On Sat, 22 Jan 2005 02:14:22 -0800, wrote:



wrote:

On Tue, 18 Jan 2005 20:48:17 -0800, Ron Garret
wrote:

Simple, but illegal. You can only descend below minimums once you have
the field in sight AND you're on the final approach segment (and, if you
really want to pick nits, have reached DH or MDA)

Actually, you need the runway environment in sight.

And I would find it interesting to know how one descends below the DA
or MDA without first reaching them.

One of the enforcement charges against the fired NWA crew that landed at the
USAF base in Rapid City, SD, when they were cleared for a VOR approach to the
civil airport was just that. And, the visibility was severe VMC.



Just what? No runway in sight?