It was delightful to see Ryan Motte’s thorough article on the circling approach (“The Lost Art Of Circling,” June 2021). It contained everything except the actual technique of flying such an approach.
A couple of decades ago, a guy who began his career flying DC-3s into small airports in the Midwest with North Central Airlines taught me a foolproof technique. In this, assume that the cloud bases are right at the minimum altitude and that it’s night, and there’s some breeze—the most challenging situation.
