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| Author: | m_j_lyons [ Wed Jun 02, 2021 10:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Question about "runway in sight" |
| So when I'm flying IFR IRL to an airfield and see the airfield and can safely remain clear of weather to land I'd declare runway in sight...cancel IFR...and proceed with a visual approach. PFE3 provides the command to declare RW in sight with approach...but what does that do? Or better yet - what does ATC expect me to do after that command is sent? I've seen that if I proceed with visual maneuvering I get yelled at if I drop altitude...so what's a dumb pilot to do? No log attached as this is just a general question of how the code works. Cheers, mike |
| Author: | Dan77 [ Thu Jun 03, 2021 12:21 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about "runway in sight" |
| I must admit I don't know the effect of reporting airport in sight when flying IFR, as I haven't done it. If you are being vectored and have the field in sight and want to complete the approach visually, you can press hotkey 1 to request clearance at pilot's discretion, which will cancel vectoring and allow you to complete the approach on your own. If you are using CP Mode 2 you will be handed to Tower when on final to the assigned runway, unless you line up on a very short final in which case you may need to tune Tower manually and press hotkey 1 to get landing clearance. |
| Author: | m_j_lyons [ Fri Jun 04, 2021 7:46 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Question about "runway in sight" |
| Thanks, I'll just stick with the 'own navigation to final' options from now on. I guess it does make. Sense that the 'field in sight' command is more for VFR as it always requests cancelation right after. Thanks for the response. |
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