Corporate Pilot
Well-Known Member
I was up in KIND several months ago and they had smoke in the tower and evacuated it. We were #1 for departure at the time and I talked to departure and asked them about departing and they said standby. We waited about 20 minutes and the tower was back operational and we departed.
I have wondered what would have happened if I had told departure that I was going to depart. Then on the other radio used the tower freq and gave a traffic report that I was departing and did. They are Class C so all I had to do was make contact with departure right? I am betting the FAA would not have been happy.
Devils advocate here. At my home airport the tower is closed at night. When it is closed you state your intentions on the tower freq and depart or arrive. The tower at KIND was closed. As I stated I did not depart when the tower at KIND was closed just wondering if I could have departed VFR and picked up the clearance with departure?
Approach was still working it was just the tower that was down.
I have wondered what would have happened if I had told departure that I was going to depart. Then on the other radio used the tower freq and gave a traffic report that I was departing and did. They are Class C so all I had to do was make contact with departure right? I am betting the FAA would not have been happy.
Devils advocate here. At my home airport the tower is closed at night. When it is closed you state your intentions on the tower freq and depart or arrive. The tower at KIND was closed. As I stated I did not depart when the tower at KIND was closed just wondering if I could have departed VFR and picked up the clearance with departure?
Approach was still working it was just the tower that was down.