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Do you make radio calls even if you are the only one in the traffic pattern?
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View Poll Results: Do you make radio calls even if you are the only one in the traffic pattern?
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Yes
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03-31-2013, 09:50 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 124
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Pattern talk
Yes. Squawking on the radio, head on a swivel.
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David Nellis
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03-31-2013, 09:55 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Minneapolis, MN
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I do
Yes - can't remember how many times that pattern is quiet until I make my call, then suddenly someone else is there!
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03-31-2013, 09:58 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: fort myers fl
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yes, like scsmith, maybe not every leg, but every time entering downwind, final and short final. I never make the taxing radio call though.
bob burns
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03-31-2013, 10:13 AM
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Location: George West, TX
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Quote:
Originally Posted by selhardt
Yes - can't remember how many times that pattern is quiet until I make my call, then suddenly someone else is there!
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Yes, ditto Scott!
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03-31-2013, 10:34 AM
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Yes, at least 5 out depending on speed, all legs, be succinct
(brevity & clarity), and please don't say "any traffic in the pattern please advise"
Don
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Last edited by cfiidon : 03-31-2013 at 02:19 PM.
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03-31-2013, 10:51 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Port Orange, FL
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No taxi calls when landing runway is obvious or someone is already in the pattern. Use taxi call to inform incoming traffic of my intended runway.
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03-31-2013, 12:08 PM
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Yes, all the time. It's a good habit!
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03-31-2013, 12:24 PM
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I wonder why
Quote:
Originally Posted by cfiidon
Yes, at least 5 out depending on speed, all legs, be succint (brevity & clarity), and please don't say "any traffic in the pattern please advise"
Don
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this is a problem ?? Can't count the number of times I've received answers to this question from aircraft that had not previously announced their arrival or departure.
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03-31-2013, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Delta, CO/Atlin, BC
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aerhed
Everywhere but here at home. The antelope don't monitor unicom.
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Are you sure of that? 
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Greg Arehart
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03-31-2013, 12:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by axlr8r
I wonder why this is a problem ?? Can't count the number of times I've received answers to this question from aircraft that had not previously announced their arrival or departure.
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"any traffic in the pattern please advise"
Use it on your next BFR and see the response you get from your instructor.
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