Please fly an FAA
standard left traffic pattern; please enter the pattern on a forty-five
degree leg. Use your radio to self-announce your position and
intention. According to the Aeronautical Information Manual, Chapter
4-1-9g, "traffic in the area please advise" is NOT a recognized self-announce
position and/or intention phrase and should NOT be used at the fly-in.
The radio frequencies at Thomasville airport are:
119.175 AWOS
123.075 Unicom
123.300 ground advisory -- used only during the fly-in
We have had complaints
about landing on runway 4 and taxiing up to the 14/32 intersection. We
do this at the fly-in for two reasons. The number one reason is to keep
you and spectators safe by keeping the ground traffic flowing in same
direction. Otherwise we would have head-on traffic on taxiway Alpha.
Our second reason is that we have people at the intersection copying your N
number, make and model to get a count of the number of aircraft
arriving. If you turn off early, you don't get counted. Runway
4/22 is 5,500 feet long. From the approach end of runway 4 to the
intersection of 14/32 runway is 3,168 feet. What is your landing roll?