Help understanding Aspen VOR/DME approach

Note that the angle is given on then chart, at about 10
degrees. This is possible for some STOL aircraft, but 3
degrees is an average.


--
James H. Macklin
ATP,CFI,A&P

"Mark Hansen" wrote in message
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| On 08/05/06 20:16, Bob Gardner wrote:
| Yes. The minimum descent altitude is 10,200...either
land (good luck!),
| circle, or do the miss at the MAP. I've never done this
approach in a sim or
| in real life, so I'm just going by the plate.
|
| As a general rule, not limited to this approach, nothing
regulatory keeps
| you from landing straight in if you are in position to
do so, even with
| circling-only minima. Doing so will always be tough.
|
| Well, they say you must be able to complete the approach
and land using
| "normal" maneuvers. They don't define "normal", but I
would think a really
| steep descent would not be normal.
|
|
| Bob Gardner
|
|
| Bob Gardner
|
| "SimGuy" wrote in message
| ...
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| "SimGuy" wrote in message
| news | The plate is here-
|
|
http://www.airnav.com/depart?http://.../05889VDGC.PDF
|
| While trying to fly the approach in the sim I flew to
the MAP with
| relative ease but had trouble getting low enough to
make the runway
| without getting too hot. Looking at the plate it
seems a drop of 2380'
| must be made between MAFMU and the runway in a
lateral distance of
| 1.4NM, this is a descent angle of 15 degrees!
|
| Could someone please confirm this or help with my
interpretation of
| the chart. I am a PP beginning instrument training.
|
| TIA
|
| On Sat, 5 Aug 2006 18:09:35 -0700, "Bob Gardner"

| wrote:
|
| You get a clue from the fact that there are no
straight-in minimums. Then
| there is the "C" in the title. When there is no runway
number, one of two
| things is evident: either the runway is not aligned
with the final
| approach
| course (not in this case, of course), or the descent
rate does not meet
| the
| 400-foot per mile maximum allowable descent rate. You
have to circle.
|
| Bob Gardner
|
| (you top-posted so I moved your message)
|
| Thanks, that makes much more sense. But I have a
question- the
| circling minimum is 10,200', this applies up to the MAP
right?
| Obviously in circling the runway one would need to get
lower.
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| Mark Hansen, PP-ASEL, Instrument Airplane
| Cal Aggie Flying Farmers
| Sacramento, CA