An MVL not prescribed circle to land
Sorry it’s my English, yes we all agree on that, flying the “no ATS 360 IFR procedure” (let’s call it this way to avoid confusion) at MVL height will not guarantee obstacle protection unlike an IFR CTL at MDH (you maintain +295ft above any obstacles all the way during an IFR circle to land, until the landing threshold is identified and you can go toward it)
You also don’t need to see the runway to carry the “no ATS 360 IFR procedure” (just like VPT/MVI you only need to see the ground), better to just view it as low level VFR circuit (overhead, downwind, base, final) flown under IFR rules…
I will try to find again the rule of 1.5km foward visibility on take off and initial climb, that I was writing about.
That would be interesting find
