Matt Fienberg writes: > Yes, my instructor told me that he'd call the tower to let them > know. I got no indication from the tower that anything was > different though. On the second of three touch and goes, I > couldn't radio in at midfield since there was an ongoing discussion > between tower and an incoming Bonanza on an instrument approach. > Finally, I hear him clear the Bonanza to land on 29er, and then he > immediately calls me to let me know I'm number two. At this point, > I'm still about 1000 AGL, now venturing out over the city of > Worcester... I panicked a little bit, and later heard that my > instructor did too... Speech was very clear over the radio, so > maybe the phone call had some effect. Not that they'd disrupt an > instrument approach to get a solo 152 to touch and go ahead of > them....
Please remember that your 152 VFR has the same importance as a Bonanza IFR (or a 747, for that matter), unless the other flight happens to be a medevac, a declared emergency, or something similar. The tower chooses priorities based on safety and traffic flow, not aircraft size or IFR/VFR. I've often had tower ask a big airliner on an IFR approach to reduce to minimum approach speed so that I can slip in in front (as a courtesy, I usually increase my approach speed to about 110-120 kias so that there's not any serious delay, and so that I feel less guilty for holding up 200-300 passengers). All the best, David -- David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
