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## Where To Fly 

The weight-shift control (WSC) aircraft can be transported by trailer from one fl ying field to the next. For as many benefi ts as this provides, transporting the aircraft into unfamiliar territory also includes some safety and operational issues. 

Contact airport management to inquire about any special arrangements to be made prior to arriving by trailer [Figure 5-1] and there may be special considerations for flying WSC aircraft with other aircraft. With smaller patterns typically used by WSC aircraft, as covered in Chapter 10, Airport Traffic Patterns, airport management may want a pilot to operate over sparsely populated areas rather than the normal airplane patterns over congested areas because of the unique noise of the WSC aircraft. [Figure 5-2]  Check the Airport/Facility Directory (A/FD) all required airport information per Title 14 of the Code of federal Regulations 

(14 CFR) part 91 section 103, Preflight information. Some operation examples are traffi c pattern information, noise abatement procedures , no fly zones surrounding the airport, and special accommodations that may need to be arranged for WSC aircraft.. 

Because of the wide range of flying characteristics of the WSC aircraft, inform local pilots about some of the incidentals of the specific WSC aircraft (e.g., flying low and slow for certain configurations). The more non-WSC aircraft pilots know about WSC flight characteristics and intentions, the better they understand how to cooperate in fl ight. Sharing the same airspace with various aircraft categories requires pilots to know and understand the rules and understand the flight characteristics and performance limitations of the different aircraft. 

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