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Old July 18th 05, 12:12 AM
RomeoMike
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unicate wrote:



Isn't that "Situational Awareness"?
Some bodies of water may = seaplanes.

But I agree, never hurts to be reminded. Even though symbols appear on
sectionals for gliderports, I've been surprised to learn that many CFIs
don't realize that some glider operations do not use radios, so while
visual scanning anywhere is always a given, you can't always count on
them announcing their presence/positions.


Very good other example. And to ?complete the reason for the scan and
awareness consider that some seaplanes, like other planes, don't have
radios...and then there are the skydivers...and...