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Old 7th May 2005 | 10:06
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Speed Twelve
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From: 300 miles south of EDI
I've seen people fly in the VFR lanes at EDI on the wrong side a few times. It's a bit disconcerting when you're inbound in the Polmont lane keeping the motorway on your left when ATC calls opposite direction traffic which appears head-on at 1/4 of a mile. Had a PA28 do this to me once.

Do bear in mind before condemning FAS as being gash for seeing what was 'possibly' one of their a/c going the wrong way down a VFR lane that it could have been a solo student or PPL and is not necessarily indicative of the school's standards. Even at the most professional civilian school that I worked for I saw a minority of PPLs do the most Łuckwitted things in aeroplanes once they were let loose unsupervised. It happens everywhere I'm afraid...

Extra 300! mmmm.... Any aeroplane that needs ratchet harnesses to clamp you to the seat gets my vote!

ST
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