC can give you "vectors to final" in that area, then you would not
have to do the course reversal (and can't do it without permission). But
absent radar vectors, I don't see a charted way to get to ALIKE at an
altitude low enough to avoid the course reversal.


If you feel that procedure turns cause danger, you probably need to
practice them. They should be second nature.

Hard to argue I need more practice since I live in Colorado where we get
very little actual and I only fly 100-150 hours or so a year. In fact, I
just hired a CFII for some practice (and an IPC) the other day. No argument
that more practice and currency would make me a better pilot. Regardless, my
point was not that the PT was dangerous, but relative to an almost straight
in approach just added some incremental danger, since there is more time
spent maneuvering in IMC at a reasonable low altitude.



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