Hi,Here is a link to an incident report at Chambery, France which happened on February 7, 2010 http://avherald.com/h?article=4345e4bd&opt=0Although the aircraft involved was a B737-300 the approach can be simulated with a B-737 NG. I hope serious simmers will educate themselves with this type of approach which in itself is not very difficult but necessitate a precise reading of the chart. The report includes the AIP chart and FDR report graphs. Interesting reading anyway.Cheers

Hi,Here is a link to an incident report at Chambery, France which happened on February 7, 2010 http://avherald.com/h?article=4345e4bd&opt=0Although the aircraft involved was a B737-300 the approach can be simulated with a B-737 NG. I hope serious simmers will educate themselves with this type of approach which in itself is not very difficult but necessitate a precise reading of the chart. The report includes the AIP chart and FDR report graphs. Interesting reading anyway.Cheers

Too bad they didn't include the circle to land charts for rwy 36 - this is a complicated approach in an area with fairly wild winds and must be pretty hair-raising in bad weather. Thanks for posting this...DJ

Hi,Here is a link to an incident report at Chambery, France which happened on February 7, 2010 http://avherald.com/h?article=4345e4bd&opt=0Although the aircraft involved was a B737-300 the approach can be simulated with a B-737 NG. I hope serious simmers will educate themselves with this type of approach which in itself is not very difficult but necessitate a precise reading of the chart. The report includes the AIP chart and FDR report graphs. Interesting reading anyway.Cheers

Thanks for this: I was never happy with the way I did an ILS approach followed by a circling approach because of the way I switched from "APP" mode to "V/S".I haven't flown this approach yet but I don't see the difficulty?Best Regards,Bert Van Bulck

Thanks for this: I was never happy with the way I did an ILS approach followed by a circling approach because of the way I switched from "APP" mode to "V/S".I haven't flown this approach yet but I don't see the difficulty?Best Regards,Bert Van Bulck

Not really difficult as such indeed but it needs a good understanding of the chart and to accurately follow the procedure especially DME and ALT.

Pilots normally review all this (SID/STAR/APPRs) prior to departure.And, again as part of the descent and landing checklists.Pilots also get special training prior to being permitted to fly difficult approaches.

Not really difficult as such indeed but it needs a good understanding of the chart and to accurately follow the procedure especially DME and ALT.

I've flown it this afternoon. Not difficult if you understand steep glidepaths (practice at LOWI is great :) ). Only flying the final approach by hand feels akward because of the descent rate. Flaring feels really heavy.Nice one to fly!Question: does anyone know what is an acceptable v/s for a "positive landing", so "really firm" landing without damage or excessive wear and tear? I touched this afternoon at 500'/min because I deemed necessary because of touch and go and I wonder...Best Regards,Bert Van Bulck

Too bad they didn't include the circle to land charts for rwy 36 - this is a complicated approach in an area with fairly wild winds and must be pretty hair-raising in bad weather. Thanks for posting this...DJ

** Information, circling.