Lies and a warp factor Maule

[bilby54]

Saturday morning at Roma was beaut weather for a BFR with a bit of work in the training area and then rejoined the circuit downwind for RWY 36. The appropriate radio calls were made and the Drifter was number two behind a 172 on base.

 

 

Around the same time, another aircraft gave a 10 mile inbound call from the north but by the time we were mid downwind he called joining downwind. This got my attention pretty quick and I gave a position call to let him know we were in his path…. No response. I also warned the pilot in the front seat that we had a fast aircraft up “our posterior” and that he was either going to hit us or come very close.:ah_oh:

 

 

The other aircraft passed about 300’ below us on a 45 deg track to turn a very sharp final and touch down while the 172 was still rolling towards the taxiway. This was one of the most p:censored:s poor examples of airmanship and selfishness that I had seen in a long while and nearly ruined our day out!

 

 

Why do they do it?

 

 

I calculated that 10 miles in less than a minute puts it at over 600 mph and there wasn’t a sonic boom so his navigating skills weren’t that flash either. I can get his call sign from the avdata recording so I am hoping that part at least, was true.

 

 

Selfish idiots like that I can do without.

 

 

[Tomo]

A bit weird that's for sure!!

 

You do have to wonder why people do that sort of thing some times...

 

 

[Guest ozzie]

makes you wonder i saw two examples of poor circuit work over a couple of weekends 1st was a C182 on down wind at Maitland at 500ft with high speed. (jump aircraft). glad i was not flying there, that's my circuit height buddy. week later at Luskintyre with an already established circuit direction. it had been the same all day. a C150 overflys joins mid downwind in the opposite direction and ends up causing a Tiger Moth on short finals to go around. It ain't us Tommo it's 'them'.

 

 

[Smokey]

Hi Bilby,

 

Had a somewhat similar incident a while back at The Oaks.

 

I was doing circuits in my Superpup and as I turned downwind I heard a call, '5 miles south, inbound', we were using 18 at the time so I thought they'll be joining looong downwind, no problem, my next call was 'turning base' whereupon the same voice came up 'so am I, where are you ?'. Rocking the plane I found a low wing, bubble canopied aircraft about 200' directly below me going maybe 10kts faster than I was.

 

In the pup downwind would take me maybe 2 min, so that would mean the other aircraft must have been doing around 180kts to get where it was from it's reported 5 miles out, yes, it was a slippery aircraft but 180 kts, don't think so.

 

What really scares me is that a low wing, bubble canopied aircraft came from behind at a lower altitude and failed to see me even when they were only 200' below me.

 

If I'd been in the Lightwing I would have started decending earlier, now that could have been really interesting.

 

Mark