Hi guys,
I have some doubts about how to fly properly a full procedure with a racetrack such as the one depicted on the attached plate.
It's been a long time I haven't flown a full procedure racetrack and now I have a doubt...
I prefer not to influence the answers, so for now I will not specify what my exact interrogation is, but I would like to know how you would fly it to see if it matches what I would do.
Let's take two scenarios:
1 - You are coming from the north tracking "southbound" towards the OEM NDB. Let's say that you are not on the dotted line but within 30° in track from the FAT of 183°. ATC clears you for the full approach, what do you do ?
2 - You are now coming from the south tracking "northbound" towards the NDB, so well outside from the 30° arrival sector. Again, ATC clears you for the full procedure approach. How do you fly it ?
Actually I am going to say what I would do in this spoiler section...But I may be wrong !
Scenario 1 : Being within 30° of the FAT, I would just shoot the approach without entering the racetrack or the holding pattern (provided the altitude allow it of course). So basically it would be a straight in approach (I would only overfly the NDB once).
Scenario 2 : Being outside the 30°, I would need to reverse my course. I would enter the racetrack (entry like for an holding pattern), fly the racetrack and finally descend with the approach (so I would overfly the NDB twice in total). I would not use the holding pattern, only the racetrack.
Am I right ? Am I wrong ?
Thanks !
Thank you !