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![]() "Tony Cox" wrote in message ink.net... "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:HJFUd.12332$r55.8014@attbi_s52... You really should be scared of class D airports. Totally agree. I'll take uncontrolled over non-radar Class Delta, any day. Really? All that money spent on controllers is wasted? In some cases, yes. At least in class D, everyone is *supposed* to be on the radio, although of course vigilance is always necessary. I think what you are really saying is that danger goes up as the traffic density increases, and class D tends to be busier than uncontrolled fields. I'd take a class D early in the morning when no one is around any day! The non towered airport I fly out of (home base for 350 + aircraft)is busier than most Class D airports, has 6 runways with 3 frequently in use at one time, has a ton of NORDO aircraft and is much better behaved than a lot of class D airports I have been to. Most close call or worse horror stories I have experienced and heard involved someone in a tower with a radio and no radar. Tony (not the same person as Avweb reported today as facing the clink for falsifying his pilot certificate application!) |
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