"C J Campbell" wrote in message =
...
I took a student up yesterday to practice holding on the localizer in =
IMC
conditions. Winds were gusting to over 20 knots and of course it was =
bumpy
in there. He struggled with it for about 45 minutes (boy, does that =
bring
back memories), but he learned a lot about holding, localizers, outer
markers, the leans, and ATC. I call that a good flight.
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We asked for the ILS back into Tacoma Narrows and were cleared, but we =
were
not handed off at the outer marker as usual. This happens fairly often =
when
radio traffic is heavy and so we gave tower a call anyway, reporting =
SCENN.
They sounded a little hesitant but cleared us to land. A minute or so =
later
they called us up and asked us to contact Seattle Approach and report =
that
their telephones were not working (we later learned that telephones =
were out
in the general area for a short time). Approach said they had figured =
that
out and that is why they weren't able to hand us off. They sent us =
back to
the tower with the message that they were aware of the problem. We =
broke out
at about 1000 feet (the ceiling right over the airport was 1500 feet, =
but
there were lower clouds to the north).
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I thought the incident was interesting in that it offered a slightly =
unusual
problem to solve.
=20
Christopher J. Campbell

I'm trying to imagine if that could be some ripple effect from Tuesday's =
outage
of radios at Palmdale. But I'm not having any success at that so far.
---JRC---