BobT Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 My first circuit at EGHA what a great little field but where the heck am I? lol The scenery is great but let's not forget where the field is located! How did aviators do it back in the day? Situational awareness is the hardest thing in a jigsaw landscape... I mean... imagine finding this field prior to GPS.... staring right at it at 12 o clock and still can't find it...wow! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Fine shots indeed. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucevan Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 That's how it is in the real world. It can be difficult to spot, especially approaching from the south. Nice pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Wroblewski Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Ha ha yes, first time I was trying this airport I went to do a circuit and got completely lost :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 You are not the first one to get lost here Bob, I have more times than I would like to remember. Excellent views of this gem of an airport though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Lucevan said: That's how it is in the real world. It can be difficult to spot, especially approaching from the south. Nice pictures. Thanks! It seemed rather miraculous to spot it :0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 59 minutes ago, VH-KDK said: You are not the first one to get lost here Bob, I have more times than I would like to remember. Excellent views of this gem of an airport though. Thanks Martyn keep those field call outs accurate and let's not run into each other the wrong way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Tony Wroblewski said: Ha ha yes, first time I was trying this airport I went to do a circuit and got completely lost :-) Hilarious, maybe we should run a survey! Everybody fess up!! cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Excellent set of beautiful shots Bob, and I imagine they were quite the good dead reckoners back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Talking about 'the green green grass of home' - beautiful shots - interesting in #3 how much your tire tracks differ in direction from the nose . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev D Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Nice shots.....I remember when I was an air traffic controller at London Centre we were “plagued” by small light aircraft calling for a “Practice Pan’ on 121.5 the VHF Emergency frequency with a “simulating lost” request. Of course we responded with their exact position and with a steer to the closest airfield too. I remain absolutely convinced that 99% of these “simulating lost” calls were really lost! Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dario Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Wonderful shots, Bob! It's really easy to miss this airfield, it is so well integrated with TE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 7 hours ago, olderndirt said: Talking about 'the green green grass of home' - beautiful shots - interesting in #3 how much your tire tracks differ in direction from the nose . Thanks OND and those tracks are actually particle effect dust that was just blowin' with that nice 8 kt wind. A little too dramatic- the dust kept streaming off the tires till I got half way to base lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 25 minutes ago, Dario said: Wonderful shots, Bob! It's really easy to miss this airfield, it is so well integrated with TE! Thanks Dario....remember the old days when you could see every airport sticking out of the scenery from miles away....let's not go back there though haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 1 hour ago, Kev D said: Nice shots.....I remember when I was an air traffic controller at London Centre we were “plagued” by small light aircraft calling for a “Practice Pan’ on 121.5 the VHF Emergency frequency with a “simulating lost” request. Of course we responded with their exact position and with a steer to the closest airfield too. I remain absolutely convinced that 99% of these “simulating lost” calls were really lost! Kev thanks Kev...lol there is no doubt! Thanks for that great little tidbit. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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