T-45C TS, ADV & IUT FamFP-02
Familiarization Flight Procedures
4.
Establish downwind
Sg 2, fr 3
a.
Descend to and maintain 600 ft AGL
ESTABLISH DOWNWIND, DESCEND
TO PATTERN ALTITUDE (DIRTY)
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CH56
LOWER LANDING GEAR AND
b.
Maintain optimum AOA
FLAPS, AS REQUIRED, PRIOR
TO DOWNWIND
45%
DESCEND TO 300 FT
5 NM
5.
Communicate (to request landing): "Tower,
ABOVE TRAFFIC
PATTERN
SLOW TO 200 KIAS
Bass one seven zero, abeam, three down
VFR DOWNWIND ENTRY
and locked, full-stop [or roll and go]"
VFR DOWNWIND ENTRY
6.
Maintain proper distance abeam the run-
way: approximately 1 nm laterally
7.
Fly normal pattern
NOTE: Watch for other aircraft in the break and
possible interval conflicts.
B. VFR straight-in approach
Sg 2, fr 4
REQUEST CLEARANCE
FROMTOWER
1,500 FT MSL
10NM
LECTURE NOTES
SLOW TO 200 KIAS
INITIAL
800 FT AGL
ON-SPEEDPOINT
3 NM
(DIRTY)
800 FEET AGL
2 NM
BEGIN DESCENT
400 FT AGL
NOLOWER THAN 300 FTAGL
1 NM
(UNTIL BALL ONOLS)
Clarify that VFR straight-in procedures may be locally
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customized to accommodate unique traffic deconfliction
VFR STRAIGHT-IN ENTRY
needs. When recovering at other bases via a VFR
VFR STRAIGHT-IN ENTRY
straight-in, pilots arriving IFR or using VFR flight-follow-
ing may be handed off to Tower by RAPCON at a
locally agreed to altitude that accomplishes a
deconfliction necessity. However, so long as an aircraft
contacts Tower on a VFR clearance, Tower will not
"assign" an altitude; that is the pilot's discretion, and
traffic avoidance is primarily his responsibility. As a
general rule, control tower personnel prefer to receive a
radio call requesting a VFR straight-in, no closer than
10 nm to the field. That minimum distance facilitates
this traffic sequencing responsibility.
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