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Goldmember · February 4th, 2008, 12:43

You're right, it just goes to show the importance of keeping your scan in VFR outside the airplane. Good job seeing the contact and staying safe. However, Just something to think about, with the winds below 5 knots, at a lot of uncontrolled fields, that signals calm wind runway, so even though the wind was from 070, at Burlington, 24 may be considered the corrrect runway to use. OR, as happens a lot also, the other pilot was just too lazy to fly a full pattern, was coming in basically on a base for 24 anyway, and just decided, since the winds were 4 knots, to just go ahead and hang a right and put her down.

One last thing to keep in mind, not everybody even talks on the radio at uncontrolled fields. They aren't even required. We have an open cockpit Stearman at Valparaiso that you always have to look out for because he is ridiculously slow and doesn't have a radio at all. Is it a big problem? Not at all, you just have to make sure, like you said, to stay ahead of the game.

Cheers

February 4th, 2008, 12:43	#8
Goldmember Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Louisville, KY. Posts: 154	Re: The importance of staying ahead of the game You're right, it just goes to show the importance of keeping your scan in VFR outside the airplane. Good job seeing the contact and staying safe. However, Just something to think about, with the winds below 5 knots, at a lot of uncontrolled fields, that signals calm wind runway, so even though the wind was from 070, at Burlington, 24 may be considered the corrrect runway to use. OR, as happens a lot also, the other pilot was just too lazy to fly a full pattern, was coming in basically on a base for 24 anyway, and just decided, since the winds were 4 knots, to just go ahead and hang a right and put her down. One last thing to keep in mind, not everybody even talks on the radio at uncontrolled fields. They aren't even required. We have an open cockpit Stearman at Valparaiso that you always have to look out for because he is ridiculously slow and doesn't have a radio at all. Is it a big problem? Not at all, you just have to make sure, like you said, to stay ahead of the game. Cheers __________________ What are we going to do tonight brain? --Same thing we do every night Pinky, try and take over the world.