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• Instrument Flying Handbookp. 10-20
  Chapter 10: IFR Flight › Approach to an Airport With an Operating Tower, With an Approach Control › Circling Approaches

  minimums to the adjacent runway are based on nonprecision criteria and therefore higher than the precision minimums to the primary runway, but are normally lower than the published circling minimums. Circling Approaches Landing minimums listed on the approach chart under ... CIRCLING” apply when it is necessary to circle the airport, maneuver for landing, or when no straight-in minimums are specified on the approach chart. [Figure 10-11] The circling minimums published on the instrument approach chart provide a minimum…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-4-39
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-11. Radar Approaches

  effected upon pilot request and, for civil aircraft only, controllers may terminate guidance when the pilot reports the runway, airport/heliport or visual surface route (point-in-space approach) in sight or otherwise indicates that continued guidance is not required. Radar ... will be issued to the pilot before beginning descent. When a surveillance approach will terminate in a circle-to-land maneuver, the pilot must furnish the aircraft approach category to the controller. The controller will then provide the pilot with…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. PCG C-3
  Pilot/Controller Glossary › C

  established required visual reference to the airport. (See CIRCLE TO RUNWAY.) (See LANDING MINIMUMS.) (Refer to AIM.) CIRCLE TO RUNWAY (RUNWAY NUMBER)- Used by ATC to inform the pilot that he/she must circle to land because the runway ... runway aligned with the instrument approach procedure. When the direction of the circling maneuver in relation to the airport/runway is required, the controller will state the direction (eight cardinal compass points) and specify a left or right downwind or base…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-4-23
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 4. Arrival Procedures › 5-4-5. Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) Charts

  that contains a “Fly Visual to Airport” segment, the pilot should have preplanned climb out options based on aircraft performance and terrain features. Obstacle clearance is the responsibility of the pilot when the missed approach maneuver is initiated below ... where the pilot, on arrival at the MDA/DA on the prescribed flightpath, may not necessarily have one of the visual references specified in 14 CFR § 91.175 and related rules. While it is not a function of procedure design to ensure…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 17-9
  Chapter 17: Aeromedical Factors › Health and Physiological Factors Affecting Pilot Performance › Climbing While Turning

  assessing true aircraft attitude. A pilot should not attempt any of these maneuvers at low altitudes or in the absence of an instructor pilot or an appropriate safety pilot. Climbing While Accelerating With the pilot’s eyes closed, the instructor ... level attitude for several seconds, then accelerates while maintaining straight-and-level attitude. The usual illusion during this maneuver, without visual references, is that the aircraft is climbing. Climbing While Turning With the pilot’s eyes still closed…

• Instrument Procedures Handbookp. 3-19
  Chapter 3: Arrivals › Altitude

  visual approach or expect visual or contact approach clearance in (number of miles, minutes, or specified point).” Figure 3-16. Assigned altitudes. Once the determination is made regarding the instrument approach and landing runway pilots use, ATC will not permit ... based on a NAVAID other than the one aligned with the landing runway, such as a circling approach. In this case, the descent to a lower altitude usually is limited to the circling approach area with the circle-to-land…