On May 27, 1:15*pm, gliderguynj wrote:
This weekend I was flying down to Ocean City NJ.... *I was second in
pattern when someone came on the radio calling to the pilot on final
approach. *Pilot on final, Pilot on final....you have the wrong freq.
We were flying, and didn't reply. *He came on again, Pilot on Final
you have the wrong freq.... *And repeated.

Apparently the "good samaritan" was thinking of Ocean City Md, which
has a different Freq. *I finally got on and TX that we are on the
right Freq......

I have to admit, the whole thing was a bit distracting! *My few
seconds of being distracted by this was enough to affect my pattern
alt. *I understand the person was trying to be helpful but.....If the
pilot has already made it to final, why keep on TX'g? *I mean the
pilot is on Final, let him/her concentrate on putting the plane down!
The person Tx'g wasn't on the field, didn't see what was going on and
was creating more of a situation than he was trying to help prevent.

It was a good lesson for me to try and tune out nonesense and just fly
the plane. *I'm glad it was just a minor distraction like the radio
and in the future I'll be better prepared for a distraction in
pattern. *So I guess I should say Thanks!

Doug

I love that airport . . . fly there often with my wife--short walk to
the beach, showers at FBO when you get back to the airport . . . and a
quick one hour flight home.