My Student Pilot's Log
Orlando

Flight 37, part 2

Flight 37: continued

Our arrival was interesting; I was put on a long downwind (maybe four miles before turning base) and cleared to land, then descending at 200 feet almost over the runway, I was told to go around.

Usually "cleared to land" means just that, so we don't know what happened, except that the tower decided the plane behind us should get to land first. Right before the go-around instruction, the tower got a personal call that sounded like something you'd hear on a CB radio. ("Is that you, ----? It's ---. What are you up to?" Real professional, eh?)

 

The visibility was so high that before we landed, we could see the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center, 37 miles away. There was even more radio work involved to get home- ATIS, ORL Clearance Delivery, Ground, and Tower to get airborne, Orlando Approach (class B entry), St. Petersburg FSS (flight plan), Orlando Approach again, then Tampa Approach.

My CFI said this is as hard as the radio work gets, and I guess I did OK, because he signed me off to fly solo within class B airspace. He also said this is the last lesson I need before checkride prep.

 

The Florida Citrus Bowl and Orlando Executive Airport