On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 18:47:35 GMT, "Steven P. McNicoll"
wrote:


wrote in message
.. .

Why do you feel the need to see something you recognize? You can
simply follow a VOR radial or a localizer course, or use your handheld
GPS or anything else that you feel will safely take you to the field.
As long as you maintain 1 mile visibility, you should be all set.


If that's all you do you're not flying a contact approach, you're flying a
bootleg IAP. The "contact" in contact approach is ground contact, the
approach is flown by visual reference to the surface.


I'm flying a contact approach when I'm cleared for a contact approach,
regardless of what I use to navigate.

Just because I must see the ground, doesn't mean I must use ground
references to navigate.