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Matt Whiting wrote:
How does that help a VFR pilot who not only has no approach plates but doesn't even know what the final approach fix is? Precisely. Doesn't even help an IFR pilot who doesn't have the plate out (and at airports with multiple approaches, he may not even know which approach you're using). |
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"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... Steven P. McNicoll wrote: "Chuck Forsberg" wrote in message news If practicing an approach under the hood in VFR wx to an uncontrolled airport, give your position in terms that VFR only pilots can understand. Many VFR pilots don't know what an outer markers or intersections are, let alone their locations. Same goes for the IFR missed approach procedure. Advisory Circular 90-42F "Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers" provides examples of self-announce phraseologies for various situations. It provides the following for practice instrument approaches: "STRAWN TRAFFIC, CESSNA TWO ONE FOUR THREE QUEBEC (NAME-FINAL APPROACH FIX) INBOUND DESCENDING THROUGH (ALTITUDE) PRACTICE (TYPE) APPROACH RUNWAY THREE FIVE STRAWN" How does that help a VFR pilot who not only has no approach plates but doesn't even know what the final approach fix is? It doesn't. I'm just the messenger. Don't shoot the messenger. I usually state where I am in relatio to the field, so many miles at a given direction along with altitude and then mention that I'm on a practice approach. As do most. Personally, I prefer to hear reports over a known fix or landmark or a DME distance. That way I know it's an accurate report and not a semi-wild-ass-guess. I think you'd be surprised how inaccurate some reports are. |
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Steven P. McNicoll wrote:
"Matt Whiting" wrote in message ... Steven P. McNicoll wrote: "Chuck Forsberg" wrote in message news If practicing an approach under the hood in VFR wx to an uncontrolled airport, give your position in terms that VFR only pilots can understand. Many VFR pilots don't know what an outer markers or intersections are, let alone their locations. Same goes for the IFR missed approach procedure. Advisory Circular 90-42F "Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers" provides examples of self-announce phraseologies for various situations. It provides the following for practice instrument approaches: "STRAWN TRAFFIC, CESSNA TWO ONE FOUR THREE QUEBEC (NAME-FINAL APPROACH FIX) INBOUND DESCENDING THROUGH (ALTITUDE) PRACTICE (TYPE) APPROACH RUNWAY THREE FIVE STRAWN" How does that help a VFR pilot who not only has no approach plates but doesn't even know what the final approach fix is? It doesn't. I'm just the messenger. Don't shoot the messenger. I wasn't shooting. You'd know if I was shooting. :-) I usually state where I am in relatio to the field, so many miles at a given direction along with altitude and then mention that I'm on a practice approach. As do most. Personally, I prefer to hear reports over a known fix or landmark or a DME distance. That way I know it's an accurate report and not a semi-wild-ass-guess. I think you'd be surprised how inaccurate some reports are. I usually give the distance from the GPS, but, yes, I've heard some really flakey reports. I was flying into AOO this summer and reported 10 miles out. A split second later a Piper Lance (as I recall) reported 10 miles out from a different direction. Since I was flying an Arrow, I assumed he was faster than me and would get there slightly ahead of me. I was on the downwind side of the active runway so I entered the pattern abeam the field. I still couldn't pick him up and assumed he was coming across the runway into the pattern so I was slightly concerned about meeting him head-on. I called entering downwind abeam the runway and had my landing light on so he could see me better. He then called entering downwind abeam also. I was about to break off and climb out when I picked him up. He was still two miles from the field opposite the field from me and wasn't even close to the upwind leg let alone across the field for downwind. And unless he was throttled way back, he must have been closer to 13-15 miles out on his initial call-up. Matt |
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