Isle of Man & Andreas
Well that is another TT over and done with.
I only managed to meet one PPruner during the week. Either the others did not turn up or I was busy flying.
On a bad note I am totaly shocked with the amount of pilots not using the radio! the standard excuse I got was
"it's air to air so there is no point"
Well here the points:
1) At one point in time there was 2 aircraft back tracking 2 aircraft taking off and 2 aircraft on short finals, and me holding short. Not one of the pilots were using their radios. I managed to collar the 2 back tracking and the 2 landing and use some pretty blue language at them
2) 4 times whilst in the flare aircraft lined up right in front of me causing me to hammer in the power bank rightand pray I am not to heavy to go around (keep in mind this is in the 7 seat PA32 fully loaded)
3) I missed the tail of a 172 by no more than 50 on short finals.
So on the that note
1) Use the radio!
2) Do overhead joins!
3) Keep a good lookout!
4) Use your brain!
Other than that a great week. I managed to clockup 40 hours in 7 days. With any luck I will get to meet more of you next year.