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General Aviation and you

#21
Twinjet.
I also do a lot of driving of my car on the airport ramp and tarmac where I keep my plane. I have a rule to maximize situational awareness and safety. Always drive with the car radio off, AC-heater fan off and window down even if the weather is crappy outside. 99 percent of the time, I will hear the plane before seeing it. Just sayin.
 
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Stewie26 said:
Twinjet.
I also do a lot of driving of my car on the airport ramp and tarmac where I keep my plane. I have a rule to maximize situational awareness and safety. Always drive with the car radio off, AC-heater fan off and window down even if the weather is crappy outside. 99 percent of the time, I will hear the plane before seeing it. Just sayin.
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I made the mistake of driving with windows up (15°F out), heater going, and ear plugs not removed. Bad idea.

I drive with ATC radio going so I know what's going on, but that's it. Phone obviously not in use.
 
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David Jayne said:
Well geeze I'm glad you're ok but how the hell did that happen? Isn't ground control supposed to be watching out for that stuff?
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Ground isn't responsible for clearance. At the big airports they aren't guaranteed to even have visual contact with aircraft. Most of the airports I fly out of don't even have a control tower. It's the pilots responsibility to see and avoid traffic. Probably the same for ground vehicles.
 
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denhou1974 said:
Ground isn't responsible for clearance. At the big airports they aren't guaranteed to even have visual contact with aircraft. Most of the airports I fly out of don't even have a control tower. It's the pilots responsibility to see and avoid traffic. Probably the same for ground vehicles.
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Ground vehicles are supposed to remain vigilant. I was more focused on the three planes I was passing instead of checking in front as well.

As a general rule, if it's bigger than you.. It has the right of way! ;)
 
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#26
Why is this my ad? :smug:



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twinjet said:
Ground vehicles are supposed to remain vigilant. I was more focused on the three planes I was passing instead of checking in front as well.

As a general rule, if it's bigger than you.. It has the right of way! ;)
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ha. Good rule of thumb.

The first time I flew a Cessna into a big airport it was a little intimidating. A 737 looks big on the ground but it looks even bigger when you're flying a parallel approach next to one. Fly in its wake and you're toast.
 
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General Aviation and me? I think not. I always hated having to do anything on the runway/flightline when I was in the Air Force - well, except for jogging around on it at RAF Wethersfield, but there were no planes there - and since I retired I avoid flightlines and airplanes like the plague... waay too many bad memories connected to both.:)
 
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denhou1974 said:
ha. Good rule of thumb.

The first time I flew a Cessna into a big airport it was a little intimidating. A 737 looks big on the ground but it looks even bigger when you're flying a parallel approach next to one. Fly in its wake and you're toast.
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Jet blast also stinks. I've come home with bits of sand encrusted to my scalp. ;)
 
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When in the Navy, I worked the flight deck of aircraft carriers. During flight ops during Vietnam War, we had recip engine, turboprop and jet engine to deal with. After 6 months at sea, you quickly learned what you could, and what couldn't get away with
At land bases, they had ground controller that kept an eye on you. We could only cross runway with a green light from them. The ramp was open game
 
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sissy kathy said:
Nuttin' like standing the blast of a C-141 engine; aw, the smell of kerosene in the morning.

Yeah, yeah I know; IT"S JP-4, NOT KEROSENE!
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When the breeze is just right I can often get a whiff of it at my house. (I'm in the flight path of SeaTac)
What's creepy/cool are the vortices produced by 737's in the landing pattern, as they approach and pass over they're at about 400-500 feet, if the air is still about 40 seconds later small gusts of wind making audible whoosing sounds reach ground level, creepy as hell!
 
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twinjet said:
Very interesting occurrence at work a few days ago. Slick ramp. Windy day. Wind blows plane over a few inches and suffers scratch trauma from nearby belt loader. Plane had moved about a foot.

Funny story, but not anyone's doing but nature's. :smug:
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The wind blew a 757 into the side of a hangar here in an ice storm a couple of winters ago. Did quite a bit of damage to both. Then last winter the wind just about tore the roof off one of ours. Can only go in there if the wind is below 50km/h. You can see the cracks in the beams from the floor.
 

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