Comments on: Flight Home http://blog.xcski.com/2004/07/26/flight-home Everything I used to bore people on newsgroups and mailing lists with, now in one inconvenient place. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:45:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Tina Marie http://blog.xcski.com/2004/07/26/flight-home#comment-316 Tina Marie Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=265#comment-316 We've all done that. I often get the <a href="http://204.108.4.16/d-tpp/0407/05461ROKIT.PDF">ROKIT SEVEN</a> arrival into Houston (even if it isn't a legal arrival procedure for EYQ), which I'm almost always cleared to enter at <a href="http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/fix-info/SSLAM">SSLAM</a>. Trouble is, there's also a <a href="http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/fix-info/SLAAM">SLAAM</a> and a <a href="http://www.airnav.com/cgi-bin/fix-info/SLAMM">SLAMM</a>. I never get the right one on the first try, even if I have the chart in my lap. But it's made me very careful about checking the distance/heading every single time I enter an intersection. We’ve all done that. I often get the ROKIT SEVEN arrival into Houston (even if it isn’t a legal arrival procedure for EYQ), which I’m almost always cleared to enter at SSLAM. Trouble is, there’s also a SLAAM and a SLAMM.

I never get the right one on the first try, even if I have the chart in my lap. But it’s made me very careful about checking the distance/heading every single time I enter an intersection.

]]> By: David Megginson http://blog.xcski.com/2004/07/26/flight-home#comment-317 David Megginson Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000 http://xcski.com/wordpress/?p=265#comment-317 When you were early and couldn't slow down, another option would have been to get a longer route, as for a hold, or cancel IFR and do a sightseeing circuit around the city. I remember taxiing as slowly as possible in Philly, once, to avoid being early for customs after flying all the way down from Ottawa with a 60 kt tailwind. When you were early and couldn’t slow down, another option would have been to get a longer route, as for a hold, or cancel IFR and do a sightseeing circuit around the city. I remember taxiing as slowly as possible in Philly, once, to avoid being early for customs after flying all the way down from Ottawa with a 60 kt tailwind.

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