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Hmm. I see a lot of wording in the initial question like: "about", "approximately" and "for a normal ..."... That doesn't lend well to a single, definite mathematical answer. Some variables have to be held constant. But assuming a 3deg GS and 200' DH, wouldn't it just be like this? Forgive my...

How I feel confirming I need AVGAS, not JET-A, during a fuel stop...

My brief on the pedals was "honestly, if you press those at the wrong time it could be really bad". No pedals were pressed. Mission success :) I'm curious how you guessed this by the way. Deduction on the flight path? Or have you flown over it before and recognized it? My altitude took me...

Good guess!!! That's it!

I also spent nearly half the trip doing hiking and mountain biking around the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. Here are some photos from that. I guess people in Arizona really don't like trail signs...

[Mods, please feel free to move this thread to COOL PLACES TO FLY forum... Since it kind of morphed from a write-up about a lasering incident into a trip journal] Post trip write-up: Great trip overall. As I've probably mentioned on a few times on other trip writeups the southwest is my...

Had a brain fart today. Departing airport elevation is 3700' (I'm used to being at 750 airport elevation). I looked at the MP" gauge after getting into the plane during preflight and was alarmed that while the engine was off it was only at ~25.5. Normally with the engine off in my neck of the...

I didn't! But I saw on FlightsForBites that someone left a comment yesterday announcing the opening of the SKY restaurant. Looks decent!

After about 2 weeks in AZ I finally got back. Today the tailwind gods blessed me. Managed to fly from Roswell NM to my homedrome in Chicago in 6h4mins. Last time I did that flight it was 9h. Had a brief stop in Topeka KS for fuel. Averaged approx 135TAS at 7500' on the way back doing a ground...

I never do sports betting and even I was enticed to do a $50 bet on Tyson!

Didn't take my normal route around Tucson, instead cut over to FFZ from Roswell (south to El paso, deming then direct FFZ). Cruises 8500 the whole way to stay on flight following as much as possible! Snow on some of these mountains. Glare makes it a little tough to see.

In Arizona now and it looks like they have a store dedicated to lasering people...

This topic is so, so long overdue IMHO. It makes me think of a quote: "just because there's a pile of **** in the road doesn't mean you have to walk through it". Unfortunately, there's a predictable set of members that cannot resist the urge to get involved in topics (usually political) they...

Made it to... The airplane boneyard! Didn't realize they got crushed by flooding a couple weeks ago. All the rental cars were taken, which was not reflected online when I booked.... Tomorrow I'll finish the voyage to Arizona, but I enjoy stopping here. More airplanes than I remember in 2022...

But to clarify once I realized what was going on I didn't continue looking at it. Also, I underestimated the amount of scatter that would occur in the cabin when it hits the window.

Thanks all. I made the mistake of looking directly at it because the idea that I was staring directly into a laser didn't cross my mind. The best report I could give to ATC was that it was about 1-1.5 miles off my left wing to the east. I could see the big window it was coming from, even though...

With getting lasered by some ****ing jack ass who was aiming at planes on final RWY18 at my refueling airport: Springdale Arkansas (KASG). At about 200 AGL I see a hovering green dot to my left that catches me off guard, turn, and I'm almost completely blinded. Guy had a true aim and held it...

Didn't get a chance to leave to AZ this week, but I did just have a great sunset/early night flight tonight.

My teacher friend told me she held an election in her classroom to teach kids (6 years old) about voting. On the ballot: lunch Candidates: pasta vs cheeseburgers Despite the lobbying dollars behind Big Pasta, the cheeseburgers won on account of "they taste better". If only our elections could...