AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 104

NEVERAGAIN

BY TIM HAIDINGER

Don’t touch the radios

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hwack! My friend David smarted as I slapped his hand with the admonishment to never touch “my” radios. As an instrument pilot and good friend,

he had assumed he was competent to help with the flight by managing some of the communications and navigation. When we landed I told him of the experience that led me to the notion that the pilot in command owns the radios, and nobody else should touch them without explicit permission. The flight that led to this conclusion had taken place many years earlier. Another friend, Bob Lieb, and I decided to fly his new Cessna T210 from Orange County, California, to a

football game in South Bend, Indiana. We each had fresh instrument ratings, and single-digit solo time in actual conditions. Everything went according to plan, with an overnight in Albuquerque and clear skies all the way to Iowa. We planned a fuel stop outside of Des Moines and had filed IFR because the weather was threatening. Sure enough, as we approached our destination, the clouds appeared and we were talking with ATC. Although it was an early fall day, we were pleased that there were no thunderheads in evidence and little turbulence at our assigned altitude of 9,000 feet. We slid into the IFR routines with little difficulty, our attitudes a mixture of newbie excitement and palms beginning to perspire. This was a nonradar environment, so we were following airways and making position reports. With our dual VOR setup we tracked the airways easily, and our time to waypoints was very predictable. Bob was doing all the flying by hand, seemed to have things well under control, and I was managing the radios. Fortunately, there was very little traffic in the area. As we neared the airport I set the radios for the VOR approach, with one tuned to the approach course, and the other set for cross-fixes on our position. The clock was our other primary navigation instrument. At 4,000 feet we were cleared for the approach and turned to intercept the inbound radial. Bob picked it up with ease, and we were on our way. The controller mentioned a transport aircraft following us, but our speed was fine, and no one saw a problem. The first hint of trouble was when the controller made repeated requests to know if we had reached our approach

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SARAH HANSON

104 • JANUARY 2012



AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012

AOPA Turbine Pilot Magazine - January 2012
Contents
President's Position
Hangar Talk
AOPA Media
AOPA Action
Letters
Waypoints
Proficient Pilot
Safety Pilot
License to Learn
Pilot Counsel
Fly Well
Pilot Briefing
At Your Fingertips
Budget Buy: Affordable Aerobat
Serious Fun
Tour the Strip, Fight a Friend
LSA: Half Price, Full Featured
FBO Freebies
Air Mobile Joe
2012 Tougher Than a Tornado Sweepstakes: ‘I Came For This’
Technique: Declaring an Emergency
Avionics: No Mandate for ADS-B “In”
Wx Watch: Searching for Snowmageddons
Products: Training Topics
Dogfight: The Perfect Trainer
Never Again
Fly-Outs
Fly by Wire
Pilots
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Contents
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 3
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - President's Position
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Hangar Talk
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - AOPA Action
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Letters
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 21
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Waypoints
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 25
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Proficient Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 27
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Safety Pilot
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 29
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - License to Learn
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 31
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Pilot Counsel
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 33
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Fly Well
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 35
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Pilot Briefing
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - At Your Fingertips
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Budget Buy: Affordable Aerobat
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 57
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Serious Fun
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 59
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 61
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 63
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Tour the Strip, Fight a Friend
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 65
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 67
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 68
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 69
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - LSA: Half Price, Full Featured
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 71
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 72
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 73
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 74
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 75
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - FBO Freebies
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 77
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 78
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 79
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 80
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Air Mobile Joe
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 82
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 83
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 84
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 2012 Tougher Than a Tornado Sweepstakes: ‘I Came For This’
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 86
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 87
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 88
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Technique: Declaring an Emergency
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 90
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 91
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 92
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Avionics: No Mandate for ADS-B “In”
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 94
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Wx Watch: Searching for Snowmageddons
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 96
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - I1
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - I2
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 97
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 98
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Products: Training Topics
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 100
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 101
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Dogfight: The Perfect Trainer
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 103
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Never Again
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 105
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 106
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Fly-Outs
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Fly by Wire
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 109
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AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - 111
AOPA Pilot Magazine - January 2012 - Pilots
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