First approach in actual

"Doug" wrote:
It is all too easy to just blow throught the MDA (DH)
and keep coming down. Important to guard against that.

Very good point.

We bought one of those altitude bugs for our Cherokee 180. Sticks right to
the face of the altimeter & has a red tick for DH/MDA, yellow arc for
200-100 feet above, and green tick for 500 feet above. Works for VFR, too.
Put red tick at field elevation. At $60 some bucks, they're kinda pricey,
but pretty handy.


"Doug" wrote in message
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One thing I do on an approach. I write down the minimum descent
altitude on a sticky and put it on my panel. I cannot go below that.
At 50' above that altitude, I start looking for the runway. It is all
too easy to just blow throught the MDA (DH) and keep coming down.
Important to guard against that.

Wizard of Draws wrote in message
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Today was the first time I've ever been established on approach, in
actual.
A bit unnerving if I say so myself. Partly because it's been a month
since
I've been able to fly.
We (another instrument pilot and I) started down into La Grange (KLGC)
after
we were cleared for the approach and had to intercept the localizer
while
still in the clouds. I over-banked a bit at first. We only had to
descend
through about 2000' of cloud deck, but it sure felt like a lot more. We
broke out at ~1500' AGL, a little to the right of the localizer and
above
the slope.

I think it will be a lot more hours before I attempt any single pilot
IFR.

On 10/13/04 5:35 PM, in article
, "Doug"
wrote:

One thing I do on an approach. I write down the minimum descent
altitude on a sticky and put it on my panel. I cannot go below that.
At 50' above that altitude, I start looking for the runway. It is all
too easy to just blow throught the MDA (DH) and keep coming down.
Important to guard against that.


Good idea, I'll do that.
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