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Forum: Private Flying
23rd Feb 2015, 21:52
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

fireflyblob I won't show you the statistics....

fireflyblob

I won't show you the statistics. I don't have them. It is my opinion after 40 years of flying.

Why is it the best? Entering on the 45 at pattern altitude allows you to see and...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Feb 2015, 18:25
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

overhead join? the best way is to join the...

overhead join?

the best way is to join the PATTERN on downwind is at a 45 Degree angle. you should have your landing light on in the pattern for recognition and avoidance. HIGH wing planes...
Forum: Private Flying
23rd Feb 2015, 02:30
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

FullWings There is a theory of...

FullWings


There is a theory of leadership, that in the absence of a leader, one will come forth.

If I was in my home little airport(back when), I wouldn't hesitate to say something like:
...
Forum: Private Flying
22nd Feb 2015, 18:47
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

Some of these situations are indicative of poor...

Some of these situations are indicative of poor communications and lack of understanding of intention.

Simply saying: First plane going around, I am right behind you and will follow...waggle your...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Feb 2015, 14:11
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

MJ , if LEFT pattern was standard, we would refer...

MJ , if LEFT pattern was standard, we would refer to the other side as RIGHT PATTERN.

vice versa.

While left hand pattern is usual for many airports, it is not always the case. But we never...
Forum: Private Flying
21st Feb 2015, 14:06
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

just to clarify mach jump, is there a regulation...

just to clarify mach jump, is there a regulation in england that says: no circles on downwind?

or is it just accepted procedure?
Forum: Private Flying
21st Feb 2015, 13:45
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

mach jump you can do a circle at an uncontrolled...

mach jump you can do a circle at an uncontrolled field, good practice would say to advise local traffic on the radio that you are circling on downwind or making S turns on final.

love the way you...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2015, 22:55
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

chillindan really, you would never make a...

chillindan

really, you would never make a right turn in a left hand pattern? ever?

so, let's say you were on base leg and encountered another plane head on? he had made a mistake and was...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2015, 18:57
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

thanks for pointing out that the UK doesn't teach...

thanks for pointing out that the UK doesn't teach that stuff. Good to know.

glad to also know you have heard of such things. I remember our sylabus at the 141 school demanded s turns, turns...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2015, 18:33
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

What we have here is a failure to communicate. ...

What we have here is a failure to communicate.

ON a 3 mile final, a plane may be almost 1000'

How is making a turn about a point or just a 360 dangerous?

now, if someone told you to do a...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2015, 18:10
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

Thumbs down You guys are making a mountain out of a mole...

You guys are making a mountain out of a mole hill. All this talk of orbits at a little tiny airport in a little tiny airplane are more work than making an orbit of the earth in a spacecraft.

When...
Forum: Private Flying
20th Feb 2015, 12:54
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

I just want to make sure I understand the...

I just want to make sure I understand the situation as described by the OP.

There are only two planes in the sky near some airport. Just two planes. And they can't work out something on the...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2015, 22:41
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

150 driver, flying is not commonsense. We...

150 driver, flying is not commonsense.

We have rules that have been around longer than you and I have been around

Why not follow them? I realize you have to actually read them, understand them...
Forum: Private Flying
19th Feb 2015, 19:53
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

PA28181 and I are thinking the same thing. ...

PA28181 and I are thinking the same thing.

IF you are new to flying, you will say something like: I turned base over granny's farm house.

That' s the problem. We use crutches like turn base...
Forum: Private Flying
17th Feb 2015, 23:35
Replies: 211
Views: 24,841
Posted By skyhighfallguy

I think the priority goes to the lowest...

I think the priority goes to the lowest (altitude) plane. Which of you was lower?

It is generally thought that approaching an uncontrolled airport on a straight in is not a good idea, as someone...
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