On 28 Jul 2006 04:18:21 -0700, wrote:


Grumman-581 wrote:
On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 09:14:37 -0600, Newps wrote:
I've never been to OSH, but based on what I've seen at other places the
FAA can't dream of having the manpower available to have a chat with
every pilot that screws up the arrival.

Considering the number of planes that fly into there during such a
short timespan, I think they do pretty damn good... I've flow in and
out of there 3 times so far... A little research (i.e. read the
****in' NOTAM beforehand) and things go pretty good... Be familiar
enough with the various approaches that you can handle the case where
they change approaches on you and you'll do fine... Nothing quite like
the bit of adrenaline rush of being in the flare and then the
controllers asking you to switch to the parallel runway... Oh yeah,
you should also be familiar with your plane so that you can handle
these impromptu diversions...

A couple years back I was in the soup being vectored to the ILS for
36. I was almost to within 30 degrees of the localizer when the
controller said... Oops! Oops! Whatdaya mean, Oops? Looks like the
winds have changed and we'll have to send you back out and around for
the VOR09. Naturally VOR09 was the ONLY chart I didn't find in the
stack. It was still in my briefcase. OTOH by the time they sent me
back about 5 miles south, about 15 west, and back north to intercept
the 27 radial I could have had lunch so retrieving the chart was not a
real problem.

BTW Chicago does the approaches for OSH. The tower only takes over
when you are close in.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


AMEN, Brother!!!!
Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com