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Ryan Ferguson wrote in
news:3DA710AD.D5DB0CF3@fergworld.com:


> You know, thats something Ive wondered about myself. I dont know
> much about the history of the T-approach and so on. So far Ive
> always been vectored to the IAF which lines up with the FAC, never one
> of the T handles.

The point of the T is to eliminate procedure turns. No matter which
direction you come to the approach from, you can fly it directly without a
course reversal. If youre coming in 180 degrees out, you fly to one of
the T fixes, do a 90, fly to the center, do another 90, & youre on final.
Theyre supposed to be set up so that the center is an IF(IAF) so if youre
coming straight in, you just fly to it & youre on final. Many of them
arent notated this way, so you have to do 2 90s to do a straight-in.
This is simply a mistake in notation by whomever drew up the approach.

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Regards,

Stan

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