non-vectored NDB IAF

"Gary Drescher" wrote in message news:9wn1d.296945$8_6.234657@attbi_s04...
"C Kingsbury" wrote in message
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I agree that final approach segments often demand higher precision
than what "the rules" require. My favorite is the ILS 5 to Lawrence,
MA, which ought to be called the cannonball run:

http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0409/00654I5.PDF

Hm, that's one of my favorite approaches to practice in LIFR. Flying it to
PTS standards looks safe to me. Is there a hazard I'm failing to appreciate?


No, not if flown properly. But, with the obstacles where they are, the
margin for error (particularly right around GRAPS where the
smokestacks are) is definitely reduced. I probably would not wait for
a full-scale right deflection before missing this approach if the
crosswinds were messing with my head.

It might be interesting sometime on a VFR day to fly this with the
localizer on its last dot (just barely not pegged) and also on the
last dot of the glideslope, just to see how much room that really
leaves you. Maybe I'll try it in Flight Simulator tonight just for
kicks.

Best,
-cwk.