OB258: The Zero G Weight Loss Plan
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 12 December 2022
⏱️ 79 minutes
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Summary
Episode 258 Show Notes
Topic of the show: On this week's show, we will talk about last minute ATC amended instructions, how to handle them, and why they may be happening. We also discuss ILS Critical Areas, confusing ATC instructions, and more of your awesome aviation questions and feedback!
Timely Feedback:
- 1. Patron DR from Ireland shared some more friendly words about our American English. http://www.taytopark.ie/
- 2. Patron CKA shared a multiple airport flight story where our advice worked!
Feedback
- Patron AF got a very misleading instruction from ATC.
- Patron MS asks about ILS Critical Areas.
- Patron CC sent audio about the GPS outages recently.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | If you do that in a king air, you get droopy face, five or six Gs, it's probably the last thing you're going to feel before the plane disintegrates. |
| 0:07.2 | It's not going to work. |
| 0:08.7 | Yeah. |
| 0:09.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:10.1 | And you look out and the last thing you see is the wing at about 90 degrees to what it's supposed to be. |
| 0:16.2 | Ready. This is Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 0:28.3 | Your host, Romeo Hotel and Alpha Golf have a combined 40 years of aviation experience |
| 0:33.8 | as pilots and air traffic controllers. |
| 0:36.7 | They answer your questions and share their opinions about flying and air traffic control. |
| 0:41.6 | This show is not official guidance and should not be used as a replacement for your instructor, |
| 0:46.7 | your pilot examiner, the endless books of regulations, your favorite comedian, your neighbor, |
| 0:52.2 | your spouse, for your cat. |
| 0:53.7 | November 628 Charlie Dale, the Squawk 1-200, frequency change approved. |
| 0:58.2 | The audio will be available on live ATC. |
| 1:00.5 | Good day. |
| 1:01.4 | November 643, Julie at Mike, third visual, runway, 23 left, Connick Tower. |
| 1:05.7 | November 3-222 Yankee, area of heavy to extreme precipitation, 2 o'clock, to 1 o'clock, 15 miles, 7047 Charlie, |
| 1:15.8 | try a departure, river contact, climb and maintain 8,000. |
| 1:18.2 | November 747 Sierra Lema, reduce speed to 180, your overtaking traffic ahead on final. |
| 1:24.3 | Skyhawks 770 angle, IFR IFRQ cancellation received. Walk to your far. |
| 1:27.8 | Frequency change approved. |
| 1:28.9 | Sierra 720 Fox Tron Alpha flattened 1-90 vectors for the visual approach. |
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