"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Danny Deger writes:

Also, on my solo flight of a T-38 at Reese AFB, I had a compressor stall
on
climb out. I declared an emergency on and asked for a vector back to
base.
I was initially kind of ****ed off because I was told to maintain current
heading.

You don't have to do that if you've declared an emergency.

A compressor stall in a two engine airplane was not seviour enough to blow
off IFR separation from other aircraft if I had been IMC. At least that was
the decision I made at the time. If I had been on fire, I would have turned
then told the controller I had turned.

I used to own a Bonanza and if was VMC I would often "Cancel IFR" if I was
being vector all over the place or if VFR and being vectored all over the
place I would "Cancel Radar Service". Those are two very powerful
statements that you don't need an emergency to use.

Danny Deger