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"McGregor" > My home field (U42) has a GPS approach that, unfortunately, is in-line with > one of the localizer courses for Salt Lake Intl airport. Anyway, I think > this is the reason they almost never approve the use of this approach in IMC > (either that or the miss takes you in the opposite direction of inbound > localizer traffic). > > Anyway, while ATC generally wont give you the GPS approach, they WILL let > you fly the localizer, and if you spot the field under you while inbound, > you cancel IFR and land. Doesnt seem very safe to me, but its a pretty > common way to get in. > > The tragic part of all this is a guy based at U42 died this past Spring > while trying to scud-run in after being denied the GPS approach. When he was > told he couldnt have the GPS approach, he elected to shoot the ILS into > Provo (PVU) which is a five minute flight away from U42. He cancelled when > he broke out and he turned north to try and scud run home. Instead, he flew > into a cloud, and hit the mountains while attempting a 180. Well, I think the situation at WHP is a little different. There are 2 approaches: VOR-A and GPS-C. Both are available. VOR-A no longer has a GPS overlay (i.e. not in the database) so there is no benefit of superior GPS sensitivity on approach. ATC will (if you hound them) give you either in IMC. |
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