On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 06:47:17 -0500, "Viperdoc"
wrote:

As a foreign (to the USA) pilot, I have the following questions:
1. The US Terps allows a maximum of 300 feet per nautical mile for
both the the intial approach segment and intermediate segment, I
believe. Did you require a lesser descent gradient because of icing?
2. I think you can call by a fix, but do not have to be at the
charted minimum altitude, so no requirement to advise tower of that.

Stan


Once on the loc BC, there are several step down fixes, but since we were
given the approach clearance several thousand feet high, I had a hard time
reaching the DME fixes at a low enough altitude.

Of course, without radar, the tower was asking us to report position, and I
had to keep telling him I was unable to reach the desired altitudes due to
the excessive descent rate required.