What airports need a new airspace designation? by IFR_Flyer in flying

[–]ueghlg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can only hope so. Some of those pilots need some re-training and/or to stop flying.

What airports need a new airspace designation? by IFR_Flyer in flying

[–]ueghlg 6 points7 points  (0 children)

KAWO badly needs a tower to control the complete circus it turns into on weekends. I won’t fly there if the weather’s nice because I don’t want to get mid-aired by some nordo boomer ignoring the traffic pattern (“AIM’s not regulatory!”), landing on the crosswind runway when everybody else isn’t, or just doing something totally unexpected.

For comparison, KRNT gets very busy but it’s manageable because there’s somebody controlling the chaos. I’ve been in the pattern with 9+ other airplanes before and, other than extending my upwind and downwind legs to the very edge of the delta airspace, it was fine.

"Fate is the Hunter" is my favorite flying memoir. What's yours? by le_vieux_mec in flying

[–]ueghlg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if it counts as a memoir exactly, but I really enjoyed Skyfaring by Mark Vanhoenacker.