On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 09:07:28 -0400, "Morgans" wrote:


"Ron Wanttaja" wrote

Dozens of pilots on 122.8 heard someone say that a Fly Baby violated the
Class B
at the south end of Sea-Tac Class B. If ATC *did* notice someone cutting
across
the airspace and the FAA started an investigation, no doubt someone might
tell
them, "I heard it was a Fly Baby." If the guy making the radio call had
been
the guy who cut across, he's just misdirected the investigators.

Which I would think that the investigators know is a common trick, and
lacking any more evidence, would tell them that they don't have a case, and
it would go no further.

Am I being overly optimistic?

I think the chance of any action being taken over this is near-nil. I ain't
worried...but it's interesting to speculate on how something *could* happen.
"Chances near-nil" isn't the same as "never." The ASRS form? Ohhhhh, yeah.
Already done.

As far as talking to the guy on the radio, I'm not concerned in this case. We
had a brief exchange, at the end of which he grudgingly admitted that it
probably hadn't been me. This wasn't a situation where a person flying some
anonymous Cessna was accused; I have the only Fly Baby within ~60 miles. I'd
just as soon quash any doubt that I take short cuts across the Class B. If this
would have been the "You jerk, you cut me off!" sort of thing, I would have
ignored it.

After all, I hear those all the time. :-)

A lot of folks are cautious about Auburn Airport because of the proximity of the
extension of the Sea-Tac Class B. As you can see from this VFR chart...

http://www.seaartcc.net/controller/t...s/VFRroute.jpg

....Auburn is just east of the bottom right corner of the keyway. Since all
patterns are on the *west* side, people not familiar with the area are concerned
about catching the corner. BTW, Redondo, the area where the plane supposedly
cut through the Class B, is on th coastline where it turns north right above the
"+" at the bottom of the keyway.

I've been flying from Auburn for ~25 years (and only have had a transponder for
the last ten of those). As I mentioned on my original post, I invariably go
feet-dry at Dash Point, fly due east until I hit a local mall that is near the
power lines shown on the chart linked above, then follow the power lines to the
45-entry point.

Ron Wanttaja