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Old 12th May 2005, 14:08
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Irish Steve
 
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"Fox Tango, Left hand down wind for 23"

"Fox Tango, roger, number 6, but we both know that's going to change, continue and call turning final"

Regular exchange. Happened every time we were training in the circuit, in that the other 5 were all 152's or similar, and we were operating at close to 120 Kts, reducing to 90 on very short final, as the VMCA on the aircraft was 105 Kts, so we had to keep at least 105 until certain of a landing.

The exchanges meant we knew how many to look out for, and the other 6 knew that the order of approaches was going to change, as there was a much faster aircraft operating in the circuit.

Made things a little easier for me, and also for the other aircraft in the circuit.

Got interesting on occasions though, we'd pass outside one of them as we turned final, touch a few seconds literally after the previous one had rotated off, and be looking for him and passing him before we turned cross wind.
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