Aeric
Line Up and Wait
I went for a flight today for lunch with a friend to a non-towered airport on the CA coast (KHAF). Beautiful weather which is not all that common with the coastal fog. So I set up to cross rwy30 overhead to enter the right downwind. A Mooney announces that he is established on the right downwind and I reply that I have him in sight and that I will cross mid-field and do a 180 to enter the 45. He replies that he has me in sight as well. I cross mid-field, do the 180, get on the 45, enter the downwind and follow him, all the while announcing my position on every leg. He turns base, then final, and as I look to my right to confirm that it is time to turn base (it is, he's on short final), another Mooney (I believe, he NEVER said a word on the CTAF) swoops in from my 6 then 5 then 4, making what can be politely described as a short-approach. I was kinda surprised...
This guy made exactly zero position calls on the CTAF and swoops in "ahead" of me and actually touches down before the guy I was following exited the active.
While he probably knows how to fly an airplane quite well and is probably very familiar with the airport, I think that this is exactly what my CFI said about there being a few "cowboys" on weekends at this airstrip and to be really careful.
My question: What would some of you have said on the CTAF, if anything?
I held my tongue and simply made a more deliberate position call as I was turning base and then on final.
This incident didn't detract from an otherwise fine day of flying.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
This guy made exactly zero position calls on the CTAF and swoops in "ahead" of me and actually touches down before the guy I was following exited the active.
While he probably knows how to fly an airplane quite well and is probably very familiar with the airport, I think that this is exactly what my CFI said about there being a few "cowboys" on weekends at this airstrip and to be really careful.
My question: What would some of you have said on the CTAF, if anything?
I held my tongue and simply made a more deliberate position call as I was turning base and then on final.
This incident didn't detract from an otherwise fine day of flying.