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Old October 15th, 2006, 21:08   #23
tgrayson
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Default Re: Holding pattern course reversal

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Originally Posted by wheelsup View Post
You basically couldn't make the the runway with normal manuvers if you were at MDA and you obtained the runway at the last possible moment - so you've gotta turn it into a circle to lose the altitude.
That's true of almost every NPA. This reasoning would make every NPA a circling approach.
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