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Cleared for the ILS 16 or circle to land 34 question?
Mark Hansen wrote:
On 12/26/06 05:49, Sam Spade wrote: C J Campbell wrote: On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:26:46 -0800, Sam Spade wrote (in article ): Or you could have circled-to-land following the normal VFR pattern for the airport since the weather was VFR. Circle-to-land needs to be modified to conform to local traffic expectations when the weather is good. Why? Most towers expect you to circle at the circling minima. They will tell you if they want you to do something else. Why do you think they would expect you to disregard local traffic pattern and perhaps noise abatement procedures when the Class D surface area is VFR? Because you're flying a practice IAP. If it is a training flight I would certainly make it clear with them before I descended to the circling MDA (assuming here that it is significantly lower than standard traffic pattern altitude). That was done by asking to fly the approach, and getting the (practice) clearance from ATC and them handing the flight off to the tower. At least at the towers I've practiced at, they've expected me to fly the circling maneuver, and they've accommodated it as necessary. After all, the circling maneuver is part of what I want to practice. If it is an airport you're familiar with, and you have no doubt they accept it, fine. There are a lot of noise sensitive airprots, at least in my area, where it is presumed you will follow the traffic patterns in use and established noise abatement procedures when the place is VFR. If uncertain, it is follow to descent to 450 feet, HAA without a very clear understanding. |
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