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Old February 17th 06, 01:42 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Actually 122.75 would be a better choice.


"Jim Macklin" wrote
in message news:9okJf.395621$0l5.191086@dukeread06...
| http://www.fly-ul.com/navfreq.html
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| Not all usable frequencies are listed on a chart. The
| question was for air to air, general communications not
ATC.
| AFD lists all the ATC frequencies assigned, but the AIM
| lists other frequency assignments.
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| James H. Macklin
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| "Travis Marlatte" wrote
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hlink.net...
|| Maybe it's because I've done all my training here plus I
| probably have that
|| Chicago state of mind but I don't find them all that bad.
| I have a lot more
|| trouble with Milwaukee. Of course, if they are busy,
| forget about it.
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|| Why did Jim suggest 122.9? I just checked the Chicago
| Terminal chart and
|| don't see it listed there. I think contacting Chicago App
| is the official
|| way to go.
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|| Midway is very helpful and they are watching the same
| radar as O'Hare but
|| their world is pretty boxed in. If you feel nervous,
| your're on the south
|| side of Chicago, and Chicago App is too scarey, go for
| Midway.
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|| If I am flying around the Class B, I usually monitor the
| appropriate Chicago
|| App frequency. If I hear them call me out as an
unverified
| VFR traffic, then
|| I'll call up. Of course, there could be twenty other guys
| monitoring and
|| motoring along.
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|| Travis
|| "Ron Natalie" wrote in message
|| m...
|| Nathan Young wrote:
|| On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 00:10:50 -0600, "Marty"
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|| wrote:
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|| A question to all you IL.guys.
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|| How has flying down the Chi.lakefront changed since
| 9/11?
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|| Now that Meigs is gone - we no longer have to talk to
| anyone, although
|| because of traffic, it is always a good idea to get
| flight following
|| from Approach.
|| I actually found Chicago approach to be difficult and
| useless. Gary
|| provides decent advisories on their BRITE until you get
| too far
|| from them. I've dealt with approach controls all up
| and down
|| the east coast and as far west as Denver, but Chicago
is
| the
|| most difficult to deal with VFR.
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