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California to Pittsburgh, what an anticlimax.

While we all sleep, he’s managed to get halfway!

It appears he may be taking a slight southerly path to avoid the precipitation, and since he has daylight, he should be able to visually see the clouds and avoid them. I think that band is only about 60 miles in width.

Just to increase the drama, you’ve probably noted that area of precip is about 300 miles away and dropping into your flight path. What do you think about flying toward CEBEN on R465 before turning more direct to pass north of that precip area? Or wait a couple hrs?

That is some beautiful test flight around the volcanos. I have done that. And I do remember the turbulence associated with those peaks on that flight on the lee side coming into Kona.

Very excited and anxious as if I was flying this. When looking at the weather and winds from the available tools, there maybe some headwinds 10-20 kts from the NE initially. Looks like staying south of some precipitation 500 to the NE is easily doable, but then the winds become less headwind and...

Congrats on HI. I’d like more details of the trek so far from New Caledonia please. I hate Facebook so will not get it that way. Of course, don’t let your response get in the way of your critical planning.

I’ve been searching for news of your journey, and happy to vicariously follow. Interesting paradox to see your leg on the IFD 540 showing 784nm miles in 4 hrs 32 min. That is 174 kts ground speed in reported neutral winds. I would take that any day. But your reported flight time of 6 hrs makes...

After a request was made by my friend’s friend for me to disseminate the ashes, I pondered all the things that could go wrong and possible ways to mitigate. I decided to say no, and this thread confirms the general wisdom in that. There are enough ways to kill yourself in a plane without doing...

Let me give a f/u, however unsatisfactory as it is. Finally got around to trying to troubleshoot with a VOM. You folks have warned me about the difficulties. Trying to do anything under the panel is downright dangerous to your neck and potentially dangerous to your breathing ability with the...

I would call UAVIONIX. They initially came to my notice because of their prowess in tiny UAV ADSB/transponder field. At that time in the past, I was fretting about how they could build these for UAVs and not cheaply for certified aircraft…….well that changed. If you speak to them, they may also...

Just to be clear, I’m agreeing with you. I only put the “if” in the statement above because, in my experience, the crosswind is often not constant because of gusts and varying wind directions.

I guess I misspoke here. Let me get another crack at it although it is hard to be succinct: While it is clear that rudder effectiveness increases with greater speed and can help in the big crosswind, then if the crosswind component stays the same, the increased forward speed will result in the...

Sorry I didn’t understand what you were after. On the other hand, my mistake made me aware of the Maxpulse unit that could be used to great benefit to flash my Zip Tip recognition lights on my Archer. Anything to help prevent the mid-air. So, thanks.

I am not going to be much help, but my recollection was that when there were some engine maintenance concerns, the team would fly to Williamsport PA to have it addressed. Someone there may know the kind of stuff you are interested in, but that was almost 40 years ago.

The French Connection aerobatic team school was where I was a student, when it was in KPOU..

I can’t put my finger on it now, but I thought the Whelen combo LED position light strobe allowed that just by connecting the two lights to each other without the need of a separate pulsing mechanism or power supply. Memory is fuzzy so I could be wrong. Edit:Looking at the Whelen descriptions...

That is a very good point. In fact, not all ATC radars are great for thunderstorm avoidance, but I think the Dopplers are.(Anyone, please comment on which ATC weather technology is real-time and acurate for weather, and which facilities have them). ATC may be looking at something like you have...

That sequence is wild. If I hadn’t seen the airplane next to yours,it would not have been obvious that you were on the ground; then I would be asking how that footage was possibly from a preceding aircraft.

Totally right. Would likely need some centrifugal force or gravity assist to propel you out the passenger door. Pulling yourself out might be difficult!! Hats off to the test pilots who must have a plan, like emergency hinge pin pulls on the doors etc.