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Old 29th May 2004, 20:16
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TonyR
 
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I was going to say "try flying at Weston" but thats not nice.

There is far too much reliance on the radio these days and not enough on lookout and plain old airmanship
A few years ago I flew from Ireland to Holland to a small field called "Hilversum" in a 172. I was tired and just wanted to get on the ground, although I used to fly at a non radio airfiedl I had become conditioned to the tower giving me all the info I required at EGAA.

I called Hilversum radio for joining instructions and the reply came back in broken english "tis VFR" that was it, so I also say look out the window boys, if your number 2 or 3 and your not told by the tower then its up to you to tell.

"tis VFR"
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