We tend to work in the area outlined in blue. Unofficially we
divide the area up into quadrants, working NE,NW, SE or SW of Claremont. I
usually end up SW because it is the closest area. None of the areas are ideal.
To the SE you have to watch out for Oshawa, to the SW Buttonville. To the north
the land starts to rise a little giving you less room to work with if you are
doing upper airwork.
Still we make do with what we’ve got and do our best not to get in
each other’s way. Just out of the scope of my VTA there’s a VOR navigation
beacon, so a reasonable bit of traffic uses that to practice radio nav work.
The red box is something I’ve marked on my chart, the highway
crosses railroad tracks. Go much further west than this and you’re back in
Buttonville’s space. The yellow box is a transformer station. Lots of power
lines going in and coming out. I marked it on for various reasons.
If I’m taking the short route then you check your position relative
to it. It is also a good point to make position calls, most people know where
it is. The power lines also lead you straight back to City, especially useful
in the winter when they cut a path straight through the snow covered ground.
Just south of Claremont is a village called Brougham. You need to
be careful round here as there are winch launched gliders kicking around. The
cable could happily slice off your wing. That’s why we climb to above 2500ft
when overhead.
So you can see that is a LOT of information to process just to get
out to do some maneuvers, let alone actually doing any stalls or whatever.
Seeing it split up into 4 posts like this has made me realise just how much I’ve
actually managed to take in.
So much to consider, so many dimensions to deal with, but Bob
trusts me to do this all on my own and that, is freakin awesome!!!!!
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