288 Mastering Non-Towered Airport Operations and Straight-in Approaches with Catherine Cavagnaro
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🗓️ 24 August 2023
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Max talks with Catherine Cavagnaro about the new FAA Advisory Circular AC 90-66C on non-towered operations and straight-in approaches. The new Advisory Circular is significantly longer than the previous version, and it places much more emphasis on straight-in approaches. It says "the FAA does not recommend that the pilot execute a straight-in approach for landing, when there are other aircraft in the traffic pattern." Pilots choosing to execute a straight-in approach do not have a particular priority over other aircraft in the traffic pattern.
Pilots "should not use paint schemes or color descriptions to replace the use of the aircraft call sign." Also, "Pilots are reminded that the use of the phrase "ANY TRAFFIC IN THE AREA, PLEASE ADVISE" is not a recognized self-announce position and/or intention phrase and should not be used under any condition."
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Advisory Circular 90-66C: Non-Towered Airport Flight Operations
Catherine Cavagnaro YouTube Channel
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| 0:00.0 | Hello again and welcome to Aviation News Talk where we talk General Aviation, |
| 0:05.8 | with relevant news and following tips for pilots and student pilots to help keep you safe. |
| 0:09.7 | I'm Max Prescott. |
| 0:10.9 | Today we'll be talking with Dr. Catherine Kaugnaro about operating at non-towered airports, |
| 0:15.4 | and we'll be discussing the FAA's new advisory circular AC90-66C, which gives the latest procedures for non-towered |
| 0:24.2 | airports. And we'll also be listening to an audio clip that occurred at the Watsonville, |
| 0:28.9 | California airport when I was flying there last week. It's an interesting conversation |
| 0:32.7 | between a Cessna 182 doing a long-straight-in approach and an SR22T that was flying in the pattern. |
| 0:38.9 | And at the very end of the show, I'll tell you a little bit more about what happened. |
| 0:42.7 | Last week in episode 287, we talked about the July 2021 crash of a Challenger jet |
| 0:48.6 | that was doing a circling approach at the Truckee, California airport. |
| 0:52.4 | So if you didn't hear that episode, you may want to check it out at AviationNewstalk.com |
| 0:56.4 | slash 287. |
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