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  1. pmccarthy
    CU
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    Just a highly strung pilot.
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    Do you have any photos to prove you were there?
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    Weaving and looking back over your shoulder.
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    I reckon I did my best ever short take-off yesterday without trying.
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    The usual constraint is access to the fuel selector. eg the PA-28
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    Skippy what do you mean by "excessive calls, cluttering of the airwaves"? I can see that might happen at a busy airport or during arrivals at a fly in, but I have not encountered it at a "normal" airfield with say three aircraft in circuit. Then there is ample "uncluttered" time for everyone to make the calls needed so a fourth arrival knows where they all are.
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    It’s because they don’t have ASICs over the there.
  9. pmccarthy
    I think it had turned base.
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    At a country airfield, if there is inbound traffic, it is good practice to announce departing circuit to the east not above 3000 or whatever, jus so everyone knows where they are.
  11. pmccarthy
    Up is on in many European homes.
  12. pmccarthy
    The firefighting picture is BS if you consider the weight and volume of fluid needed to suppress a fire.
  13. pmccarthy
    A Murphy is a Furphy that got caught by Murphy's Law. An accidental truth.😸
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    I was taught that the location comes second. The reason is that people are often slow on the transmit button and you may lose part of the first word. Saying traffic first gives the listen a chance to pay attention and then hear the location. I think the CASA radio procedures booklet is wrong in that regard, though I can see why you would want to follow it. And there is no "traffic" at the end of the message, which I hear a lot.
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    Why incorrect? And the time is right as I said it. Don’t see how you could say it much quicker.
  16. pmccarthy
    Sailing ship to Australia in the 1850s was probably safer.
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    I just checked timing for my calls. Average length is 8 seconds. Example: Traffic Kyneton. Foxbat 0000 joining downwind runway 36 Kyneton. Other calls are no longer. So, with (say) 5 aircraft, each calling inbound, downwind, base and final, you have 32 seconds per aircraft, 160 seconds for five aircraft, call it three minutes, of radio calls in the time it takes to get from 10 miles inbound to on the ground, typically ten minutes. About 30% of the time. Seems OK to me.
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    Is that why he does it? I thought it was weight and balance.
  19. pmccarthy
    My dog does that.
  20. pmccarthy
    A good exercise. You're the Fella!
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    After 53 years of flying, I cannot think of any reason not to make a joining or turning downwind call.
  22. pmccarthy
    Its the weather, unsuitable for flying so we deviate.
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    Was nice and smooth, but a cloud/fog band rolled in from the south and put an end to the fun.
  24. pmccarthy
    Flew today, the pressure was 1040 hPa the highest I can ever remember it.
  25. pmccarthy
    I don't think anyone has mentioned backtracking and clear the runway, both useful calls if someone is turning final behind you.
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