quick approach question

[pa34driver]

Medford (MFR) is great for the dp! Try doing the NDB at Kelso (KLS) washington. It has a turn at the FAF, it can be tricky. There is a VOR approach at YKM that has a turn at the FAF also.

 

[bigD]

Illini,

You're looking for Portsmouth, NH (PSM) - the GPS 16 approach. Pretty funny!

 

[brew3departure]

Spicy...barbq...ribbs

Ah yes - if memory serves, spicy, barbq, ribbs can be had at KMCI - Kansas City International I think it's the ILS 1L?

Another great one along those lines, and also good for practice are the approaches into McCarron - Las Vegas. Once again, if memory serves, they have the Newton x arrival - with fixes ISAAC, WAYNE, etc etc...

Pretty funny.

-Brew3

 

[seattle]

Who would have thought that anybody working for the fed would have a sence of humor.

Who names intersections, waypoints, lom's ...... anyway? Is there any ryme of reason to it?

 

[1900laker]

Not a difficult approach,

But the VOR Arc approach into Martin State MD is one of the only arcing approaches I've seen. When I say arc, I don't mean fly an arc and intercept a final off the arc. The ARC is the final. Uses BAL VOR I think (the one located at BWI) and you fly the DME ARC, using radials for stepdown. Take a look if you haven't seen one like that. Cya

 

[Rumrunner]

Hey everyone thanks for your suggestions. I've got Monday off and I'm looking forward to some interesting approaches.

 

[tarp]

To Seattle, etc.

I also found out that the FAA has a sense of humor and a soft heart.

The Portsmouth, NH GPS intersects are due to the childhood home of Mel Blanc who passed away just before they converted the Airbase up there. Mel Blanc, of course, was the voice of tweety bird, sylvester, and every cartoon I learned flying from.

The naming in honor stuff seems to be a fairly simple process that can be started from a local FSDO. The ALEWS intersection on the way into Cross Keys, NJ (17N) is named for Al Lewis, the owner and operator of that airport for as long as anyone could remember. He passed away and the local FSDO got permission to rename the intersection.

Nashville has the Guitar Arrival with Pickin and Grinnin (remember Hee Haw) as fixes. Charlotte has the Hornet Arrival with references to the sports teams and Orlando has an arrival with credits to Micky, Minnie, Pluto and the rest of the gang.

 

[enigma]

Try the Civet arrival transitioning to an ILS25L at LAX.