Tips on Flying to Dulles

Ray Bengen wrote:
I'm not trying to diminish the workload just saying once you adhere to the
procedure, it's no huge deal IMHO.

It's not a huge deal, unless you make an innocent mistake, or have an
avionics failure of some sort. Then it could become a huge deal. The
procedure is easy, the ramifications of making a mistake are significant.

Jay should note that if, at any time, ATC loses his transponder returns,
he'll be instructed to make an immediate 180, and leave the airspace.
This sometimes happens because of "dead zones" in the airspace where ATC's
radar can't interrogate your transponder (for whatever reason). If they
can't contact you on the radio (to tell you that your transponder isn't
working), you'll be intercepted. AOPA recommends that you familiarize
yourself with intercept procedures, prior to entering the DC ADIZ.


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It's not a huge deal, unless you make an innocent mistake, or have an
avionics failure of some sort. Then it could become a huge deal.

Luckily I consigned my old, intermittent Narco transponder to Ebay a couple
of years ago.

The Garmin 327 hasn't burped, yet. Hopefully it won't whilst we're over
D.C...
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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