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Scotty G writes:
> 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.
I flew into OSH
about 10 years ago with three other guys in a T210. If the traffic were
doing 90 knots things would have been fine. The reality was
60KIAS combined with S-turns to avoid running over the guys in front
of me. I still don't know if the problem was caused by the airspace
congestion - the same way highways slow down at rush hour - or some dude putting
along in a Luscombe or something. But it was tricky enough in a Cessna,
impossible in an aircraft with a higher stall speed.
It's too bad that
the NOTAM does not permit high performance singles to use the warbird
pattern. Perhaps the EAA and FAA would consider amending the
NOTAM to allow aircraft with higher stall speeds to use the warbird
procedure. I'll drop them a note with that suggestion, others in the group
might want to do the same.
DJ
Molny
Extra 300/L
N133DF
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