Pik-n-Pig (BQ1) Carthage, NC 4/1/23
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Good call. I was flying in the area yesterday and it was windy enough. Saturday looks much worse.
Had an interesting flight to the Outer Banks. Nice tail-wind and not very turbulent. I was at 5000 feet just approaching the Pamlico Sound talking to Cherry Point (approach freq at a marine base that controls the restricted areas in eastern NC) and the guy tells me, "Descend pilot's discretion down to 3000. Let me give you a phone number to call when you get on the ground as we've been having trouble losing comms when planes get lower."
I tell him, "How about I just stay at 5000 till I cancel? I like to stay high over the sound anyway."
"Ok."
About 8 minutes later, I call to cancel IFR, but he doesn't respond. I try again a minute later, they cover several frequencies including military. No response. I try my other radio and realize I'm probably annoying everybody else on the freq. I'm about to squawk 7500 (I sure hope that's the right one, I don't want him to think I've been hi-jacked.
) when I hear, "Bonanza 25Q (I get tired of correcting them and I did have that good tail-wind), airport is 12 o'clock, about 15 miles."
Ah, now it will work: "Airport in sight, request cancel IFR".
No response.
"25Q, if you can hear me, ident."
I ident.
"Ident observed. And I do see you descending on the pilot's discretion down to 3000."
"25Q, the Ocracoke airport is 12 o'clock, one two miles. When able, report it in sight and acknowledge that by ident.
I ident.
"25Q, ident observed. You're cleared the visual approach into Ocracoke Island."
"Bonanza 25Q, IFR cancellation when you're ready sir and when you are ready for that just give me an ident and I'll take that as confirmation as cancellation of the IFR flight plan."
"25Q, showing the ident observed about 8 nw of Ocracoke, showing the IFR flight plan is now cancelled, squawk VFR, frequency change approved."
I'd almost like to do this every time. I don't have respond to all the jibber-jabber, just push a button every once in a while.
Had an interesting flight to the Outer Banks. Nice tail-wind and not very turbulent. I was at 5000 feet just approaching the Pamlico Sound talking to Cherry Point (approach freq at a marine base that controls the restricted areas in eastern NC) and the guy tells me, "Descend pilot's discretion down to 3000. Let me give you a phone number to call when you get on the ground as we've been having trouble losing comms when planes get lower."
I tell him, "How about I just stay at 5000 till I cancel? I like to stay high over the sound anyway."
"Ok."
About 8 minutes later, I call to cancel IFR, but he doesn't respond. I try again a minute later, they cover several frequencies including military. No response. I try my other radio and realize I'm probably annoying everybody else on the freq. I'm about to squawk 7500 (I sure hope that's the right one, I don't want him to think I've been hi-jacked.
) when I hear, "Bonanza 25Q (I get tired of correcting them and I did have that good tail-wind), airport is 12 o'clock, about 15 miles."Ah, now it will work: "Airport in sight, request cancel IFR".
No response.
"25Q, if you can hear me, ident."
I ident.
"Ident observed. And I do see you descending on the pilot's discretion down to 3000."
"25Q, the Ocracoke airport is 12 o'clock, one two miles. When able, report it in sight and acknowledge that by ident.
I ident.
"25Q, ident observed. You're cleared the visual approach into Ocracoke Island."
"Bonanza 25Q, IFR cancellation when you're ready sir and when you are ready for that just give me an ident and I'll take that as confirmation as cancellation of the IFR flight plan."
"25Q, showing the ident observed about 8 nw of Ocracoke, showing the IFR flight plan is now cancelled, squawk VFR, frequency change approved."
I'd almost like to do this every time. I don't have respond to all the jibber-jabber, just push a button every once in a while.
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