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Old December 3rd, 2006, 16:16   #12
meritflyer
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Default Re: Circling or straight-in minimums?

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Originally Posted by dc3flyer View Post
The only reason approach tells you the circle part is so you know what to expect. The tower has the say on what runway you land. If you broke out at circling mins, who cares... your now visual. Do you HAVE to stay on the glideslope if you break out on an ILS at 1000' AGL???

When doing a circle, I always use the approach as a LOC anyway instead of an ILS. I want to get down so I can start my circle.
No, you dont have to stay on the glide slope once you've broken out. The reason you'd maybe want to is you may pop back in to clouds and potentially be below GS indications and need to execute a missed.
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