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That is a very interesting story about a Lancair
using the warbird arrival. I read the piece and came away with what I thought
was a guy, so high on his own barstool, felt it was his job to look down upon
any pilot making a mistake coming into OSH. He's God, judge and jury.
Granted, not having the NOTAM isn't very smart...
But hey, some of us are smarter than others. At the end, the level of this
author's anger is really amazing. This guy needs to take a course in anger
management and stop calling fellow pilots/aviators/airplane drivers a bunch of
names.
If that many people are making that many large
mistakes coming into OSH, I don't think $200 penalties (landing 'fee' unless you
produce a copy of the NOTAM) is going to educate pilots. This - education - is
what we need. We also need to be vigilant and on top of things going into OSH. A
lot of you guys know that a lot better than I do. (Don't make me tell you the
story of the Mooney in front of me, please!)
Well... *I* flew the warbird arrival to OSH, too.
But nobody came up to me and asked why. Because I flew that arrival does
not mean I am dumb, stupid or arrogant, either. I read the NOTAM and had it with me. I was advised by a
few other people that this might be the safest arrival for an airplane that
tends to be speedy (Lancairs).
I weighed different factors and felt that the "hi
speed" 'warbird' arrival was, in fact, the safest arrival for me to fly. As it
turns out, I was able to keep my speed up to the runway and didn't conflict with
any other traffic. It was a nice way to get into a really busy airport. On the
other hand, if I had to slow to follow a Cessna at 90 kts, I would have been
nose high to the world, dirty, slow speed far out from the airport, and
sweating high oil temperature.
Passing Cessnas and Pipers like
pylons seemed like an even worse idea.
Hitting one would really suck.
I chose what I thought was safest course of action
considering all the facts as they related to me. If I've cast any "unfavorable
light" on fellow Lancairians, I apologize. But to suggest that OSH is full of
"idiots that will cause the event to have further restrictions" is a bit
much.
Scotty
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