OB312: Santa's Glider Goes Missed
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
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🗓️ 25 December 2023
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Episode 312 Show Notes
Topic of the show: Santa's Glider Goes Missed On this year's Christmas show, we dig deep into Santa's bag of feedback and discuss gliders, weight and balance, flight following, missed approaches and much much more. Merry Christmas!
Holiday/Christmas audio used during this special episode: Music: Deck the Halls – Jingle Punks (No Copyright Music)
Timely Feedback:
1. Patron Juliet Golf sent a note about weight and balance.
2. SGAC Patron Bravo Sierra sent an announcement and feedback about his commercial check ride.
3. Patron Delta Delta has follow up feedback on ADSB out and TISB
4. Patron Mike Golf, a glider instructor, sent feedback about glider ops above 18000 feet, a recent trend on OB shows.
Links for the show notes:
https://www.pacificsoaring.org/articles/FAA/FAA-wave-windows.html
https://www.pacificsoaring.org/documents/Wave-Window-Update-PASCO-2008.pdf
1. Controller and pilot AW comments on Center/Tracon relationships and flying as a controller.
2. Dispatcher and Patron AMB passed his dispatcher competency and sent feedback and a question about part 121/91 routing.
Feedback
1. Controller NP sent feedback from OB 305 about flight following and other things.
2. Patron Tango Echo Yankee publicly admits his addiction to OB and discusses treatment.
3. Patron TEY sent feedback about alternate missed instructions on practice instrument approaches.
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| 0:00.0 | You are screaming at the final with now no hope of turning to join. There is no way you're not going through the final. |
| 0:08.5 | Here I come. I plug in. I plug in. I'm looking at the scope trying to get a feel for what's going on before I call him and get the briefing. |
| 0:16.0 | I look up. I see this plane. I'm like, what is happening with this plane? |
| 0:23.2 | This is opposingosing Bases Air Traffic Talk. Your host, Alpha Golf and Romeo Hotel, have a half century of aviation experience and combat helicopters, airliners, and air traffic control. |
| 0:36.1 | They answer your questions about flying, aviation, and ATC. |
| 0:40.7 | This weekly podcast is for entertainment and education |
| 0:43.7 | and does not serve as a replacement for a qualified flight instructor, |
| 0:48.3 | an examiner, the FARs, the 7110, your best friend, your next pilot, or your cat. |
| 0:55.0 | Ah, God, God, God, you can't go on Charlie, how nice. |
| 1:03.0 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf |
| 1:08.0 | and the rookie first officer at penguin airlines Romeo Hotel. |
| 1:20.1 | It's Monday, December 25th, 2003, episode 312. Merry Christmas on today's show. We'll talk about |
| 1:27.3 | 727 weight and balance. |
| 1:29.7 | Hearing from two controllers on different topics to get more of your awesome feedback. |
| 1:33.4 | What's up, Bay J. |
| 1:35.2 | Hello, hello, everyone. Merry Christmas. |
| 1:39.1 | Ho, ho, ho. |
| 1:40.2 | Oh, ho. |
| 1:41.2 | Oh, ho. Hello, everyone. |
| 1:45.3 | I messed up that intro line. |
| 1:47.5 | I'm sorry. |
| 1:48.6 | We do get to more of your awesome feedback. |
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