"bdl" wrote in message
ps.com...
wrote:
It seems pretty much SOP that in a spam-can flying IFR anywhere near the
Chicago Bravo that you will almost
*always* be vectored almost to Iowa (Well, at least Beloit and Rockford,
IL).
Thats been my observation. I guess my question is WHY... Especially
when im so low and so far outside the Class Bravo that I can't possibly
be in the way of approaching traffic on a southbound leg.
ANybody ever get a tour of the Chicago TRACON?
Brian
One of the problems is that DuPage sits just to the west. If the traffic at
O'Hare is just right, they will sometimes let you go over the top of DuPage.
Otherwise, they will take you not only west of the lower layers of the class
B but far enough west so that they can keep you well clear of DuPage.
The best that you can do VFR is squeeze between DuPage and the class B. It's
a nice tour. Even that feels way too far west, if you are headed southeast.
I just chalk it up to the experience of IFR flying. After all, the only real
reason to endure such "hardship" is if it is real IFR. Otherwise, cancel and
go visual. I just quietly motor wherever they want me to go - as long as I
end up at my destination.
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Travis
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