On Thu, 15 Jul 2004 20:36:09 -0600, Newps wrote:


Agreed, but you may not cross an extension of the departure runway
centerline till outside the "D" or with clearance.

That's one of the dumbest things I have ever heard. I'm supposed to fly
4 or 5 miles until I leave the class D before I can cross an extended
centerline of the departure rwy? Bull****. If the tower controller
doesn't give me a damn good reason not to turn then I'll turn to
whatever is convenient for me.

Just to play devil's advocate, why would you need to cross the
extended centerline? You took off, you turned in the direction that
you intended to go which would either be right or left of the
centerline. Unless you were completely screwed up (or were declaring
an emergency and it wouldn't matter) you wouldn't need to reverse the
turn and cross the centerline again. Doing so would confuse the
controller, and any traffic taking off behind you which was expecting
you to keep going in generally the direction you were going, right?

Wouldn't anything else be a transit of the Class D which would need
approval anyway?