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[MossRoad]

5 passes over the house.... finally going home.

Boeing P-8 Poseidon - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[bcp]

Chicago this morning.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1746151812595786

Bruce

 

[MossRoad]

YIKES!!!

 

[MossRoad]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/25/us/chicago-midway-airport-near-miss-planes/index.html

 

[Tpondel]

Priv pilot F’ed up big time. Didn’t know the runways. Didn’t know where to stop.

Stew on his lap?

 

[BravoXray]

I've had three times in the last 20 years of flying, that a plane has taxied onto the runway I was on short final to land on, and I had to go around. They obviously weren't listening to the CTAF or they would have heard me announce I was in the pattern to land, and on final, let alone looked for landing traffic.
At a fly-in at Muncie, IN, we saw an idiot in an Aeronca Champ taxi out and take off in front of a B17 on short final. The B17 went around, but it could have been really bad. They got his N number and he was banned from the airport.

 

[MossRoad]

I've had three times in the last 20 years of flying, that a plane has taxied onto the runway I was on short final to land on, and I had to go around. They obviously weren't listening to the CTAF or they would have heard me announce I was in the pattern to land, and on final, let alone looked for landing traffic.
At a fly-in at Muncie, IN, we saw an idiot in an Aeronca Champ taxi out and take off in front of a B17 on short final. The B17 went around, but it could have been really bad. They got his N number and he was banned from the airport.

When I worked at the Niles, MI airport 79-80 I saw several instances of similar things. We had a radio in the office and you'd hear a bunch of chatter about "Where'd he come from?" and a plane would land... often followed by another plane and a 'conversation' between the pilots would take place on the ramp. Usually turned out to be incorrect frequency.

 

[BravoXray]

When I worked at the Niles, MI airport 79-80 I saw several instances of similar things. We had a radio in the office and you'd hear a bunch of chatter about "Where'd he come from?" and a plane would land... often followed by another plane and a 'conversation' between the pilots would take place on the ramp. Usually turned out to be incorrect frequency.

That is common, either they dial in the wrong CTAF or it's been changed. Sometimes it's an old plane with no radio at all, but those were getting pretty rare, and now with the ADS-B requirement, all most non existent.

About 15 years ago, a friend and I were flying into the Holland, MI airport on a Sunday afternoon. And as is my habit, I announced that I was inbound and was landing on 27, I think. As I entered crosswind and announced my position, a Cessna crossed my path less that 50 feet below and 100 feet in front of me. Holy Crap! Where did he come from? I called for the Cessna west of Holland and never got an answer. My friend said he had been watching for traffic, but hadn't seen him either. Apparently he was below me, climbing and headed in the opposite direction. That was the closest cal I had in 30 odd years of flying. Had to pry my behind loose from the seat when we landed. I knew I was on the correct frequency, and it's the same as Goshen's, 123.05.

 

[MossRoad]

I used to fly in small aircraft quite a bit as a kid up until I quit working at the airport in late 1986. It's kinda amazing how hard it is to spot another small plane up there.

 

[Carl_NH]

Two k46 tankers out of Portsmouth nh tonight