About indentifiers....

In a previous article, "Peter Duniho" said:
However, if you're unfamiliar with the airport, you may still find the
ANSWER useful. But you'll never know, because the elite "I know the ID and

Oh, good point. Ok, I'll try and play nice in the future.


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"Peter Duniho" wrote

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Bottom line: there ARE people reading these threads who do NOT know the
answer, nor are they necessarily familiar with the airport(s) in question,
and yet who DO have an interest in what's being discussed.

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This is basic Usenet etiquette. It's a common enough request, and for
most
people who have any basic sense of having a *usable* Usenet community,
it's
regarded as "the right thing to do".

Just spell it out. It's not that hard, and it permits *everyone* to be
involved, not just those who know the secret handshake.

Pete

Someone stop the presses! I found a subject Pete and I agree on! VBG
--
Jim in NC

You bring up a very good point. I'd like to take this to a slightly
different direction.

Aircraft Identification:

The problem I have is, there are aircraft that are mentioned in ADs. I
might be very interested in them (we are looking for a reasonable 6
place). But I don't know anything about them. How is one to know if a
plane is a single engine with 6 seats or a twin with 2 seats? Now if
they put a picture with their ad...

Meanwhile, how does ATC know what a Caravan is versus a Sky Bus versus
a Tiger? It sure makes a difference to them when doing spacing for
approaches in IMC. It also helps departure control when you have some
idea of climb speed and rate of climb. So this means that this
information is available somewhere.

Later,
Steve.T
PP ASEL/Instrument

"Peter MacPherson" flying6 wrote:

Most of these questions are aimed at people who
regularly use the airport. If you don't know the
identifier off by heart, then chances are you don't
fly there often enough to answer the questions about
it.

True, but just cuz you don't know the answer to the question doesn't mean you
wouldn't be interested in the discussion ... maybe you'd like to know what
airport people are talking about because you might fly there one day, or maybe
you know someone who's going there. Most of us know where to look up
identifiers, but as the other person said, it only takes two seconds to type
out the name so everyone knows right off.

In a previous article, "Casey Wilson" said:
Please, folks. Some, I'd wager most, of us just don't have
encyclopedic memory. When you use an airport identifier, please include the
name of the airport, or the nearest town.

I presume you're talking about posts with subject lines like "Good FBO for
BAF" or "Why does ILS23 at QQQ have a bend in the middle?"

Most of these questions are aimed at people who regularly use the airport.
If you don't know the identifier off by heart, then chances are you don't
fly there often enough to answer the questions about it.


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Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/
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-- Toni L

You are assuming that the reason why ILS23 at QQQ has a bend in the middle
can only be answered by someone from the local area. Someone who knows
enough about approaches and TERPS may be able to answer it even if they
have never been there. Why not open up the question to everyone instead of
focuing on one group?

However, some airport codes such as JFK and LAX may be ok to use without
explanation because even nonpilots know what they stand for.


(Paul Tomblin) wrote in
:

In a previous article, "Casey Wilson" said:
Please, folks. Some, I'd wager most, of us just don't have
encyclopedic memory. When you use an airport identifier, please
include the name of the airport, or the nearest town.

I presume you're talking about posts with subject lines like "Good FBO
for BAF" or "Why does ILS23 at QQQ have a bend in the middle?"

Most of these questions are aimed at people who regularly use the
airport. If you don't know the identifier off by heart, then chances
are you don't fly there often enough to answer the questions about it.