ctab5060X
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Because it is spelled FOLDE. Located between SNAFU and FUBAR.
The Instrument Trivia Thread
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Because it is spelled FOLDE. Located between SNAFU and FUBAR.
rframe
pǝʇɹǝʌuı
You could just wait for the Citation to call up and yell at you to close your flight plan, like I overheard yesterday while I was sitting on the ramp working on my plane with my handheld.... this Citation pilot with a classic southern accent scolded a CAP pilot for shooting practice approaches while filed. Of course it was clear and a million... but I'll give the Citation guy the benefit of the doubt and assume he was required to stay IFR all the way in, tehe.
jamestlester
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If visual contact is lost on a circling approach, what is the proper missed procedure?
The Fez
Analog Millennial
Are these really the questions you're dealing with in this course? More specifically, is it an Army helicopter instrument flying course?
I haven't flown the 60 forever, nor have I flown every instrument approach under the sun, but I have never and expect to continue never looking at lead radials while flying it. My freaking turn radius is .7 NM at 120KIAS...standard rate even! When the bearing pointer gets inside my heading bug (just my technique I carried over from flying NDB's), rate dependent, I turn. That simple.
My rant isn't against you Ian. I just get spun up when I hear about helicopter pilots talking about instrument procedures like they're the flippin re-entry procedures for the Space Shuttle.
This is the Instrument Flight Examiner Course, and while this information is discussed, it really is just trivia. It is definitely not need to know info - more of a drill to get us in the pubs. Knowing full well the Army's affinity for trivia, I just thought I'd have some fun posting some of it here.
So about that lead radial question...
rframe
pǝʇɹǝʌuı
Pull the chute.
ryan1234
Desensitized Member
For HI-TACANS, I believe it is 2nm
Of course, it would be very interesting to see a helicopter do a HI-TACAN
Apophis
Resident Iconoclast
Bernoulli Fan
Controller
Yeah, it was kind of a joke about states. Carry on.
n57flyguy
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Turn to runway heading and procede on missed approach procedure, I believe...
Does anyone read IFR Magazine? They usually pick an approach plate and ask bunch of questions about it and around some situational scenarios regarding that approach.
Ajax
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
More than 30 degrees off centerline or 400ft/NM descent profile
Turn towards center of the airport, reestablish yourself on the final approach course, then do the missed, and pull the chute
rframe
pǝʇɹǝʌuı
My guesses:
1. VOR-A/B/Blah, since it's not runway specific
2. LDA where final approach course exceeds 30° off runway heading
jamestlester
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queeno
Ward of the Guberment
TDZL ?
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The lowest authorized ILS minimums, with all required ground and airborne systems components operative, are
• CAT I — Decision Height (DH) 200 feet and Runway Visual Range (RVR) 2,400 feet (with touchdown zone and centerline lighting, RVR 1800 feet),
• CAT II — DH 100 feet and RVR 1,200 feet,
• CAT IIIa — No DH or DH below 100 feet and RVR not less than 700 feet,
• CAT IIIb — No DH or DH below 50 feet and RVR less than 700 feet but not less than 150 feet, and
• CAT IIIc — No DH and no RVR limitation.
• CAT II — DH 100 feet and RVR 1,200 feet,
• CAT IIIa — No DH or DH below 100 feet and RVR not less than 700 feet,
• CAT IIIb — No DH or DH below 50 feet and RVR less than 700 feet but not less than 150 feet, and
• CAT IIIc — No DH and no RVR limitation.
Ref: FAA-H-8261-1A
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35 NM East to West and 70 NM North to South. (Source: Measuring)
2NM (1NM For Copter Approaches.) Source: DOD IAP Booklet, Legend.