"Alan Gerber" wrote:
It depends. At the Class D airport where I fly, the controller won't
clear you to land behind somebody until you report them in sight.

Really??

Sure. "Cherokee NNN, number two to land, behind the Cessna on base",
followed by "Cherokee NNN, traffic in sight", gets me "Cherokee NNN,
cleared to land, number two". (With runway number added, of course.)

Yes, I've had that happen, but I also frequently get cleared to land behind
other traffic in the pattern without reporting it in sight. Don't you?

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Dan
C172RG at BFM