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On 21 Dec, 09:58, J a c k wrote:
Ian wrote:

Seeing other aircraft is often aided by hearing radio transmissions.
Have you literally heard an aircraft you didn't first see?

Are you remembering that in the UK we have a very limited range of
frequencies, and that it is quite possible to be able to hear calls
from gliders at several different airfields at once? I have on
occasion wasted time trying to see the glider which has just called
downwind at an airfield ten miles from the one I am about to land at.

Ian

Ian wrote:

Are you remembering that in the UK we have a very limited range of
frequencies, and that it is quite possible to be able to hear calls
from gliders at several different airfields at once?

As we do here in the USA. When airborne, we hear calls from multiple
glider organizations, other skydiving activities in addition to the one
based at our field, as well as the other calls associated with each of
the respective airport's operations. The FAA has determined that we will
use a particular frequency from a very limited range of available
frequencies, when operating to or from the airport.


I have on occasion wasted time trying to see the glider which has just called
downwind at an airfield ten miles from the one I am about to land at.

You're a poster-child for proper radio procedure, if not for turning off
the radio. Why not set a better example for them?


Jack

On Dec 21, 10:42*pm, Ian wrote:
On 21 Dec, 09:58, J a c k wrote:

Ian wrote:
Seeing other aircraft is often aided by hearing radio transmissions.
Have you literally heard an aircraft you didn't first see?

Are you remembering that in the UK we have a very limited range of
frequencies, and that it is quite possible to be able to hear calls
from gliders at several different airfields at once? I have on
occasion wasted time trying to see the glider which has just called
downwind at an airfield ten miles from the one I am about to land at.

Ian

Gliders at our airfield prefix their downwind call with 'XXX Traffic'
so there is no doubt who they are addressing. OK. sometimes we get
'XXX Base' but it's still unambiguous.

Cats wrote:
On Dec 21, 10:42 pm, Ian wrote:
On 21 Dec, 09:58, J a c k wrote:

Ian wrote:
Seeing other aircraft is often aided by hearing radio transmissions.
Have you literally heard an aircraft you didn't first see?
Are you remembering that in the UK we have a very limited range of
frequencies, and that it is quite possible to be able to hear calls
from gliders at several different airfields at once? I have on
occasion wasted time trying to see the glider which has just called
downwind at an airfield ten miles from the one I am about to land at.

Ian

Gliders at our airfield prefix their downwind call with 'XXX Traffic'
so there is no doubt who they are addressing. OK. sometimes we get
'XXX Base' but it's still unambiguous.

Snap. We make blind calls to "xxx radio" giving approach direction
before joining the circuit and on downwind to give circuit direction and
intended runway. This is in accordance with CAP 413, as all glider
pilots using a radio should know.

Anybody not prefixing the call to a typical glider field with "xxx
radio" is in violation, so a light bollocking would be entirely in order.


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