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 Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 10:53 am Post subject: My Abbotsford Air Show Trip in 633Z - delete if you don't wa |
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I took my first flight to Canada last weekend.
I was concerned about negotiating customs on both ends.
I had no problems going into Canada but back at Boeing
Field I couldn't find my pilot license. After 10 minutes
of pawing through papers I dug it out. I should have paid
more attention to what I was doing when I checked my papers
before leaving Canada. I thought that I was busted!
The air show was awesome - lots of great action:
http://www.abbotsfordairshow.com/2006/performers.html
There was one other Zenith airplane at the show (that I saw)
- a CH200. It was fun to see one.
Coming into Abbotsford (CYXX) the ATIS said to stay out of the airspace,
unless under ATC control, high speed military aircraft are in the area.
It was 1800 PDT and the airspace is closed from 1000-1700. So I called
the tower and told them I was inbound. They said proceed. When I was
about three miles out, I saw jets landing on 25. The tower told me to
make for the base leg of 07. About a mile from the runway, I asked the
tower if I was heading towards the right runway. Tower replied yes
- do you see the runway. I said yes, but I saw jets landing the other
direction. Tower said yes, that's why we have you manuveuring for 07.
Shortly after I landed a fighter took off with afterburners on and
did 90 degree bank turns over the airfield.
Saturday morning I found help to fix my right brake. On the way to
CYXX the brake line came loose and broke at the fitting. Maurice got
some tools together and helped put the brake line back together. That
afternoon, after the show, as I taxied away for a scenic flight, people
were remarking that - that plane has a broken brake line. Maurice felt
good telling them that he had fixed it. Go - homebuilders! Maurice flies
a Bede5 with a Honda engine.
I camped with a friend that I met while volunteering at the Arlington Air
Show. Ed led the aircraft ramp crew. He's taking lessons at the Langley
Flight School. We flew down the Frasier River, over Victoria Harbor and
out to Horseshoe Bay. I piloted and he navigated and setup the radio.
We passed though several different ATC zones and we had to talk with ATC
in each of them. We then stopped by Langley and had a visit at his flight
school. He had a great time showing me where he flies. Back at CYXX I had
to circle while several jets took off. And a commercial airliner was held
until I landed and back taxied.
The ATC procedures in Canada are very similar to those in the US, but
different enough to throw me off a bit. While I flying in Canada I was
given a squawk code for each flight. The tower automatically activates
and closes your flight plan. The tower says 'cleared for 19' on approach,
but then says 'clear to land' later. They say 'position and wait' not
'position and hold'. There are no 45 degree approaches to downwind. All my
approaches were straight in, except for the first landing - the extended
base approach. But I was prepared to enter the downwind the way I'd be
expected to. I did study the Canadian procedures and had a thorough
preflight briefing from Ed. I needed it, I was in unfamiliar territory.
It was good to have a local pilot show me how to get around.
The next day I hopped from CYXX to Langley with another friend that I met
in Arlington. She said 'wow!' as we turned downwind at CYXX and we had an
awesome 360 degree view of the airfield. (She's learning to fly in a
Champ.) We flew north, then down the Frasier River and south into
Langley. At Langley I filed my flight plan, contacted US Customs, and
misplaced my pilot license.
I'm looking forward to going to show again next year and more scenic
flights.
Joe E
N633Z (at) BFI
CH601XL, 378 hours
Jabiru 3300, Sensenich wood prop 64x49
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rstone4(at)hot.rr.com
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| Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 11:53 am Post subject: My Abbotsford Air Show Trip in 633Z - delete if you don't wa |
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Hay Joe,
There was just one thing wrong, No Supermarine Spitfire, the most
beautiful war plane ever built.
Bob Stone, Harker Heights, Tx
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