I meant, ATC let you descend but how would you have got before diverting if the cloud base had been lower ? Did you think of a « makeshift MDA » on this visual approach ?
Jujupilote wrote:
ATC let you descend but how would you have got before diverting if the cloud base had been lower ?
Well, if conditions were poor, instead of doing a normal visual approach, I would have used the new feature in the latest software upgrade for my Garmin GTN 750 – the “visual approach” (information about this in other threads).
This effectively gives you a synthetic ILS for any runway anywhere – even grass strips.
I’d happily follow this down to 300 ft AGL if necessary.
I did one of these into Cumbernauld:-
It shows an instrument departure, ‘airways’ cruise and an ILS.
Unusually, he has managed to get quite a lot of the instruments in too.
This might be instructive for anyone wanting to know what an IFR flight involves.
