From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!alice!rabbit!ark
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Title: Approach speeds?
Article-I.D.: rabbit.1008
Posted: Tue Dec 21 11:46:02 1982
Received: Wed Dec 22 02:42:22 1982

Excerpt from Jeppesen's "Avchart" cassette #3 (Approach Charts):

	Remember, these values [approach category airspeeds]
	are computed numbers, and do not necessarily represent
	the approach speed of the airplane.  As an example,
	if you're flying a Category A airplane but elect to fly
	an approach speed of 100 knots to conform to faster traffic,
	you still use Category A minimums, not Category B.

That seems pretty explicit.

Thus the information available to me seems to indicate that (1) approach
category is a characteristic of your airplane, not of your airspeed, but
(2) if you must circle to land at an airspeed that is too fast for your
category, you should use the circling minimums for the next higher category.