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![]() "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:MivUd.71208$4q6.70081@attbi_s01... Hmmm. Must be a rash of Citation-itis. On Thursday I had a similar thing happen, in Muscatine, IA . The wind was calm, but had recently favored Rwy 24 -- so that's the runway we chose. (I believe it's the calm-wind runway of choice in MUT as well.) I had just finished my run-up, and had announced that I was taking the runway for departure when a Citation pilot announced that HE was departing on the reciprocal runway, Rwy 06! In fact, squinting into the sun I could see that he was already sitting on the runway, facing me, way down at the other end, over a mile away. He had never said "boo" until that point, and his radio transmissions were VERY weak. Dunno if he was having trouble with the radio, or whether he simply hadn't announced, but there we sat on the runway, like opposing cars in a demolition derby. He then somewhat sheepishly asked if I would mind letting him go first, as he had a clearance delivery time he had to meet. Not being in any particular hurry, I rolled back onto the taxiway, but it was a very unusual -- and potentially disastrous -- situation that ended well. All I can say is: I'm glad *I* announced. -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" It's possible in your case that the pilot was on clearance delivery frequency as he/she was scrambling to make a time. It's a good thing he switched to CTAF and heard you. "See and avoid" is fine, but not so easy to perform looking into a setting sun. |
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