OSH Go Arounds

"George Patterson" wrote in message
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Dave Stadt wrote:

The guy on the radio is an FAA controller. The guy with the flag is a
volunteer. Damnit out ranks a flag.

That's an example of the attitude that destroyed a priceless Corsair a few
years
back.

George Patterson
Drink up, Socrates -- it's all-natural.

That was a series of errors starting with very basic procedures that were
simply not very well thought out.

I believe the collision of the Corsair and the Bearcat a few years ago
was a loss of situational awareness. The FAA hands over the field to
EAA during the airshow, and the various coordinators of the airshow
manage the launch, timing, form-up and recovery of the airshow
participants (managed by EAA "showcase" along with warbirds). Neither
the orange shirts, or the pink shirts are out there during the airshow.

The Corsair vs. Bearcat was a tragic accident, and I think it was
because one thought the other was taking off, rather than just taxiing
forward. And he went. Many saw what happened next.

Sad.
I know the Corsair pilot lived, but was paralyzed (or something to that
affect). Does anyone know any update???
-Ryan
Co-chair, Flight Line Ops

George Patterson wrote:
Dave Stadt wrote:

The guy on the radio is an FAA controller. The guy with the flag
is a
volunteer. Damnit out ranks a flag.

That's an example of the attitude that destroyed a priceless Corsair
a few years
back.

George Patterson
Drink up, Socrates -- it's all-natural.

"Paul Tomblin" wrote

Two years ago was my first trip to OSH, and this year I'm going again.
Last time, when it came time to take-off, the guy on the radio told me to
taxi onto the runway, but the guy with the flag was still holding it up in
the "STOP" position. So I stayed stopped, and the guy on the radio yelled
at me to move it, dammit.

Should I have ignored the flag?

IMHO, you should pay attention to the guy with the flag. He may have been
in a better position than the controller, to see something that should make
you stay put.

I would break radio silence to quickly point it out.
--
Jim in NC

My bad... I was landing 09 with the setting sun to my back.

Jay Honeck wrote:
We were landing 27 and the other runway in use of 36.
I added power and pitched out to the north (left).
There was no conflicting traffic, it was just like entering left downwind
for reentry.


Eh? I'm with Jack on this one -- you must've been landing on 09 for a turn
to the north to have been a left turn.

Knock on wood, I haven't had to in initiate a go-around at OSH. In any
event, as for procedures, I would do precisely what the controller tells me
to do.

jsmith wrote:
My bad... I was landing 09 with the setting sun to my back.

Ah...makes perfect sense now...one of those "your other left"
situations. I hate it when that happens! :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-IA Student-Arrow Buying Student

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

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My bad... I was landing 09 with the setting sun to my back.

Ah...makes perfect sense now...one of those "your other left" situations.
I hate it when that happens! :-)

Man, it makes my heart pump just thinking about flying into OSH again this
year. What fun! :-)

Actually, I had some great practice for OSH a few weeks ago, flying into
Deland, Florida. (We were supposed to go direct Titusville, but they were
holding an airshow at TIX, and we had to wait till they reopened the field
in the early evening...)

Turns out, Deland is an incredible airport, with one of the biggest
skydiving schools in the world. Coming into the pattern from the north, I
was advised by folks in the pattern against crossing over the top of the
field for a downwind entry because of the intense skydiving activity.

Scoffing to Mary about "How many can there really be?," I nevertheless
circumnavigated the airport to enter the pattern from the south.

What a trip! I was, like, number 5 coming into the downwind. A
turbine-twin Otter was DIVING (and I mean diving, with beta thrust) into the
base leg of the pattern. Canopies literally filled the sky over the
airport, as dozens of meat bombs fell through the air.

In short, it was just like arriving in OSH -- without the control. Yee ha!

We had a great lunch at the on-field restaurant, and watched hundreds and
hundreds of skydivers land right in front of us for several hours. They were
working TWO Otters continually for the three hours we were there....
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

You should see it when they get a record attempt going.
Five DC-3's with 50 jumpers apiece.

Jay Honeck wrote:
We had a great lunch at the on-field restaurant, and watched hundreds and
hundreds of skydivers land right in front of us for several hours. They were
working TWO Otters continually for the three hours we were there....

On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 14:05:49 GMT, "Jay Honeck"
wrote in
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one of the biggest skydiving schools in the world

The largest in North America:
http://www.skydiveperris.com/about/overview.asp