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, 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
grass strip or helicopter landing area. Light planes, gyrocopters, and ultralights
using the main runway use a 500 ft. AGL pattern; conventional aircraft use
1000 ft. AGL.
THOSE USING THE 1300' GRASS/TURF RUNWAY:
Note that
the turf/grass runway 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!! Powered Parachutes may also use
the short runway perpendicular to the regular grass runway.
Helicopters also may land at the 1.5 acre area that is at right-angles to the grass strip.
There will be a large white H on that field.
REMEMBER FAR 91.79 AND ESPECIALLY FAR 91.79(c):
91.79 Except when necessary for takeoff or landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitudes:
(a) Anywhere. An altitude allowing, if a power unit fails, an emergency
landing without undue hazard to persons or property, on the surface.
(b) Over congested areas. Over any congested area of a city, town,
or settlement, or over any open air assembly of persons, an altitude of 1,000
feet above the highest obstacle within a radius of 2,000 feet of the aircraft.
(c) Over other than congested areas. An altitude of 500 feet above
the surface except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In that case,
the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel,
vehicle or structure.
THERE IS A DOUBLE-WIDE MOBILE HOME WITH ASSOCIATED BUILDINGS NEAR THE WINDSOCK.
If landing or taking off in the pattern there would be no problem flying
fairly low over them. But if flying at right angles to them you must follow
91.79(c). The photo below of these structures shows this. Click the photo
for a very large photo (will take a while with dial-up Internet).
CLICK PHOTO FOR A VERY LARGE PHOTO (will take a while with a dial-up Internet connection)
SPECIAL
ADVISORIES:
1. If you
have an aviation radio use & monitor 122.7 mhz.
2. There
are balls on 50 ft. power lines 1000' off the end of runway 29.
3. Avoid
the water tower and houses to the west/southwest of the airport.
4. 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!
5.
The MOA will be cleared from Louisville, GA, North from October 11-13 below
10,000 feet MSL. There will be no F-16, F-18 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 & F-18s 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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