One look out the window to see the crab angle and a peek at the GPS
grounspeed makes ATIS/ASOS/Windsocks superfluous.

How true. Sometimes you've got to wonder what people are looking for before
landing.

What I like are the guys who obviously aren't carrying a sectional chart (or
any other airport information) and insist on calling Unicom for an "airport
advisory" -- despite the airport having a published AWOS frequency.

When this occurs, everyone on the freq knows that the incoming guy:

a) Doesn't know the runways, and is hoping that the FBO will tell him the
preferred landing runway before he gets to the pattern.
b) Doesn't have a sectional, and therefore doesn't know the AWOS frequency
to check weather -- which would tell him the preferred runway in 30 seconds.

Our FBO manager loves to play with these guys, telling them stuff like
"winds are variable -- you have your choice of 6 runways..." or he'll simply
give them the AWOS frequency, laconically stating that "our AWOS will give
you the complete weather every 30 seconds...

When you listen to Unicom for 8 hours a day, every day, it's AMAZING the
stuff you hear.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"