Pascal DucheminKHWD KSQL KHWDBay tour. Did not get clear Bravo. Many comm mistakes
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It had been the 3rd time I have been tryng to do a bay tour via the Class B SFO bay shore transition. I talked to an instructor before who suggested I land at KSQL and ask for my clearance.
When arriving in KSQL, the controller was extremely busy (and runnign tower + ground at the same time). He asked me for an entry towards cement plant, which I was familiar with. However, the controller asked for ATT which I was not familiar with, He sent me to a 3 miles final for rway 30 instead. On final, he cleared me for a "low pass". Probably because I explained that I woul head out right after. There were many traffics taking off and landing. I asked again for a full stop hoping that I could ask on the ground for the clearance. I could tell the controller was getting impatient with me since I was not familiar with the procedure at the airport.
After taxing back to runway 30, I probably waited 10mn to get my clearance to takek off again, but not through Bravo. I asked for a coastal departure. At that point, I already had made multiple mistake in the comm: Not being familiar with the ATT waypoint. Not understanding that I was asked for a low pass/approach so that I could head out somewhere else.
The way back through the coast was pretty uneventful. However, the Norcal controller was quite busy, after being pretty much being over Emeryville, the controller asked me where I was going (I had been hoping to let him know I was on my way to Hayward but was talking non-stop). Controller basically told me that I could have told him sooner where I was going. I was instructed to stay out of the coliseum TFR, at some point, It looks like I got too close (TFR is 4 miles on the map, whereas the Oakland Charly is 5), the controller warned me to stay out of the TFR. Finally, the last mistake: after being handed over from Norcal to Huyward tower I had the wrong frequency entered and contacted OAK Tower instead of Hayward. I was provided the right frequency.
While taxiing back to the green ramp, I snapped a picture of a very interesting antique plane. Not even sure if it could fly, but it taxiied back and forth on taxiway Alpha.
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