OB386: VFR Vectors to Final
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
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🗓️ 27 May 2025
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Episode 386 Show Notes
Topic of the show: VFR Vectors to Final. Sponsored by SGAC Patron SA On this week’s show, RH and AG discuss sequencing VFR’s to a Charlie airport and the etiquette involved on both sides of the mic. We also discuss a real life center controller sighting, confusing late night flying mistakes, and more of your awesome aviation feedback.
Links: https://youtu.be/Dml3O6Irmt0
Timely Feedback:
1. Army IP DS answers the radar altimeter question from last week, thanks!
2. Patron SRD answers the radar altimeter question also, thank you!
3. Patron BDM asks about controllers after an incident
4. Patron JAC sends a story about his first solo cross country
Feedback
1. Patron TS discusses shift work as a submariner
2. Harrier the Bean sends several interactions with ATC
3. Patron SG sends audio about audio
4. Patron DDC talks night flying for IFR training
5. Patron DB talks about a recent Center tour
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| 0:00.0 | So the tower should not be manipulating arrivals from radar. |
| 0:04.4 | The tower's job, if they have pattern traffic, |
| 0:07.2 | is to manipulate their pattern traffic |
| 0:09.6 | to fit into whatever sequence radar has provided. |
| 0:12.9 | Ready. |
| 0:14.2 | This is a posing baseases air traffic talk. Your host, Alpha Golf and Romeo Hotel, have a half century of aviation experience in combat helicopters, airliners, and air traffic control. They answer your questions about flying aviation aviation, and ATC. This weekly podcast is for |
| 0:40.8 | entertainment and education and does not serve as a replacement for a qualified flight instructor, |
| 0:46.8 | an examiner, the FARs, the 7110, your best friend, your next pilot, or your cat. |
| 0:53.9 | November 628, Charlie Delft, the squawk 1-200, frequency change approved. |
| 0:58.1 | The audio will be available on live ATC. |
| 1:00.4 | Good day. |
| 1:01.3 | November 643, July, Mike, clear, visual approach. |
| 1:03.7 | runway, 23 left, Conach Tower. |
| 1:05.6 | November 3-222, Yankee, area of heavy to extreme precipitation to the clock to one o'clock, 15 miles, 7 miles. |
| 1:13.6 | 3047 Charlie, try a departure, radar contact, climb and maintain 8,000. |
| 1:17.6 | November 747 Sierra Luma, reduce speed to 180, your overtaking traffic ahead on final. |
| 1:23.6 | Skyhawk 777th angle, IFR can't cancellation receives,, squawked FRIATFR, friction to change approved. |
| 1:29.0 | Sierra 720 Fox Tron Alpha flatting 1-90 vectors for the visual approach. |
| 1:33.0 | Skyhawk, 9, Sierra Popper, to enter Triad Class Charlie's surface area from the east, maintain |
| 1:37.4 | special VFR conditions. |
| 1:39.5 | Please welcome retired Army pilot Alpha Golf and the rookie first officer at Penguin Airlines, |
| 1:45.4 | Romeo Hotel. |
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