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Old 21st Mar 2007, 10:55
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Centaurus
 
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Circling approaches are dangerous... and shouldnt be done in any pax aircraft
What absolute rubbish. Circling approaches have been conducted since time immemorial. They are perfectly safe manoeuvres if you stick to the basic rule of not descending below the MDA until established on final. Of course over the last fifty years there have been occasional accidents but invariably due to poor airmanship. That is no reason to ban circling approaches.
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