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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:09:22 -0500, Corky Scott
wrote: On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:16:43 GMT, Bob Moore wrote: "gatt" wrote I failed my Private because I used a private field as a waypoint in my cross-country plan. WHATTT.... No way! You can use a tree as a waypoint as long as it can be identified from the airplane in flight. Maybe you failed because you could not identify the "grass" field as a waypoint, not because it was a "private" field. Bob Moore My feelings exactly. I used private fields for my waypoints on several cross countries WITH the CFI in the right seat. The only point he made is that sometimes the private fields are hard to spot. Hard to spot? I took my check ride the morning after we had a couple inches of snow. Almost all of my check points were invisible. I never did find most of them, but by pointing to the map and finding other references I was able to show I was where I thought I was. The only reason I could find the Pinconing airstrip was two airplanes parked outside and it took a relatively low pass to identify those. The examiner was happy. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Corky Scott |
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"gatt" wrote
I failed my Private because I used a private field as a waypoint in my cross-country plan. "Private" does not necessarily mean "Grass". Just north of my location in Tarpon Springs, FL, there were two private airports, both with 3-4,000' of paved runway. Hidden Lake and TampaBay Exec which has just recently closed. Bob Moore |
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:55:46 GMT, Bob Moore
wrote: "gatt" wrote I failed my Private because I used a private field as a waypoint in my cross-country plan. "Private" does not necessarily mean "Grass". Just north of my location in Tarpon Springs, FL, there were two private airports, both with 3-4,000' of paved runway. Hidden Lake and TampaBay Exec which has just recently closed. What'd they do with all the planes out at the Exec? That place was really handy when the weather turned to crap when we were heading home between Christmas and New years a few years ago. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com Bob Moore |
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Roger wrote
What'd they do with all the planes out at the Exec? Many went over to Zephyrhills and a few (me) to Pilot Country. I thought that a lot would wind-up at Tampa North, but they don't seem to have the necessary facilities. The State appropriated funds to provide facilities at the surrounding airports to accommodate the relocation. I don't hold much hope for Tampa North and Clearwater Exec due to residential development surrounding them. Bob Moore |
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