Just a friendly reminder

KirkGrovesRV8 · #1 05-05-2007, 05:28 PM

Just a friendly reminder guys and gals! I had Dakota Queen at a nice little fly in today and a nice fellow walked up and Ramp Checked me

I must have looked devious

Anyway don't forget to carry your Airworthiness as well as your registration and Operating limitations.
And don't worry all my paper work was in order.
All the Best

P.S. Stay tuned "Dakota Queen" has some new adventures in the works!

mannanj · #2 05-05-2007, 06:25 PM

My-My. How things have changed. Years ago these guys had standing orders not to harrass and ramp check at Fly-Ins.

tomwebster · #3 05-05-2007, 06:56 PM

Kirk,
Just curious, do you know if it was some type of official
flyin and was it connected with the EAA in any way?
Tom

KirkGrovesRV8 · #4 05-05-2007, 07:28 PM

Hi Tom,
The fly in was at DMW in Westminster, MD I do believe it was held with the local EAA chapter, But don't hold me to it.
The Feds are definitely out there, but on a happier note during the course of our little visit it was mentioned that the Washington ADIZ may in fact be reduced sometime in the near future

n5lp · #5 05-05-2007, 10:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mannanj

My-My. How things have changed. Years ago these guys had standing orders not to harrass and ramp check at Fly-Ins.

I got ramp checked at Lubbock at a fly-in around 3 or 4 years ago. I had all the ducks in a row but it sure left a bad taste.

"Howdy, welcome to Lubbock. I would like to see your documents." It was an official, announced, fly-in and airshow. Kind of put me off ever going there again.

alcladrv · #6 05-06-2007, 09:12 AM

Remember A-R-R-O-W that you should have learned in your private pilot training days. Experimentals are not immune. We always had the docs on airliners and corporate jets I've flown.

In my -7A, I was ramped at Put-in-Bay on a nice Sunday afternoon, partly because the Cleveland feds had received complaints of some experimentals not complying with the regs, i.e. operating without Airworthiness Certificates. Production-built planes landing the same afternoon were not ramped. My paperwork was in order.

Charter, corporate and airline are accustomed to being occasionally ramped. Generally, it's no big deal. Just make sure the fed is legit by asking for his/her ID.

Mike

John Clark · #7 05-06-2007, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mannanj

Years ago these guys had standing orders not to harrass and ramp check at Fly-Ins.

Big difference between a ramp check and a harrassment. In 11000+ hours of mostly airline flying, I have been ramp-checked plenty of times. Always ended in "nice talking to you, have a nice flight." Keep your ducks in a row, never "cop an attitude," and remember that they have a quota to fill.

John Clark
RV8 N18U "Sunshine"
KSBA

mannanj · #8 05-06-2007, 06:42 PM

Sorry for the misunderstanding. No attitude here. Just remembered what a friend told me back in the late 70's-early 80's. He worked at the Los angeles office when I was stationed at Vandenberg AFB, Ca.. At that time, he told me his orders were-"Don't harrass or ramp check people at fly-ins."

As you can see this was a long time ago when we were young and innocent, and were'nt subject to the World Wide Terrorism Threat that is present today.

I for one, sure miss those days. Guess, like other things, they're gone forever.

rv9aviator · #9 05-06-2007, 08:01 PM

I got ramp checked one time while washing my 172. He asked if it was my plane and how the plane got to the wash bay. I told him I brought it up from my hanger. He them preceded to ask for every piece of paper you could think of. He was going to write me up for having a copy of my medical and not the original but I convinced him to hang around long enough for me to run to the house and get the real one. After 30 years my wife got tired of checking my pockets before washing my jeans and so in my infinite wisdom I thought it better to carry a copy and keep the original in a safe and dry place. The silver lining in all this I have learned to check my pockets.

Paul Thomas · #10 05-07-2007, 05:32 PM

Shortly after I landed at S&F, an guy with an FAA came up to me. Half a heart attack later I found out he was a photograph from the FAA and just wanted to take some shots. I just received a very profesional looking CD from him. If you want to see the picture, they're on my website: www.p-thomas.com/shared/S&F

While you might have a bad one, most of them are good.