flyguy969
Well-Known Member
As a pilot who has just received his license I have had a question that has been on my mind: Here is a situation I had the other day while flying. I called tower, gave them my info and said I was inbound for a full stop. Tower said no problem make left base and call when on final. It was very hazy when I was up and approaching sunset so it was a little hard to see the airport let alone the runway. I did make left base and while I had a hard time seeing the runway at first I did find it, turned final and called tower with no problems. Now, I was wondering is it considered bad (from the tower’s point of view) or would they get annoyed if I asked them to call my final (tell me when to turn). The flight was in total VFR conditions (FYI) I just wonder is this something (asking for tower’s help for turns) something that can be done often or only in rare occasions. Thank you for your help.