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Old December 22nd 04, 07:17 PM
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On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 08:09:22 -0500, Corky Scott
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On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 20:16:43 GMT, Bob Moore
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"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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Old December 22nd 04, 07:55 PM
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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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Old December 22nd 04, 11:32 PM
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On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:55:46 GMT, Bob Moore
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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.


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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Old December 23rd 04, 12:31 AM
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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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