wrote:

On Mon, 02 May 2005 00:18:27 GMT, Scott Draper
wrote:

An airline pilot of my acquaintance related about accepting a charted
visual flight procedure into Reno, part of which involves intercepting
a localizer course. He said they were IMC at the time.

My understanding is that the aircraft must reporting seeing a landmark
or preceding aircraft before clearance for this charted visual flight
procedure will be given.

Any thoughts about whether my acquaintance acted properly?

Is a CVFP in Part 97?

No. They are neither issued under Part 97 nor are they designed by the
folks who design instrument procedures. They are an air traffic device.



Sec. 91.175 Takeoff and landing under IFR.

(a) Instrument approaches to civil airports.
Unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, when an
instrument letdown to a civil airport is necessary, each person
operating an aircraft, except a military aircraft of the United
States, shall use a standard instrument approach procedure prescribed
for the airport in part 97 of this chapter.