NotAnotherUsername
28th Jul 2002, 19:55
I flew a single VFR through East Anglia today from the Clacton VOR up to Cambridge and then west and was wondering about contacting Stansted Approach.
On that route, there's really no-one to talk to on weekends apart from Stansted. I tuned into STN APP and listened out, the poor guy was a touch busy with incoming traffic so I didn't bother saying anything, and just carried on until I got withing reasonable range of the nice man at Cambridge.
So, my question is: from your view point, as long as I remain well clear of your CAS (say over 5 miles) do you want to hear from me?If you do, is there much you can do for me anyway, or I for you?
My normal approach around busy airspace is listen out and, if they sound busy just shut up and listen, else if they're fairly quiet then say hello. Is that reasonable to you?
On that route, there's really no-one to talk to on weekends apart from Stansted. I tuned into STN APP and listened out, the poor guy was a touch busy with incoming traffic so I didn't bother saying anything, and just carried on until I got withing reasonable range of the nice man at Cambridge.
So, my question is: from your view point, as long as I remain well clear of your CAS (say over 5 miles) do you want to hear from me?If you do, is there much you can do for me anyway, or I for you?
My normal approach around busy airspace is listen out and, if they sound busy just shut up and listen, else if they're fairly quiet then say hello. Is that reasonable to you?