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Posted By:
Hal Brown
Date Posted:
Sep 21, 2010
Description:
Another bit for Dan: When you're flying west across the Chesapeake Bay and need to avoid both the DC TFR and the Patuxent River Restricted Area, and you're not sure if the GPS system is working properly, the safest course is to steer between Scylla and Charybdis, as Odysseus does in The Odyssey. Here they are on a slightly hazy day. Make sure you're heading due west, or you're likely to find an escort on your wing.
Date Taken:
Sep 21, 2010
Place Taken:
Chesapeake Bay
Owner:
Don Maxwell
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Dan Nickens - Sep 21,2010
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Thanks for the good advice, Don. My strategy was to fly real low and real slow...just in case.
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Frank A. Carr - Sep 21,2010
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Don, In that area (or similar high density traffic ones) have you used Flight <br />Following? PaxRiver ATC used to be real friendly (as opposed to BWI) and <br />routed us through or around Pax R Area depending on what was going on.
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Don Maxwell - Sep 21,2010
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I never have there, Frank. As it happens, the slot between DC and Pax River is exactly on a line between Richmond and the Northeast. Besides, I like being able to change direction and altitude whenever I notice something interesting.<br /><br />On the other hand, that slot is the only place I've ever experienced a prolonged GPS outage--about 20 minutes one time--so I pay attention to the compass in there.
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