Sender: <marv@lancaironline.net> (Marvin Kaye)
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Date: Mon, 10 May 2004 17:54:25 -0400
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From: Steve Reeves <sreeves@sc.rr.com>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: 511WD Prelim Report
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	I had to fly to Cartersville (NW of Atlanta) yesterday at the last minute 
and thankfully took the A-36 instead of the Glasair. I knew there would be 
T-storms in the area, and the Banana has a strikefinder.  I was getting 
minimal vectoring data from ATL Center and it went from bad to worse when I 
had to deviate so far south that they switched me to ATL Approach.  I know 
it's not their job to be my weatherman and I knew that going in, but they 
would have certainly gotten me killed or close to it in the Glasair 
yesterday with no strikefinder.  I had pings going off about 15 miles off 
the nose, and finally butted in on the cluster**** going on on the radio, 
and they gave me the "oh...uhhh....yeah...turn right 330....".  I had 
probably been pissing them off butting in every few minutes but I knew they 
were forgetting me (and indeed they had).  I know they've got better things 
to do, but if they can't give me a hand all I would like is for them to 
tell me, and I'll do exactly what I did yesterday.  That being to stick my 
rear on the ground.  After my turn to 330 I had pings pretty much all 
around me, so I lost confidence in them and landed at LZU.  We waited for 
about an hour to no avail and headed back to SC.  I have always gotten 
pretty good help from ATC and wondered what all the griping was about until 
yesterday!  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate what they do, but maybe I have 
been over estimating what they are capable of doing.

Steve
Glasair IFT