On 2008-05-28 21:42:04 -0700, "Jay Honeck" said:

I really like are the guys who announce that they're "over-flying the field
at 4500 feet, heading West..."

I hadn't heard that until I started listening to the Fairmont CTAF. What's
the point?

I confess to making that announcement a couple of times, when I was a
newly-minted private pilot, as I passed over my home field. I think
the guys doing it are just so damned proud of their accomplishment that
they want their buds -- or anyone else listening -- to know that
they're "up there"...

It's really just silly.

You know, I have heard flight examiners do this. I have even heard them
criticize instructors for not teaching students to do this. You think
they are doing it because they are "silly" or "proud of their
accomplishment?"

Think again.
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Waddling Eagle
World Famous Flight Instructor