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Forum: Private Flying

14th Jun 2015, 19:16

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Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

I think that was supposed to achieve my not...

I think that was supposed to achieve my not flying through the climb-out and thereby getting in the way of the departing IFR traffic (I was doing an anti-clockwise orbit of the city so my passenger...

Forum: Private Flying

14th Jun 2015, 16:35

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

"Join right downwind runway 23, not below 2,000'...

"Join right downwind runway 23, not below 2,000' over the city, we have an IFR departure."

"Unable to comply due cloud base."

By the time the airliner was actually ready to roll I was in the...

Forum: Private Flying

10th Jun 2015, 19:19

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

Last I heard (and as a then councillor I did get...

Last I heard (and as a then councillor I did get invited to things that weren't open to the public) they were, in fact, thinking about it. But that was over a year ago, and there have been several...

Forum: Private Flying

9th Jun 2015, 23:01

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

Isn't that worth an "endangering" charge if...

Isn't that worth an "endangering" charge if caught?

Forum: Private Flying

7th Jun 2015, 19:32

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

Exactly ... the controller could have spelt all...

Exactly ... the controller could have spelt all that out in words of one syllable (apart from the liberally scattered two syllable "request") and kept the OP happy ... at the expense of pissing off...

Forum: Private Flying

6th Jun 2015, 21:14

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

I would have reasonable confidence that the...

I would have reasonable confidence that the controller is taking responsibility for not clearing any of his instrument traffic through the overhead at that level, and that if there was other passing...

Forum: Private Flying

31st May 2015, 12:33

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

I passed by Cranfield the other day and gave them...

I passed by Cranfield the other day and gave them my estimate and level for the CIT, which happened to be directly on my route, which might have made me sound like IFR traffic. They seemed quite keen...

Forum: Private Flying

27th May 2015, 08:28

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

But surely that is helpful? If the...

But surely that is helpful?

If the transit is at 4,000' he can be asked politely not to go any lower until clear, and the airliner can be told "not above 3,000'" on the go-around.

Forum: Private Flying

26th May 2015, 17:52

Replies: 91

Cambridge "Airspace"

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Posted By Gertrude the Wombat

I sometimes say "I will be passing through your...

I sometimes say "I will be passing through your overhead/approach/hold at x,000', does that give you a problem?". Which in most places seems to be replied to by a request to maintain my level, which...

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