Do you know what to do next when flying your IPC?

by Thomas P. Turner

The circling approach is way up there, maybe in the top spot, on most pilots’ lists of “most risky instrument procedures.” We’re ingrained from about day three of our IFR training that the circling approach is one of the most hazardous tasks we are called on to fly. Add “night” to the mix and many pilots will decline flying the procedure at all. Airline standardization officers fear circling approaches. The military usually won’t fly them. And yet, sometimes it’s the only way to get the airplane on the ground at our destination. …