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Old 5th Aug 2004, 13:52
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DP, pot calling the kettle? Your post cannot infer. It may imply... quite different. Look it up.

JSM - I recall flying some early morning solo practice bumps and circuits in an outer suburban MBZ airfield when another pilot announced he was taxiing for the upwind end of the only available runway in order to takeoff downwind and in a direction contrary to the existing pattern being flown by the only other aircraft in circuit.

How many short, precise, clear calls do you reckon I made announcing my intentions downwind, base, turning final, and short final to land before Captain Cloth-Ears got the message, looked at the windsock and in the sky to see what might be going on and decided a takeoff into the wind might be in order?

Aviate, Navigate, Communicate.
In that order will do nicely. Thanks.

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