nddons
Touchdown! Greaser!
My CFII and I were doing some IR training tonight. We were maneuvering to enter the ILS 10 at Waukesha (KUES) shortly before the tower closed at 2100 local. Tower advised us that Milwaukee advised him that a Lear jet was inbound from the east and would be in the area in 10 minutes, after the tower closed. We shot the approach, went missed, and proceeded on a heading to the BAE VOR (5nm NE of UES).
After departing the airport on our missed approach, and when we were about 2-3nm from the airport, we heard the Lear pilot announce his position and distance to the airport, and then ask "any traffic in the area please advise." As we looked toward the east (well, my CFII looked, as I was under the hood) we could see the Lear's landing light in the distance, at a higher altitude. Our course was taking us away from the Lear and the pattern, and we were climbing to 2,800 ft. Pattern altitude is 1,900 ft.
Still, in my opinion, such a request aided in both his situational awareness as well as our own. We knew the Lear was approaching the terminal area, and took the opportunity to tell him where we were, and that we would hang around the BAE VOR to the north and give way to him on his approach to the airport. He knew our position (not in the pattern, but maneuvering near the terminal area) as well as our intentions.
The Lear pilot then made all the appropriate announcements for the left downwind, base, and final for RWY 10.
I will stipulate that ATITAPA is not standard terminology and not in the pilot's glossary. However, I thought that this seemed like an appropriate use of the term by the Lear pilot, and we both benefitted from the increased situational awareness. Where am I wrong?
After departing the airport on our missed approach, and when we were about 2-3nm from the airport, we heard the Lear pilot announce his position and distance to the airport, and then ask "any traffic in the area please advise." As we looked toward the east (well, my CFII looked, as I was under the hood) we could see the Lear's landing light in the distance, at a higher altitude. Our course was taking us away from the Lear and the pattern, and we were climbing to 2,800 ft. Pattern altitude is 1,900 ft.
Still, in my opinion, such a request aided in both his situational awareness as well as our own. We knew the Lear was approaching the terminal area, and took the opportunity to tell him where we were, and that we would hang around the BAE VOR to the north and give way to him on his approach to the airport. He knew our position (not in the pattern, but maneuvering near the terminal area) as well as our intentions.
The Lear pilot then made all the appropriate announcements for the left downwind, base, and final for RWY 10.
I will stipulate that ATITAPA is not standard terminology and not in the pilot's glossary. However, I thought that this seemed like an appropriate use of the term by the Lear pilot, and we both benefitted from the increased situational awareness. Where am I wrong?