Who has the right of way in this very realistic scenario?

SixPapaCharlie

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You are flying along the way you do using only the principles stated by Sir Isaac Newton because Bernoulli is total horse crap and has nothing to do with why flight is possible. At All. End of story.

So you are flying your single engine fixed wing plane that has an STC for mogas because you are one thrifty mutha from anotha brotha and you spot something at your 12:36 roughly 5 miles out.

Not being one to flinch first in a game of flying chicken, you stay the course.

This thing gets bigger and bigger as it gets closer. It is unlike anything you have ever seen. This UFO gets uncomfortably close and you suddenly do what you were taught and do an aggressive bank to the right.

Just then you catch a glimpse of some sort of flying sleigh carrying a heavyset dude with a beard. The whole thing appears to be getting dragged through the air by some sort of large dogs that are some how flying soley based on the Bernoulli principle and disregarding Newton completely.

It misses you by a hair.

You are spooked so you hit NRST because last time something like this happened, you used the chute and POA gave you crap about drifting into power lines.

You make a B line (or is it bee line) for the nearest traffic pattern and there he is. This time at your 2:47. Same altitude and you are both heading for final.

You and This flying Sleigh thing are on a collision course for the same runway and neither of you are wearing pants.

In this scenario, who has the right of way?
 
Per 91.113, I would say that (3), an aircraft towing or refueling has the right of way over all other engine-driven aircraft is the applicable rule, however, either way, he's to your right, so......
 
Sac Arrow said:
Per 91.113, I would say that (3), an aircraft towing or refueling has the right of way over all other engine-driven aircraft is the applicable rule, however, either way, he's to your right, so......
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It is technically towing?
Could be PnP mission

Turbine powered:
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Actually the black cat crossing the runway has the right-of-way.
 
By the way, why does Santa's facial expression suggest he has a tampon crammed up his bum?
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
You are spooked so you hit NRST because last time something like this happened, you used the chute and POA gave you crap about drifting into power lines.
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If I was drinking something at this point I probably would have spit it out laughing. :lol:
 
If I saw Santa while I was flying, that would mean one of two things:
1. I'm asleep and having a horrible nightmare
2. I'm hallucinating due to the effects of drugs/hypoxia/CO poisoning

In the case of either one, it doesn't matter if I have right of way or not I'm probably going to be dead fairly soon. If I am able to have enough brain cells functioning to realize something is terribly wrong now that I think I'm seeing a fictitious fat old dude in a sleigh being pulled by flying reindeer, then I'm going to focus on getting down onto the ground as soon as possible.
 
Hang on.... were you in Bo or Cirrus? If yes, you OBVIOUSLY have the right of way.

I'm tired of trick questions.
 
ROW is as easy to understand as a Stoplight. Your left wing has a red light, your right a green. If they see your red light, they give way, if they see green they stand on course and speed. If the are overtaking, the have to stay clear and you have to maintain course and speed till they clear..
 
Now, wait a second... op stated
You are flying along the way you do using only the principles stated by Sir Isaac Newton because Bernoulli is total horse crap and has nothing to do with why flight is possible. At All. End of story.
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Under these physical flight rules, OP's aircraft will not have effective roll or pitch control. OP is also unable to deploy chute due to excessive ego damage. Thus I believe this part of 91.113 now applies

(c) In distress. An aircraft in distress has the right-of-way over all other air traffic.
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Henning said:
ROW is as easy to understand as a Stoplight. Your left wing has a red light, your right a green. If they see your red light, they give way, if they see green they stand on course and speed. If the are overtaking, the have to stay clear and you have to maintain course and speed till they clear..
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This only applies if the aircraft are of the same category, which on this story they clearly aren't.
 
cowman said:
Now, wait a second... op stated


Under these physical flight rules, OP's aircraft will not have effective roll or pitch control. OP is also unable to deploy chute due to excessive ego damage. Thus I believe this part of 91.113 now applies
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I can totally roll a plane using Newton.
Newton totally changes attitude.

Deflect surface one way, airflow goes the opposite way.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
I said in the OP "Not wearing pants"
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While that is an important point and requires a leaf to cover, I do believe that Newtons were the current point of discussion. Now Newtons may come in many forms, the ubiquitous Fig are perhaps the most common and publicly accepted versions.
 
SixPapaCharlie said:
I can totally roll a plane using Newton.
Newton totally changes attitude.

Deflect surface one way, airflow goes the opposite way.
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Yeah but dude... ego impaired chute. That's pretty much an emergency.
 
The only way he has right of way is if he was 20 miles out on a straight in final to an uncontrolled field calling at every 1/2 mile interval that he is 'straight in for the rnwy, all other aircraft please advise'

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If you had followed the NORAD advisories,you would not have gotten into the problem in the first place,and please put your pants back on.
 
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