This video provides an overview of the LAX Class Bravo airspace along with the necessary background and planning to fly the PilotEdge V-03 rating flight
You talked for an hour and this never felt long. Clearly you prepared and it shows. I especially enjoyed the 3D models of the airspace. Very well done, very informative, and very much appreciated.
I see that no one has posted in a couple of years here. I really appreciate this video. I haven't flown since 1985 and never have flown into class B airspace and I have lots of questions. This video is really covering Class B LAX really well. Thank you!
Mark, Absolutely superlative and nurturing flight planning and execution! I'm going to have to watch this a couple more times to get it all but because of you and your sterling and laid-back instruction, I think they'll get it Regards, Chas
Great question. At any airport, when they say the airport is operating X traffic (west, east, etc), X is almost always the direction of landing AND departing aircraft. So the phrase "LAX must be west traffic" that means landing to the west, and also departing to the west. LAX, though, has an unusual configuration they use at night from like 10PM - 6AM (or something like that) called "over ocean" configuration. In this configuration, traffic is landing from the east and departing to the west.
I always enjoy your videos, Mark. They're always well presented and informative. I have a question, though, regarding something written in the Mini Route transition details on the Los Angeles TAC. It states under Restrictions: "LAX must be in a west traffic or over-ocean configuration (generally midnight to 0630 LCL)..." Does this mean traffic arriving from the west or departing to the west? Thanks, James
Thanks Mark! Isn't using COM2 to pick up ATIS a good strategy? I realize in real-world VFR that's not always available (VFR Aircraft aren't required to have two radios; that's only an IFR requirement right?). But most of what we fly on most flight sims are equipped with dual radios. Couldn't we just contact ATIS on COM2?
+Romans Five|Eight Absolutely -- if the plane I was flying had working dual VHF I would do it exactly that way. For some dumb reason the Carenado Cessna 337 ("Skymaster") only allows one VHF radio to be active at a time. If you flip the switch on the audio panel to monitor COM2 it "helpfully" switches COM1 off (and vice-versa). I've never found a way around this and thus have to pretend I only have one radio. I am able to put the ATIS in COM2 so that I don't actually have to change the active/standby frequencies in my COM1 radio -- but I can't monitor the audio on both radios in that airplane (argh!).
did you mention turn from 250° - to - 220° for LAXX FIVE and have to do it without being told at or under 3000 at SMO Victor 160° and i imagine by now SVFR is likely kazoots by now ▬ kazoots is specialized terminology found on page 25584 of the i screwed-up manual ( most recent edition )
Quick question: Why are jets prohibited from flying some of these transitions? As long as they can meet the speed limits, I don't see why they would be handled any differently than a piston aircraft.
(For those not familiar with the LAX Bravo transitions, the "Mini-Route" and the Special Flight Rules Area transitions both have a 'no turbo-jets" restriction. In addition, the SFRA transition has an upper speed limit of 140 KIAS). I'm checking with some folks who will know for sure, but my suspicion is that it's not so much a concern about a jet doing a solo transition as much as it's a concern about mixing slow and fast aircraft in a very narrow airspace corridor. Yes, some newer jets (particularly in the VLJ category) can fly below the maximum speed limit. Those corridors, though, are used by lots of GA aircraft with a typical cruise speeds of 100-120 Kts. Mixing aircraft that can fly barely slower than the maximum speed limit and aircraft are 20-40 kts slower with no provision for vertical spacing and very little lateral buffer -- well, I'm not sure that's the best idea. I'll find out if there is more to it than that, though, and post more information if I get any.
