Jim_R
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So, like almost any pilot I've daydreamed about having a getaway (or primary residence) with an airstrip. One of the practical considerations that makes that less desirable for me is that such a place is not likely to have any instrument procedures associated with it.
I was poking around on a website for an airpark today, and in the "information for pilots" section it says something along the lines of, "Once you're in the club, you'll be taught the secret handshake and also given a serialized copy of the unpublished, double-secret GPS Special Instrument Approach Procedure, along with a briefing on said procedure by an elder in the club."
That led me to search for "special instrument approach procedure", where I found this: http://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/order/8260.60.pdf
So now I know these things exist, but I don't know much else about them.
What does an SIAP typically look like? Do they usually look similar to "real" IAPs, or is it Grandpa Joe's landing recipe written on the back of a flour sack, or what? What sort of nav aids and minimum altitudes are typically used?
And how common is it for an airpark or rural airport with no "published instrument procedures" to have an SIAP that only those-in-the-know can use?
I'm wondering how many airstrips I have mistakenly ruled out from my fantasy retirement due to ignorance of this possibility...I may have to start my daydreaming over from square one!
I was poking around on a website for an airpark today, and in the "information for pilots" section it says something along the lines of, "Once you're in the club, you'll be taught the secret handshake and also given a serialized copy of the unpublished, double-secret GPS Special Instrument Approach Procedure, along with a briefing on said procedure by an elder in the club."
That led me to search for "special instrument approach procedure", where I found this: http://www.faa.gov/documentlibrary/media/order/8260.60.pdf
So now I know these things exist, but I don't know much else about them.
What does an SIAP typically look like? Do they usually look similar to "real" IAPs, or is it Grandpa Joe's landing recipe written on the back of a flour sack, or what? What sort of nav aids and minimum altitudes are typically used?
And how common is it for an airpark or rural airport with no "published instrument procedures" to have an SIAP that only those-in-the-know can use?
I'm wondering how many airstrips I have mistakenly ruled out from my fantasy retirement due to ignorance of this possibility...I may have to start my daydreaming over from square one!