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Cessna landing at O'Hare

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Pretty cool video:
 

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My son bases out of Chicago and flyes in and out of O'Hare sometimes three of four times a day. (usually back and forrth on short hops with a regional airline). It can get pretty hairy there.
 

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That's like running a Metropolitan in the Sebring 24... but WHY?!?
 

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What's the landing fee at O'hare ?? :greedy_dollars:
 

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I flew into Bradley a few times, Islip once and Westhampton a couple of times. Never had any problems but I did hear a commercial pilot begin landing approach to the wrong runway and tell the controller to "read the tape." My first time into Bradley, they told me to keep my speed up because there was a 747 on my tail. Believe me I did. At Islip and Worcester MA, I touched down on the numbers and they bawled me out (nicely) since I had to taxi about 3/4 of a mile to the taxiway with big stuff coming in behind me. At Bradley, I asked for a progressive taxi since I was unfamiliar with all the taxiways, and at one point, I was taxiing right into the face of a 747. The ground controller told me "don't worry, he's turning off before he gets to you". I waved to the flight deck as he turned away. Fun stuff. I was lucky because as a student at controlled fields like Westchester and Bridgeport I learned how to sound like a real pilot even though I barely knew what I was doing half the time in the beginning. Never did I or would I attempt to land at LaGuardia or Kennedy nor did I ever fly around NYC to look at the Statue of Liberty. Too demanding.
 

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I made quite a few landings and takeoffs from Teterboro Airport and one at Stewart Airport. Lots of corporate jets.
On one occasion I lost my radio and the tower at Teterboro gave me the light gun signals.
 

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Flew helicopters in and out of Kennedy a few times, little busy for sure, but an easy shot to the ramp. :encouragement:
 

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That'd be some "high pucker country" for moi. Too busy with REAL aircraft, speed differentials being what they are.

pd said:
At Islip and Worcester MA, I touched down on the numbers and they bawled me out (nicely) since I had to taxi about 3/4 of a mile to the taxiway with big stuff coming in behind me.


Case in point! Make what would normally be considered a great touch-down and have to scoot yer butt off the active
fast or be crushed like a bug! :scared:


 

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9376AD84-1A30-4C25-B865-B8B8022A3A77.jpgThanksgiving day we flew To Louisville KY from Knoxville with a Cirrus SR 22t

my son turned on final I looked up and saw 30 plus UPS plane sitting on the pad
that’s a lot of brown tails !
 
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