After reading "Looks Can Be Deceiving in the June issue, "the devil in the details" jumped out and bit Mr. Van West. Jeff confused the VDP with the MAP. According to the FAA H-8083-15B "VDP is a defined point on the final approach course of a non-precision straight-in approach procedure. A normal decent from the MDA to the runway touchdown point may [emphasis added] be commenced, provided visual reference is established. If you don t have visual reference at the VDP, you must continue to the MAP before executing the missed.
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