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Old 17th Oct 2017, 14:59
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scifi
 
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Seems strange that the C150 was not told to 'Orbit in present position, landing traffic is Tornado, at 8 miles'.


The number of times I have been asked to orbit in present position started on my very first solo. I had to do many orbits whilst the Baluga landed and back-tracked at Hawarden. I had never done orbits before, so just winged it ! It made my first solo 30 minutes in the log.


With the rate of climb of a Tornado reaching tens of thousand feet per minute, I would think that all the airspace above the approach path should be his alone, in case he wanted a go-around. Why the Cessna was not stopped from crossing the Tornadoes path should have been mentioned as a recommendation in the report.


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