Search results

Hmm. Gotta be something fishy here. Do people really depart in citations VFR with wx like that?

I agree with those saying keep the 74. Here’s another perk that you may not have thought of. The stratus (esp if you have a 2) will give you all the ads-b in you need and it will do it INDEPENDENTLY. The beauty of that is in the event of a major panel failure (that took out your Transponder)...

Not sure where but I thought I remember reading the plane was full fuel at departure. Give them each a VERY conservative 10 lbs baggage and that would allow for about 33 gallons of fuel. Of course as it’s been noted here that plane can fly over gross if within CG... but given full tanks it...

I think the simple fact that the tower asked this is pretty telling. In my limited time as a pilot I’ve found that ATC interaction is pretty objective. Comfortable and maybe at times relaxed, but objective. I find the statement “everything ok?” to be somewhat alarming. In my view, tower would...

So it does sound like the inquiry from tower regarding “everything ok” did come after the plane had rotated and was off the ground. Sad deal. Sounds like the pilot(s) were just a little over their head given the whole scenario. And I like the above comments re the new pilot’s enthusiasm for...

Left the pitot cover on once to do a lap around the pattern. Didn’t notice anything odd till I began descending on final approach. It was a little bumpy so my senses were a little off and I was a pretty low time pilot at the time. As the ASI dropped I began to panic. I nosed down and looked...

I am betting the CFI knew the plane was stuffed too much and likely knew this was not going to be an easy flight. However, just look at the video... Can you imagine the pressure to make that flight happen? As a young yet very experienced pilot this CFI likely just convinced himself he was good...

I’m not familiar with how these accident scenes would look but wouldn’t it be likely that the phones burned up in the wreckage. That was a nasty fire. Lots of fuel. It would take some luck for a phone to get outside that fire I would think. Y’all mentioning that reminds me of the video of the...

Not really what I was implying but I can see how you may have taken it that way. My point was that there was supposedly an experienced pilot (CFI) that should have known better. I’m not even thinking about from a legal position. Simply an experienced pilot that looks at the situation and...

Another board mentions one of the occupants was a CFI out of Vegas... If true would suggest the "student pilot" probably had a person in the right seat with a little more experience... both with flying the plane and more importantly good ADM.

Zofran is your friend in these times.

Idk what you guys are talking about. I am pretty sure there are only two scores. Pass / Fail. This test had nothing to do with horse shoes or hand grenades.

Doesn’t look like much wind. Watching the elevator it doesn’t look look like the yoke is pulled back to help keep weight off the nose wheel. I would think snow would definitely be treated as a soft field. Nose wheel heavy looks like it started to dig in and the ass end of the plane tries to...

I had a non slaved NSD 360. Had to check it pretty regularly for precession. Now with the G5 that’s a non issue. Love my dual G5’s.

Sounds like an absolutely miserable event. Geesh.

Sucks on the Bonanza offer that didn't work out but I will say that when I bought my Saratoga I knew it was going to be a hot commodity. Brand new listing and I could identify the good deal (pending inspection). I called and made a verbal offer (full asking price) on the phone pending my own...

Might also want to consider long term plans for the plane. If you sold in a few years potential buyers would say WTF didn’t they install a G5 instead of this equally priced simple AI?

From looking at the pics it is odd that the Jet is short of the intersection. I wonder if it is possible the Jet was still moving pretty quickly at the time of the collision and that momentum carried the Jet down the runway several hundred feet... The Citation pilot may have quickly turned the...

I want to know if the horizon curves on the synthetic vision after reaching “altitude”.

Even if you don't operate LOP identifying a plug that is incapable of operating with a leaner mixture is a good thing. However, as someone with a JPI 830, I would suggest that there are a lot of people out there that are unknowingly operating at or LOP every flight. That being said I've never...