by reider » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:22 pm
Now forgive me if I`m wrong but I read the situation as, there is a left base and a right base for example, fly straight in does not give you the required permission to land (though it sounds like it) but instead is telling you to approach in the straight ahead position in line with the runway rather than say approach base left/right. You then still have to await permission to land, I have used this procedure every time. Sometimes permission is granted straightaway and sometimes you go in a holding pattern while say a jet lands-higher priority I guess.
Thats my take on it anyway, and so far its worked out aok with no problems. The instruction is a tad misleading though, to say the least. Maybe when its not so busy you go straight ahead position when told (usually smaller airfields/airports), await permission to land, then another plane comes into range and asks permission to land, at this point you shouldn`t be on `finals` so maybe the other plane is higher priority and gets to land before you.
Next time you`re in this position, take it as being on hold and wait to see, you will be given permission. On a side track now, I was on hold the other night and did four loops of about 8 nm each whilst others including the same type of planes as me were allowed in. My height, speed and setup were correct so eventually I said sod it and went in anyway. I then got told to clear the runway because I did not yet have permission to land, I still went in-idiots!
Reider
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reider on Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:22 pm, edited 1 time in total.
