Always monitor Fisk VFR
Approach Control on 120.7 prior to reaching Ripon. It may be necessary,
for a variety of reasons, for you to hold prior to reaching Ripon! If
so, the Fisk controllers will advise when holding is in progress.
More information about holding is at
http://www.airventure.org/atc/holding.html
Lights On-VFR Flight Plan Closed
Before departing Ripon, please ensure that your landing lights are on.
Don't forget to close your VFR Flight Plan
with GRB AFSS on 122.25 - either in the air prior to beginning the Fisk
VFR arrival procedure or after you land at OSH.
Stay Directly Over The Tracks
Please take the wind into account and make your best effort to stay
"directly over" the railroad tracks as you
proceed northeast out of Ripon towards Fisk. Not only does this provide
for an orderly transition to the airport, it allows the controllers at
Fisk to more easily identify and sequence you.
Watch for Orange Arrows
As you proceed from Ripon toward Fisk, you may also see some large orange
arrows on the railroad tracks to help you confirm you are headed the right way.
Altitudes and Airspeeds
As you begin the VFR Arrival Procedure from Ripon to Fisk, maintain
1,800’ msl and 90 kts; if unable, maintain 2,300’ msl and 135 kts.
For those with a little less horsepower
and a lot more drag maintain a speed as close to 90 kts as possible.
NOTE: There may be times, such as when only one runway
is available for arrivals or when ceilings are low, when the 2300' MSL
arrival procedure will not be available for use. When this occurs,
please do your best to blend with the 90 knot traffic at 1800' MSL.
Let’s All Work Together
PLEASE COMPLY WITH THESE SPEED RESTRICTIONS. We know that some of your
aircraft are capable of going much faster, and some wish they could
cruise at 90 kts.
These speed restrictions assist us (ATC)
in delivering an orderly and manageable flow of traffic to the control
tower, as well as to the volunteers on the ground who assist in your
parking at the airport.
There may be times when the traffic
volume is low or ATC needs to manipulate the sequence, so the Fisk
Approach Controller may advise you to “speed it up”.
If this occurs, enjoy it, as it doesn’t happen every day!
We want to make your AirVenture
experience a safe and enjoyable one!
Find Someone To Follow
Pick out an aircraft at your altitude and airspeed to follow
northeast from Ripon. You are going to have to be in a single file line
when landing, so why not start now!
Reasonable In-Trail Spacing
Follow the aircraft ahead, maintaining single file flight with at least
1/2 mile in-trail spacing throughout the approach - including any holds.
This
is what we see at approximately ¾ mile from Fisk.
Why Do We Need It?
These instructions are intended to ensure adequate separation exists
once you reach the airport, to allow the aircraft ahead to exit the
runway prior to your arrival. This additional spacing may also be used
at the airport to depart aircraft between successive arrivals.
No Side By Sides!
Unless the Fisk controller advises you to do otherwise (highly
unlikely), do not fly side by side. If you find yourself “Side by Side”
with another aircraft at your altitude and of similar airspeed take
action to follow that aircraft.
Rock Your Wings
Acknowledge all control instructions by “rocking your wings”
- vigorously!
Type And Color
The Fisk controllers will issue control instructions
utilizing aircraft type and color. For the most part, we want to keep
aircraft identification simple.
Aircraft Identification
You will hear a variety of references such as “High wing
taildragger with a light on the left wing”, “Low wing experimental
tail dragger”, “Red and White Cessna One Ninety Five”….,
Please don’t be too picky. Remember
several of our controllers work at large airports such as O’Hare,
Minneapolis, or Detroit and don’t have the opportunity to “hone”
their general aviation aircraft identification skills on a daily basis.
So, if you are flying an “Archer” and
the controller issues control instructions to you as a “Cherokee”,
please don’t wait for us to get out the aircraft identification
handbook.
Help Us Out
Time is critical at Fisk, as well as at the airport, and it delays
things (including your arrival) if ATC has to make several transmissions
to an aircraft before the pilot acknowledges.
