flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
I think many of us are aware of some of the approaches that require extra training - Aspen, St. Barts, etc.
I saw a link to this article in one of my aviation email blasts today, and now I'm confused. The article mentions this InFO, which states in part:
Note that this talks about "procedures," not "airports."
However, I went to look at the list of airports that was linked to in the article, and it's called the "Special Pilot-In-Command (PIC) Qualification Airport List". Airport, not procedure. And it lists no procedures, only airports.
I'm planning on visiting one of the airports in question, KJAC, this coming summer, so I looked up a bunch of its approaches in ForeFlight. I didn't find any that had a note on them about special training. Looking at the one that everyone seems to know about, the LOC/DME-E into KASE, I didn't see any notes on that plate about special training either.
Do I need special training and authorization to fly an approach into KJAC? How do we tell if we need such training?
I saw a link to this article in one of my aviation email blasts today, and now I'm confused. The article mentions this InFO, which states in part:
InFO 17015 said:This InFO serves to inform all instrument-rated pilots about requirements for conducting flight operations with Special (non-Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations [14 CFR] Part 97) Instrument Procedures. Special Instrument Procedures are those procedures developed for specific users and are not processed under part 97.
Note that this talks about "procedures," not "airports."
However, I went to look at the list of airports that was linked to in the article, and it's called the "Special Pilot-In-Command (PIC) Qualification Airport List". Airport, not procedure. And it lists no procedures, only airports.
I'm planning on visiting one of the airports in question, KJAC, this coming summer, so I looked up a bunch of its approaches in ForeFlight. I didn't find any that had a note on them about special training. Looking at the one that everyone seems to know about, the LOC/DME-E into KASE, I didn't see any notes on that plate about special training either.
Do I need special training and authorization to fly an approach into KJAC? How do we tell if we need such training?