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Complemented by a Tower!
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:16 amby Drake_TigerClaw
I was on a night cross country to Albany GA a couple weeks ago. As I was coming into the area the tower told me to go downwind and report. So I went to the downwind and reported. They told me to extend for a larger traffic, but then a minute later they gave me the option to jump in... so... I did. And I just turned that SkyHawk into a SkyRock, power back, 180, flaps, slip, nice touchdown and a short roll. Well apperently the tower was impressed and complemented me, so did the regional airliner behind me. I was so happy and my instructor was pretty proud of me for having the tower notice! I love night flight.
Re: Complemented by a Tower!
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:24 amby BFMF
Well done
Re: Complemented by a Tower!
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:37 amby Brett_Henderson
That reminds me of a landing I made at Bay City, Michigan last year. I was cleared to enter and land from and extended, left-base. About a mile out the tower said, "There's a regional jet on a 5-mile final.. land and clear, no delay.. or turn for an extended downwind". I flew right at the numbers, lining up and flaring at about the same time... off at the first taxi-way.
Sounds like you have the feel and instincts that can't be taught.. Well done.
Re: Complemented by a Tower!
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:45 pmby beaky
Ain't that a great feeling? Almost makes me want to fly to a towered airport in the hopes of hearing something like that again... ;D
Re: Complemented by a Tower!
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:16 pmby Nexus
Wish we had such nice tower controllers around my area.
Dont know about them, but it seems they've made it to a culture to constantly bitch to us who arent able to keep 160kts until 4dme...
Just one more summer and then I am able to...*dreams away*
Good job on the flying :)
Re: Complemented by a Tower!
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Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:23 pmby beefhole
The tower controllers are all nice enough around my area, but the App/dep guys... I mean my god... it's like you went out with all their sisters and then smeared crap on their mothers
Re: Complemented by a Tower!
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Thu Jun 22, 2006 12:35 amby Drake_TigerClaw
A lot of the smaller towers in georgia are usualy nice enough. But the thing is that most app/dep/enroute goes through like 2 Atlanta frequencies and FSS is down in Macon. And Atlanta is like airtraffic capital of the world so they dont like talking to someone who does not know what to do. Although I think I was on with Jax center the night I was talking about.