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On the rare occasion I fly at night, I do enjoy it: I'm not baking in the cockpit, smooth air, way less traffic...

I got my first encounter with black hole illusion on a recent night flight. We were flying over a city and could see an overcast layer over it. Once passing it, we turned to continue on the flight plan and then... total blackness. No stars, no ground lights, nothing. We were not in the clouds...

:eek:

They're almost the same distance. ~20 miles to ADS, ~16 to TKI

ADS to Frisco will be faster if there's no traffic on the Dallas North Tollway, but TKI is shorter distance (not by much).

I'm also in if there's a meet up/happy hour

Why DFW and not ADS or TKI?

It will definitely be a challenge for him as he hasn't tested the plane at above 6k for long stretches

It looks like he's going to fly in 2 hr segments as that's what he's been testing with recently.

It will be interesting to follow his journey to California. I hope he stops in North Texas so can get a sneak peek of the Raptor!

Yes. I thought I was a pretty good pilot then I started IFR training... I realized I had a lot more to learn. Task saturation was taken to another level. Then I had learn to land again.

It is a mistery why it would have you turn left instead of fly the course reversal. Maybe, like someone mentioned, you declined the course reversal? Or instead of doing direct to ILOPY from the approach segment in the FPL page you used ILOPY as a regular waypoint outside the approach?

You loaded the approach and selected which IAF ?

This^^

I have one and it's useful in two ways: in a radio failure, you still have a handheld and may be able to talk if radio is out or if you have an total electrical failure. It can be a lifesaver in IMC. Another way is to use it to get your IFR clearance before you start the engine, so you're not...

Fltplan Go user here. Very happy with it. It's free and I use it VFR and IFR, getting traffic info from panel 430W or stratux.

I'm really curious to see what the next steps are for the Raptor once Peter flies the 40 hours in Valdosta.

Has anyone looked into the ATC recording to see if he had another emergency?

Better than being a club member.

I've been thinking whether it's better to join a partnership, up to 4 members, on a nice cross country plane like a Cherokee 6 or similar...