"Mortimer Schnerd, RN" mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com wrote in message
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Kyle Boatright wrote:
Naah, no words, and I did several stop and go landings to conclude my
evening. I don't think the traffic conflict was a huge deal. It wasn't
like I was upset about the situation and he shouldn't have been either.
I
just can't figure why he didn't try and blend into the light traffic.
All
he had to do was pull the noise lever back a little. As far as extending
my
pattern, you're right that it was an option. However, I was on a post
maintenance flight and wanted to stay close to the field, which meant I
didn't want to fly a big pattern. Also, I didn't think I needed to yield
to
someone who didn't seem to be playing by the "rules of the road", whether
formal or informal.


I don't see how he can claim any pattern rights from 9 miles out. He was
taking a chance and he knew it. Everybody who flies a long straight in
knows he's cheating a bit and may well get called on it and have to enter
the pattern properly after all.



I'm with you, Mort and Kyle both. Granted, sometimes you have to go above
and beyond the call in the interest of safety, but the guy was just wrong.
From a controlled field with clearance, a nine mile final can be considered
standard procedure. And if he was a jet, that's probably what led him to
make such an approach. But at an uncontrolled field that's nonsense. He
should have started adjusting, or making other plans when he hear Kyles
call. From nine miles out, he could have just as easily ran down upwind leg
and flown a full pattern.