David Megginson writes: > For the record, a CAT I ILS approach will bring you down to a decision > height of 200 ft AGL. If you cannot see the runway or approach lights > well enough to transition to visual at that point, you have to start a > missed approach. > > CAT II and III ILS approaches can bring you closer, but they require > extra equipment on board the plane and special crew training. > > Many instrument-rated private pilots would never consider flying an > approach with a 200 ft ceiling, even though it's legal. The > recommendation I've read is to start with a personal minimum of a 1000 > ft ceiling, then work your way lower over the next few years to, > maybe, 400 feet. Under those conditions, you'd be able to switch to > visual a couple of miles back from the field.
I'm in complete agreement here. My original fix notice (posted to the cvs list) wasn't intended to allow you to fly beyond legal minimums, but simply a fix for several problems which caused the GS indicated approach path to be incorrect. Also, I fixed a problem with marker beacon audio (it was not continuous as it is supposed to be.) I had apparently broken it a couple months ago in a late night session trying to fix something else. :-( No one complained either way. :-) Curt. -- Curtis Olson IVLab / HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project Twin Cities [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Minnesota http://www.menet.umn.edu/~curt http://www.flightgear.org _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
