Yep!
Look my post no8
Repeating my post:
Many old NDB procedures are "circling" procedures and have nothing to do with the approach track, but with terrain, obstacles and the navaid. Many of them are flown with a long final.
This is what I was talking about. By the way nice talk.
Vilas
Regulatory requirements and aircraft procedures are there with some purpose which may not be visible to normal pilot unless he goes out of the way to find out. That is why one should just follow what is required and refrain from creating personal interpretations and options because it can be unsafe.
I don't see any unsafe deviation in this example. By the way this procedure is flown always straight in even in IMC.