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Non radar IFR
I just brought my plane back from annual. Apparently the shop forgot to
put the transponder antenna back on. I was impressed with how easy ATC made flying IFR w/o the transponder. They did not require me to give the full non-radar reports. They just asked me to verify my altitude and report certain intersections. Some of the time they were able to radar ID me based on my primary target but other times they claim they didn't see anything. I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. -Robert |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. Back before 9-11 I got to fly a few times in the Washington Class B with no transponder. To cap it off the IAD primary radar was out (i.e., if you didn't have a transponder, you were invisible to them). Of course, these days you'd get shot at if you tried such a thing here. |
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Robert M. Gary wrote:
I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. Around New York, there are a few places they pretty routinely lose radar contact if you're down low (around Madison VOR and out near Huegenot). It doesn't seem to bother them one bit. PTA-whatever-it-is? Feh, they just ask you to report the next waypoint and everybody's happy. |
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"Roy Smith" wrote in message ... Around New York, there are a few places they pretty routinely lose radar contact if you're down low (around Madison VOR and out near Huegenot). It doesn't seem to bother them one bit. PTA-whatever-it-is? Feh, they just ask you to report the next waypoint and everybody's happy. PTAPTP Position Time Altitude Position Time Position |
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"...Apparently the shop forgot to put the transponder antenna back on..." And you trust this shop to have your aircraft entirely complete why?? Robert M. Gary wrote: I just brought my plane back from annual. Apparently the shop forgot to put the transponder antenna back on. I was impressed with how easy ATC made flying IFR w/o the transponder. They did not require me to give the full non-radar reports. They just asked me to verify my altitude and report certain intersections. Some of the time they were able to radar ID me based on my primary target but other times they claim they didn't see anything. I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. -Robert |
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I didn't get to make that decision until have I already took off. I
never thought to do an antenna inventory before departure. I did decowl the plane though and make sure everything was connected. |
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Roy Smith wrote:
Robert M. Gary wrote: I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. Around New York, there are a few places they pretty routinely lose radar contact if you're down low (around Madison VOR and out near Huegenot). It doesn't seem to bother them one bit. PTA-whatever-it-is? Feh, they just ask you to report the next waypoint and everybody's happy. Millville has an approach that's non-RADAR. Where else? - Andrew |
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Andrew Gideon wrote: Roy Smith wrote: Robert M. Gary wrote: I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. Around New York, there are a few places they pretty routinely lose radar contact if you're down low (around Madison VOR and out near Huegenot). It doesn't seem to bother them one bit. PTA-whatever-it-is? Feh, they just ask you to report the next waypoint and everybody's happy. Millville has an approach that's non-RADAR. Where else? Helena, MT |
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Newps wrote: Andrew Gideon wrote: Roy Smith wrote: Robert M. Gary wrote: I had to fly IFR once before w/o the mode C (it broke in flight) but this was the first time w/o any trasponder. Around New York, there are a few places they pretty routinely lose radar contact if you're down low (around Madison VOR and out near Huegenot). It doesn't seem to bother them one bit. PTA-whatever-it-is? Feh, they just ask you to report the next waypoint and everybody's happy. Millville has an approach that's non-RADAR. Where else? Helena, MT Santa Fe, NM. Although towered, SAF does not have radar. Rather, it's covered by Albuquerque Center, which clears you for the approach and then hands you off to the tower. -- Dane |
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"Dane Spearing" wrote in message ... Santa Fe, NM. Although towered, SAF does not have radar. Rather, it's covered by Albuquerque Center, which clears you for the approach and then hands you off to the tower. That's not a manual approach control, it's just a VFR tower with approach control services provided by Center. |
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