Dan Luke wrote:

Situational awareness is your responsibility. Think ahead; if you feel
you're going to be too high too close to the airport, ask for lower.
You may not get it, so you should also be thinking of what you'll do if
you don't.

When I transitioned from a C172 to a Bonanza with it much faster cruise
speed, this point was drilled into my head by the previous owner of the
aircraft and the instructor who endorsed me.

Using 500 fpm as a guide, I now always calculate in minutes at what point I
would like to begin a descent to the IAF, glideslope intercept, traffic
pattern altitude, or in the case of a visual approach, the runway. If I
don't hear from ATC prior to reaching that point, I request lower.


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Peter
























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