nddons
Touchdown! Greaser!
I'm doing my long IR XC on Saturday from Waukesha to La Crosse (which has three approaches with DME arcs) and returning through Madison. It looks like I have a good chance of actual IMC for this trip, which is exciting.
My CFII wants me to do an airport surveillance radar approach at Madison, as they are very helpful in accomodating ASR or no-gyro approaches, but we questioned whether an ASR approach meets the requirements under FAR Sec. 61.65(d)(iii), i.e. "Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems." In other words, is airport surveillance radar a "navigation system"?
We concluded it might not, so to be safe, for purposes of accomplishing my three different kinds of approaches, we will be doing a "regular" instrument approach there, and save the ASR approach for a different day or an extra approach for this flight.
What say you?
My CFII wants me to do an airport surveillance radar approach at Madison, as they are very helpful in accomodating ASR or no-gyro approaches, but we questioned whether an ASR approach meets the requirements under FAR Sec. 61.65(d)(iii), i.e. "Three different kinds of approaches with the use of navigation systems." In other words, is airport surveillance radar a "navigation system"?
We concluded it might not, so to be safe, for purposes of accomplishing my three different kinds of approaches, we will be doing a "regular" instrument approach there, and save the ASR approach for a different day or an extra approach for this flight.
What say you?