Originally Posted by
cessnapete
Why do you need a ‘controller’. to do a practice RNAV approach in good weather? There is no ground equipment to switch on or monitor, and Shoreham is in uncontrolled airspace. Just fly the approach track and altitudes as a visual approach.
Shows what’s wrong with Luddite restrictions in the UK. In the USA and Australia for example, RNAV approaches are routinely carried out IFR/IMC with Unicom only.
I was wondering that myself, why not go bang out some approaches down to either minimums or MATZ boundaries, at either untowered or unmanned or even out of hours civilian or military fields with published instrument approaches. It’s free so you can’t beat that.