Re: For Fliers Only

vincent p. norris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>>> > I actually heard a guy on a GCA once, in near zero zero conditions...I
>>> > forget just exactly how bad it was...but it was approach marginal at any
>>> > rate. This guy was on a GCA final in weather up to his armpits. I know
>>> > because I was right behind him holding. 
>
>Dudley, It's a good story, but I'm afraid I find it
> a bit hard to believe.
>
>1. In my experience, admittedly years ago, we were instructed not to
>roger for further transmissions and to break off the approach if we
>failed to hear the controller for about three seconds.  Actually, it
>sounded like the controller never took his (her) finger off the mike
>button, which would block any calls from the pilot.
>
>2.  If you were holding, you would be on a different frequency.  The
>final controller has a channel all his (her) own, for obvious reasons.
>
>vince norris

Precisely correct Vince, my experiences were quite a few years
ago too but my long term memory is crystal clear, all our GCA's
were done on 134.1, and that's all that was done on there, GCA's.

Mind you, I have no idea what I had for breakfast this morning...
(or whether for that matter)  :)
--

-Gord.