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I thought is wasn't very helpful for them to ask him to fiddle with his
transponder and switch frequencies, last thing a pilot who is struggling to maintain control needs is distraction. I looked up the plane, (see link above). It was a 172P so I wonder if he really was rolling or only felt like it. If it had been any other airplane, this tape probably wouldn't have been of such a successful outcome. -- Roger Long Cecil E. Chapman wrote in message m... Interesting link. What confuses me is that the purpose of the clip (presumably) is to show an example of exceptional assistance from a controller, yet, while passing the pilot to a controller on another frequency the original controller can be heard saying that he is passing on a pilot who is squawking 1200 when in fact they had asked him (several times and he eventually complied) to change his squawk to 7700. Eventually they corrected this error. The other thing that bugs me is that the VFR pilot (like another poster has already said) really received very little useful control input (aside from the first instruction to break the stall) and instrument interpretation instructions. At one point the VFR pilot was simply told to "just fly straight and level" when the pilot found himself in IMC again. I can think of a plethora of other suggestions that might have been made to the VFR pilot, on how exactly he should interpret 'straight and level' using his instruments and more importantly how to make turns at a bank and turn rate that is appropriate to being in IMC. All of which could be explained quickly without overwhelming the pilot. I was surprised to learn that one of the controllers at another airport I've flown to in the past, actually had never been a pilot NOR ever BEEN IN a G.A. aircraft. -- -- =----- Good Flights! Cecil PP-ASEL Check out my personal flying adventures complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com "I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things." - Antoine de Saint-Exupery - "We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet" - Cecil Day Lewis - |
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