OB89: Bird Strike Emergency
Opposing Bases: Air Traffic Talk
Air Traffic Talk
4.9 • 966 Ratings
🗓️ 9 September 2019
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
Episode 89 Show Notes
Topic of the show: PATRON Sierra Hotel sent in some questions about how TRIAD controllers handled an emergency/bird strike back in 2015. AG and RH discuss the incident and talk about reacting quickly during an emergency. Thank you, SH for sharing your son's story and we are happy it ended with a safe landing at a published airport.
Timely Feedback:
1. PATRON Lima Delta Golf sent in ORD feedback.
2. Charlie November from ORD answered our questions about the multiple towers. Thank you, CN!
3. SB sent in a link to a chart supplement in Alaska. Thank you! ( https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/part-93/subpart-D )
4. Question of the Week answer from Romeo Hotel! Great work!
5. Charlie Delta from the Flying Weatherman sent in audio! Thank you!
Feedback
1. Charlie Whiskey Sierra sent in Special VFR comments. LOL. Thank you.
2. PATRON Charlie Mike sent in great audio! Thank you!
3. Juliet Sierra sent in a ton of questions. We tackle the first half!
4. Charlie Alpha Whiskey want to know if RH is a robot?
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| 0:00.0 | Ready. |
| 0:09.4 | American 888, try-out approach. |
| 0:11.8 | Expect the ILS runway 5 right. |
| 0:14.5 | UPS 1269 heavy, triad departure, radar contact, climb and maintain, 1,000, 10,000. |
| 0:20.6 | Pipeline 364 Charlie Popper, tried approach, walk 0,1, maintain, one zero thousand, ten thousand. Pipeline 364 Charlie Popper-Tried approach, walk 0-1-2-1. |
| 0:24.8 | FedEx 1048 heavy, six miles from Civis. |
| 0:27.5 | Turn left heading 080, maintain 3,000 until established on the localizer. |
| 0:31.9 | Clear to ILS, runway, five-left approach. |
| 0:34.5 | Skylab 75, clear visual approach, coat factory airport. |
| 0:43.3 | November 8903333, radar contact, one two miles southeast of the triad airport. Stay altitude. |
| 0:44.3 | Scott-75, report cancellation via far this frequency in the air on the ground via the remote change to advisory improved. Welcome to opposing bases Bases Air Traffic Talk. |
| 0:57.0 | We are Romeo Hotel and Alpha Golf. |
| 0:59.4 | Two air traffic controllers and rated pilots. |
| 1:02.0 | This is an aviation podcast. |
| 1:03.8 | We express our views and opinions about aviation, flying, and air traffic control. |
| 1:08.3 | We do not represent our employer employer and our show is for entertainment |
| 1:11.0 | purposes only. We should not be used as a replacement for your CFI, your OJTI, the 7110.65, |
| 1:18.2 | the FAR's, your attorney, your doctor, your best friend, or your cat. It's Monday, |
| 1:32.1 | It's Monday, September 9th, 2019, episode 89. |
| 1:46.6 | On today's show, we're going to talk about an emergency in the Triad Airspace several years ago, |
| 1:51.2 | and we're going to keep digging our way out of a giant pile of questions and feedback. |
| 1:55.7 | What's up, Aegee? |
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