Richard
Final Approach
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Ack...city life
It occurs to me that planning your IFR arrival to aprts w/o coverage is like formation flying with other flights inbound to the same destination. To facilitate your quick arrival and to minimize delays you may chose to jockey the throttle, S-turns, or some other manuevering or a combination of those things. You do these things after taking account the type a/c in the mix and to hold your position in the conga line. If done well you have held adequate separation to ensure an orderly flow into the IAF which results in a smooth arrival.
Depending on the amount and the type of traffic and the current ability of ATC you may 'form up' while still many miles out from beginning your approach. That a/c you 'formed up' on may still be miles away and out of visual but as you draw nearer to your destination you will, hopefully, fall into a pleasant in-trail loose formation to an uneventful landing.
What do you think of that?
Depending on the amount and the type of traffic and the current ability of ATC you may 'form up' while still many miles out from beginning your approach. That a/c you 'formed up' on may still be miles away and out of visual but as you draw nearer to your destination you will, hopefully, fall into a pleasant in-trail loose formation to an uneventful landing.
What do you think of that?