EP155 - “This Guy Never Saw Me" - A Pattern Predicament

Pattern predicament! Discord member Dom shares audio and flysto.net data from a close call at an untowered airport—100 feet of separation, spotty ADS-B, garbled radio calls, and the eternal question: turn right to avoid or stay predictable in the pattern? The non-CFI crew looks at 14 CFR 91.113, Wild West untowered airports, and why sometimes you just need to GTFO. Plus: Thaden Invasion updates, icing on the vegetables origin story, and why "show your belly" might not be the best advice.

Mentioned on the Show:

• Episode 44 with Bryan of Just Plane Silly - Icing on the vegetables origin

• Flysto.net - Track log visualization and analysis (FREE!)

• Flying the Overhead Break - AOPA technique

• 14 CFR 91.113 - Right-of-way rules

• BWG - Bowling Green-Warren County Airport, Kentucky - Brian's pattern work airport

• M54 - Lebanon Municipal Airport, Tennessee - "Wild West" untowered field

• GCC - Gillette-Campbell County Airport, Wyoming - Steve Schofield's home base

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Closing wisdom: "Common sense is like deodorant. The people who need it most never use it."

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🎯 THE THADEN INVASION: March 13-15, 2026 | VBT | Bentonville, Arkansas