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| Subject: | Great Flight - Bad Freq's |
Gang:
Maybe this is slightly related to the FAA inspector and the POH issue.
Saturday, I had a Great Flight out to Nantucket (KACK) for
the Daffodil Festival. But it did not start out that way.
I was flying out of Solberg (N51) in NJ. They have a VOR right on the
field that has been down for maintenance for a while and there is a RCO for
NY TRACON either in the VOR building or very close by. Well, I tried about
6 times while on the ground to contact NYAPCH... Three times on each radio
- No luck - Then I tried once more, after I got to pattern altitude - No
luck - So I changed frequency to 132.8 - No luck, of course I tried a few
times on each Comm. Then switch frequencies to 126.4 and 127.8 - NO LUCK!
While all of this radio work was going on I slowed down the plane and
stayed at 2500' so as not to bust the NY Class B. I was flying with Susan
and she suggested I contact Morristown (KMMU) since, we were getting close
to their airspace. GREAT SUGGESTION! When I contacted them I explained I
could NOT raise NY APCH on any of the frequencies, they told me to
"stand-by". . . . . . . . . . They said, try 120.4, now that frequency is
NOT on my Cheat Sheet of 10 frequencies. I gave them a call and BINGO!
Not the fuel - ATC Answered. I Requested my heading and an altitude of
5500' - They cleared me into Class B, on my heading and to my requested
altitude.
So, what went wrong with the other four frequencies and the 19 times of
trying to contact them?
And how does this relate to the POH issue?
It was suggested that the FAA is protesting the obama Budget Cuts - This
could be their own version of the Blue Flu or an obama Backfire. Now, we
all pick on the FAA at some point or another. But, if this is what is
truly happening, the FAA could use our help and it is time that us GA
pilots stand behind the FAA. Matter of fact, we should do something. If
this is the way it is NOW before the tower closings it will only get worse
once the towers are closed... Flight Following FORGET IT! Remember the
Pay As You Go proposal that was voted down? If the towers close, how do
you think they will get the money to reopen them? PAY AS YOU GO! ! !
So, who should I call, who should I be writing my letters to?
*Barry*
*PS: GANG - Put that frequency on your Cheat Sheet.*
*VOR (SBJ) - Still Down - They are transmitting voice and radial signal -
But, there is NO Morse Code. You know what that means!*
*=93Chop=92d Liver=94*
*"The reason Benjamin Franklin was such a great inventor was everything lay
before him. The reason why we don't have great inventors today is,
everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel"*
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