Lost comm while VFR in Class Bravo

Fly the airplane.

Write down the squawk code assigned.

Fly the airplane.

Set transponder to 7600 for one minute.

Fly the airplane.

Return transponder to assigned code.

Fly the airplane.

Continue last known clearance...down the Hudson at 1500 until you are clear of
the Bravo, then remain clear and do whatever you wish about the radio failure
outside of seriously controlled airspace.

Jim




Roy Smith
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-How would you handle the following situation.
-
-You call up NY Approach, VFR, and say "Request class bravo clearance at
-1500 for some sightseeing down the Hudson River". The controller says,
-"Cleared into the class bravo as requested".
-
-Sometime later, you realize you havn't heard from them for a while and
-upon calling, get no response.
-
-I'm not aware of any FARs that cover this situation. One might try and
-apply*the rules in 91.185*(IFR operations: Two-way radio communications
-failure), but it's a bad fit for a number of reasons.
-
-What would you do?

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004 15:25:59 -0700, Jim Weir wrote:

Set transponder to 7600 for one minute.

Fly the airplane.

Return transponder to assigned code.

Why all the switching?

"Mark Kolber" wrote in message
...

Why all the switching?


Switch to 7600 to insure ATC knows you're NORDO, switch back to the assigned
code to silence the annoying alarm that code generates and allow your data
tag to correlate with your radar target.