Do you make radio calls even if you are the only one in the traffic pattern?

[jsharkey]

Yes - but there there is often radio-less aircraft at our field so a good lookout is essential.

Jim Sharkey

[plehrke]

Originally Posted by jsharkey

Yes - but there there is often radio-less aircraft at our field so a good lookout is essential.

Jim Sharkey

Same at my home airport but looking should be first priority at all airports [even those with towers]. Listening is second priority and not done so well by most. Lots of distractions when preparing to land and we all need to practice listening. Reporting some distance out (i use 5 miles as we are in high traffic area and more then 5 miles would add confusion), entering downwind, and final are typical reports I provide even at 5:30am when everyone else is sleeping.

[JBPILOT]

2 announce at the same time, and you can't understand either, and one or both might be at the airport you are at. If I don't hear anything, I might announce a couple things at once, but at least 3 times.

[Paul K]

Yes, absolutely no reasonable reason not to!

[kinger]

Yes, I gave flight instruction to a deaf (meant to type speech impediment) student (eventually) pilot. He could hear perfectly fine. The FAA gave him a LODA for his disability.


edit: very bad speech impediment

[VETE76]

We have a few radio less ac at our field that fly a lot. Then you get the two guys talking at the same time. Are they both at your airport? Next is the pilot who only transmits once, doesn?t hear anyone else and lands with no futher communications. then u have the student solo pilot who announces 33 downwind and he?s actually upwind on 24, the intersecting runway. Then the idiots taking off at opposite ends of the same runway. happens at 2 airports in ny state that neither end can see the other end of the runway and maybe 1 or both are radio less, it?s a calm wind and one or both could be student pilots in radio less ac. oh my god should I continue? Call 10 miles out and follow ALL procedures and maybe, just maybe someone might live longer!! i am almost willing to bet most every pilot reading this has seen or heard or experienced some the above in as short a time as 2-3 yrs of flying and almost all of us has been in one the scenarios

[g zero]

Originally Posted by kinger

Yes, I gave flight instruction to a deaf student (eventually) pilot. He could hear perfectly fine. The FAA gave him a LODA for his disability.

If he could hear perfectly fine , must not have been deaf !


And yes 90% of the time , 100% on short final .

[kinger]

Originally Posted by g zero

If he could hear perfectly fine , must not have been deaf !


And yes 90% of the time , 100% on short final .

Sorry, not enough coffee... He had a very bad speech impediment... One really couldn't understand him on the radio.

[DiscoverThruCruisin']

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes

a simple yes

[aerhed]

Everywhere but here at home. The antelope don't monitor unicom.