Peter R. wrote:
Jim Macklin wrote:

Mustang requesting fly-by. Sorry Mustang, the pattern is
closed.

Wasn't that Maverick?

--
Peter

I think it was "Negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."

Interesting article at:

http://www.southern-aviator.com/edit...olumn&-nothing

When are VFR low approaches at uncontrolled airports legal?
Alan Armstrong
8/1/2001

Excerpt from near the end:

Despite the two rulings, pilots should realize that currently there is
nothing in the FARs to warn you that conducting a "low approach" will
only be deemed appropriate if the airport or runway is one upon which
your aircraft can land. Neither is there anything in the Airport
Operations Provisions section of the Aeronautical Information Manual,
which actually sanctions low approaches. Nothing is said, either, in
the Air Traffic Control Handbook.

There is also no consistency between the provisions of the Aeronautical
Information Manual and the FARs, since FAR § 91.119 only permits
descent below a safe altitude if the aircraft is in the process of
takeoff or landing.