tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post114296407262296378..comments2024-03-13T09:47:40.487+00:00Comments on Cockpit Conversation: Contact ApproachesAviatrixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1143314659616596432006-03-25T19:24:00.000+00:002006-03-25T19:24:00.000+00:00If you can see the airport, you'll likely be offer...If you can see the airport, you'll likely be offered the visual. Usually that's the one that's on the AIS on a nice sunny day anyway.Aviatrixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13634111275860140084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1143312879049733062006-03-25T18:54:00.000+00:002006-03-25T18:54:00.000+00:00Contact approach is for the transport aircraft tha...Contact approach is for the transport aircraft that can see the airport from thirty miles away and wishes to conduct his/her approach visually while still remaining IFR. A good example would be when the runway in use is ninety degrees to the inbound track. This would allow the pilot to go below MOA's and make it possible to turn final closer in, saving time and fuel. It has the added bonus of allowing a hand flown approach on a nice sunny day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1143201691326134192006-03-24T12:01:00.000+00:002006-03-24T12:01:00.000+00:00Have never heard of the contact approach before! ...Have never heard of the contact approach before! In the UK we just have VFR approach (which is a visual but not Visual... can be assisted by navaids or vectors if in a busy environment), Visual approach (IFR Visual approach... pilot can see aerodrome, traffic he's following, told to remain clear of noise sensitive areas), then the instruments approaches - ILS, NDB, VOR, xxDME, MLS, PR-NAV (new!).<BR/>If flying SVFR, you are expected to an approach as a VFR would... unless a helicopter (can fly SVFR in certain zones with practically no vis).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1143057311025337852006-03-22T19:55:00.000+00:002006-03-22T19:55:00.000+00:00Congrats on the new job and best of luck.Contact a...Congrats on the new job and best of luck.<BR/><BR/>Contact approaches ... the rules in the US are slightly different, but the idea is the same. I call it "special IFR." I'd have to be pretty desperate to ask for a contact approach. Can't imagine a scenario where I'd do one on my own and my company does not allow them. Other than that, they're great!<BR/><BR/>;-)Avimentorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17508862704398151334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1143052760052371202006-03-22T18:39:00.000+00:002006-03-22T18:39:00.000+00:00I take off for a few days, and everything falls in...I take off for a few days, and everything falls in your lap!<BR/><BR/>First, congratulations......<BR/>then, did I hear you right...<BR/>Vole's location was bad, Vizcacha's was worse?<BR/>Ouch.<BR/><BR/>As a helicopter jockey, I have no idea what "weedwhacker" is. I'm slightly familiar with recip engine airplanes, so I have an idea. Guess it really doesn't matter too much-<BR/>a stepping stone for you toward heavy iron in the future.<BR/><BR/>Being patient has it's rewards. <BR/>I'm delighted to be able to follow your triumphs via "Cockpit Conversation"!Greybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11919862790973521778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1142999590192366552006-03-22T03:53:00.000+00:002006-03-22T03:53:00.000+00:00Isn't this about the same as a circling approach?I...Isn't this about the same as a circling approach?<BR/><BR/>I guess in a circling approach if I loose site of the runway I am to execute the missed procedure, except I was more or less on downwind...<BR/><BR/>--paulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10000144.post-1142996077828832222006-03-22T02:54:00.000+00:002006-03-22T02:54:00.000+00:00I flew a contact approach into Sault Ste. Marie on...I flew a contact approach into Sault Ste. Marie once, nearly two years ago. We hit severe turbulence in at TCU on a localizer backcourse approach, managed to get out and underneath, then took a long contact approach from the end of Lake Huron along the St. Mary's River to the airport to stay out of cloud. In the future, I'd probably choose Special VFR over a contact approach under the same circumstances, since the minima aren't as strict.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com