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PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Sat Sep 17, 2011 2:56 pm
by Keith Smith
We will be demoing PE at AOPA Summit again this year, including a demonstration on the AOPA Live stage, broadcast live on the web.
The show is thu-sat this week, with coverage during east coast hours. Pilots and controllers requested to fky and control LGB.
Times will be posted soon.
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 9:52 am
by Eugene Zaporozhets
If any pilots planned to fly for this, It's on right now. The times are 0600-1400 PDT on Thu and Fri, then 0600-1300 PDT on Sat.
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2011 4:31 pm
by Alex Stjepanovic
KS extends thanks for support on Day 1.
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:36 pm
by scottcame
I can jump on and fly Saturday morning (tomorrow). KLGB and surrounding area still?
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 4:46 pm
by TheMadDocMD
That is what we are expecting...
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 6:42 pm
by Keith Smith
Yes, please. We need as many as possible at lgb. When the radio is quiet , the booth is quiet too.
Pattern work at lgb is best. We mostly stay in pattern unless someone is shooting approaches.
Thanks for the help! Several video pieces have been done, including a killer pinch hitter scenario that had everyone on the edge for 45 mins.
More when I can.
Keith
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:25 pm
by Keith Smith
If it helps, we're running just two scenarios at LGB for the most part:
1) pattern work on one of the runways
2) calling for an IFR clearance to shoot the ILS rwy 30
If you're flying to help us out in the demo, it would be most helpful if you were doing one of those two operations. Those DIRECTLY contribute to the local traffic for our scenarios.
That said, ANY traffic is welcome because I have set up a monitoring tool the captures and broadcasts the audio from all frequencies. So, even if you're on a different frequency, we capture just about everything so the crowd can hear it.
Thanks again for the help, it's greatly appreciated.
Keith
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 8:29 pm
by scottcame
WX doesn't look great for pattern work:
KLGB 240228Z 2402/2424 17005KT P6SM FEW009 BKN012 BKN025
FM240500 VRB03KT 5SM BR OVC008
FM241600 20004KT 4SM HZ OVC012
FM242100 22009KT P6SM SCT015
I'm happy to shoot the ILS RWY 30 a few times, though...
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:50 pm
by Andrew Doubleday
Scott,
You can set your weather to what you'd like if you wish. For the demo purpose, I would suspect to see them set the weather to a variety of conditions in the PFC sim (much as they did last year in Long Beach) and continue to do closed traffic. The weather conditions on Friday were not much better than the TAF is showing for tomorrow, actually.
Regards,
Re: PE at AOPA Summit 2011, pilots/controllers needed
Posted: Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:49 am
by Keith Smith
Thank you, gents, the radio traffic on Saturday which pretty much continuous, allowing us to draw more and more people to the booth.
One of the highlights, for sure, was when we had 4 in the pattern at Long Beach. The radio was going almost constantly, with transmissions that closely mirrored what would've been heard in real life under similar circumstances. The pilots did a fantastic job!
If you were one of the pilots who flew during the AOPA Summit, and you're not a controller here, please let me know via PM.
Keith