OB371: Calmly Landing Off-Field
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.8 • 811 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Summary
Episode 371 Show Notes
Topic of the show:
Off-Field Emergency Landing and CAP Response On this week’s show, RH and AG discuss the excellent response of both ATC and Civil Air Patrol to an off-field emergency landing. What can controllers learn from this story that will help them be better prepared to respond to a pilot in distress? What can pilots learn from the event? We also discuss amazing glider records, European flight following, and more of your awesome feedback.
Timely Feedback:
1. Patron EK sent feedback about OB 370
2. Patron CA also sent a quick note about 370
Feedback
1. Patron LB sent feedback about flying in Belgium
2. Patron TWH sent a note about glider flying
3. Patron DGL sent audio about an emergency
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| 0:00.0 | On the controller side, listen, if you haven't rehearsed this in your brain, thought about it, |
| 0:05.8 | set it out loud, driving in the car, this sort of response doesn't, isn't just something that |
| 0:10.8 | wells up out of you out of nowhere. It's something that you have to think about. What will I do? |
| 0:15.7 | What am I going to say if someone presents me with this emergency? The response of, okay, keep your altitude if you can, was super important. |
| 0:24.1 | There might be a tendency, a desire to descend. |
| 0:27.9 | I want out of the clouds. |
| 0:29.3 | I don't like this. |
| 0:30.5 | That could be very, very bad. |
| 0:32.3 | Ready. This is Opposing Bases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 0:44.4 | Your host, Alpha Golf and Romeo Hotel, have a half century of aviation experience in combat |
| 0:50.4 | helicopters, airliners, and air traffic control. |
| 0:57.9 | They answer your questions about flying, aviation, and ATC. |
| 1:03.6 | This weekly podcast is for entertainment and education and does not serve as a replacement for a qualified flight instructor, an examiner, the FARs, the 7110, your best friend, your next pilot, or your cat. |
| 1:13.2 | November 628, Charlie Delft, the Squawk 1-200, frequency change approved. |
| 1:17.4 | The audio will be available on live ATC. |
| 1:19.8 | Good day. |
| 1:20.6 | November 643, July, Mike, clear visual approach. |
| 1:23.1 | Runway, 23 left, Conach Tower. |
| 1:25.0 | November 3-22-2-Yanky, area of heavy to extreme precipitation to the clock to one o'clock, |
| 1:31.7 | 15 miles, 7 miles. |
| 1:33.5 | 3.47 Charlie, try a departure, radar contact, climb and maintain 8,000. |
| 1:37.6 | November 747 Sierra Lima, reduce speed to 1-80, your overtaking traffic ahead on final. |
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