Bothering a Pilot on Final

If he's on the wrong freq.. how is he going to hear the call from the dumb
guy on the ground.
BT

"gliderguynj" wrote in message
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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

If he's on the wrong freq.. how is he going to hear the call from the dumb
guy on the ground.

ROTFL! That's as dumb as the guys who -- in the presence of a stuck
microphone clogging the frequency -- announce into the blue that "Someone's
got a stuck mike -- check your mike!" -- as if the offender could hear them.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

In article 7%e%j.183762$yE1.118752@attbi_s21,
"Jay Honeck" wrote:


ROTFL! That's as dumb as the guys who -- in the presence of a stuck
microphone clogging the frequency -- announce into the blue that "Someone's
got a stuck mike -- check your mike!" -- as if the offender could hear them.

Once heard an Approach Controller tell a guy with a weak radio "you're
weak and almost unreadable, turn your volume up!".

"Jay Honeck" wrote in
news:7%e%j.183762$yE1.118752@attbi_s21:

If he's on the wrong freq.. how is he going to hear the call from the
dumb guy on the ground.

ROTFL! That's as dumb as the guys who -- in the presence of a stuck
microphone clogging the frequency -- announce into the blue that
"Someone's got a stuck mike -- check your mike!" -- as if the offender
could hear them.

You're an idiot.


Bertie

On May 27, 8:07*pm, "BT" wrote:
If he's on the wrong freq.. how is he going to hear the call from the dumb
guy on the ground.
BT

It was someone on "our" freq thinking we were trying to communicate to
an airport that uses a different freq.

doug