Kittel, Stephen W (ETSA) wrote:
I think for the purposes of the radio procedures your paddock becomes an aerodrome when you begin to take off from (or land in) it!
So every ag-pilot in Australia will now be flying the prescribed circuit pattern and making all the necessary radio calls? Every station-owner flying down to the back paddock to check the windmill is also going to do all this?
I don't think so. I asked these questions of the presenter at the Adelaide session of the Roadshow and at the end of beating around the subject, his answer was 'yes'. I got the feeling I had backed him into a corner and he couldn't really admit reality.
Can I pose another question. At Whitwarta, we have a several instances a year of fixed-wing and helicopters blundering, if not through the circuit area, then through the immediate 'getting away' airspace outside it. I'm convinced they don't even know we are there. What frequency are they likely to be monitoring?
If it is 126.7, then it could be interesting to see what changes over the next year or so.
-- Leigh Bunting Colonel Light Gardens South Australia <Open Windows and let the bugs in> _______________________________________________ Aus-soaring mailing list [email protected] To check or change subscription details, visit: http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring
