On my CPL exam, my examiner made me do a PFL and then touch and go to a gliding site without once contacting the gliding frequency. That bad airmanship?
It wasn't but I shall let you figure out why for yourself.
It's all situational If it was a soaking wet day or the wind was 40kts at 1000ft or if the vis was low and cloudbase 1000ft I wouldn't consider for one second contacting Errol before flying over them, whether I was talking to Dundee or not, they're not flying. I've already said that flying through a DZ on a nice day when they are dropping and not being on frequency sounds pretty unwise.
The rest is my just winding up Crash One because I don't like this concept of absolutes when it comes to flying, generally speaking there are many ways of doing things and while not agreeing with them, they are often perfectly safe within a given set of parameters. Just because we can, doesn't mean we should but just because I don't think it should be done, doesn't mean it's stupid or dangerous.
Last edited by Dan the weegie; 4th Sep 2012 at 14:29.