Pilot's
Brief for the Wrens Fly-In
Here you will find all the information you need for flying in
with ease & safety
Click HERE for a larger image of the pattern
LIGHT PLANES, HELICOPTERS, ULTRALIGHTS, GYROCOPTERS, AND CONVENTIONAL FIXED-WING AIRCRAFT:
Please use
the above left-hand pattern on the main runway if landing from the south/southeast
(if the prevailing winds are from the north/north west). Make sure other aircraft
are landing/taking off in the appropriate direction to avoid collisions. If
the wind changes direction enough that you must use runway 11 to land or
takeoff then switch to a right hand pattern so you are never over the ultralight
area. Gyros, light planes, and ultralights using the main runway use a 500 ft. AGL pattern;
conventional aircraft use 1000 ft. AGL.
LIGHT PLANES, ULTRALIGHT,
TRIKE, POWERED PARACHUTE PILOTS:
Note that
the Light Plane/Ultralight area has an opposite pattern. If the wind changes, and you
have to land on Rwy 11L, then keep your pattern Northeast of the grass strip,
but NEVER over the main runway!! Trikes and Powered Parachutes may also use
the short runway perpendicular to the regular Ultralight runway.
SPECIAL
ADVISORIES:
1. If you
have an aviation radio use & monitor 122.7 mhz.
2. If you
are using CB use & monitor channel 23. Avoid chatter; be brief.
3. There
are balls on 50 ft. power lines 1000' off the end of runway 29.
4. Avoid
the water tower and houses to the west/southwest of the airport.
5. There
are some 50-70 ft. power lines 1 mile NW of the airport. These lines go across
farm fields. BE CAREFUL AROUND RADIO TOWERS!
6.
The MOA will be cleared from Louisville, GA, North from April 25-27 below
10,000 feet MSL. There will be no F-16 or other Air Force aircraft in that
area during those dates. However, the Army sometimes flies helicopters
of all types near the Wrens airport. Also, medical helicopters sometimes
stage pickups at the Wrens airport -- keep alert!
NOTE THAT BECAUSE WE ARE
STILL IN A STATE OF EMERGENCY and AT WAR THE F-16s MAY STILL BE IN THE AREA
ON INTERCEPTION DUTY. (ON 121.5 THEY WILL JUST BRIEFLY SAY SOMETHING LIKE 23xray ON GUARD) ALSO DEFINITELY AVOID THE RESTRICTED GUNNERY AREA OVER FORT GORDON JUST NORTH-EAST OF THE AIRPORT.
Remember, have fun, and
be safe!! We will see you in a few weeks, in Wrens!!!
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