Shoreham ATC
Picture the scene, doubtless repeated at a number of airfields in the south last Saturday, the first decent flying day of the year. At Shoreham on Sat morning the circuit was chock full with the usual mix of 152s and Traumahawks not to mention arriving visiting aircraft, one guy thinking that now would be a good time to bash out some circuits in an Arrow (one Ace Rimmer) another bashing in a Seneca and a queue at the B1 hold that made it look like LHR. . .So you have a mix of types, abilities and speeds. RT was a pretty non stop chattering as well as simultaneous transmissions factor in a Belge with apparent radio problems and an a obviously hazy grip of joining procedures a clear recipe for chaos or worse.
Keeping a lid on all this, one maiden with the tones of the Veldt on Shoreham APP dunno her name but she's a star. She totally maintained her cool. (AND she didn't even charge me for one VERY low go-around - honest guv I never touched down!) Just wanted to say thanks.