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From: Barry Hancock <sportform@cox.net>
Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Navigating in the IFR system in an experimental aircraft
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On Nov 15, 2005, at 6:41 PM, Ron Galbraith wrote:

> Bottom line is that "experimental" means nothing to me as an air=20
> traffic controller, but LNC4 does.=A0 Hey, you might even get priority=20=

> if you are a Lancair, you never know :-)=A0 Now Scott on the other=20
> hand.........maybe.
>
> Ron Galbraith

Ron,

Thanks for your responses on these matters.  I, frankly, find your=20
posts more enlightening than most simply because you seldom hear from=20
the "other side of the mic" what's going on, real world, with ATC.

To the point above, I've flown several experimental types and listening=20=

to ATC tell somebody that they have an "experimental, 10 o'clock and 3=20=

miles, west bound" is a lot less helpful, especially if there is more=20
than one target than "Yak/Lancair/L-39....blah, blah"

We don't think of it this way, but there was a telling transmission=20
between a bizz jet coming out of Van Nuys and ATC when the bizz jet=20
jock said "what is that that just passed us?", speaking of the L-39 I=20
was flying.  ATC responded "an experimental"....to which the jock=20
replied "Geez!" as if I had built the thing myself.  In other words,=20
most of  GA is clueless as to what experimental encompasses, and I'm=20
quite sure that pilot who thought of "experimental" as "from scratch=20
whacko designs that are sure to kill you" is more prevalent than we'd=20
like to admit.

Bottom line is, as far as I'm concerned, even in the terminal=20
environment it's much more useful to say what type you are....YMMV. =20
Glad there's a movement to take at least one useless, dare I say <gasp>=20=

counterproductive, reg out of the books.

Cheers,

Barry
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