Establishing one at your airport just takes some persistence.
Earning an instrument and a type rating today still demands the applicant successfully fly a circling approach. Despite the FAA’s recent Advisory Circular (AC) 120-123 calling for an increased focus ...
Example circling maneuver at Memphis IAP, Tennessee. Author graphic. I used to think of the circle-to-land maneuver following an instrument approach as a necessary evil. We had a lot of airports to go ...
The FAA's InFO 15012 clarifies the conditions for legally logging instrument approaches, whether conducted in an aircraft (actual or simulated IMC) or various types of simulators. To log an approach, ...