SkyDog58
Ejection Handle Pulled
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Canis Non Grata
Awesome!!
Did your diaper get a bit funky?
Did your diaper get a bit funky?
Flying across the continent
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Stan Cooper
Pattern Altitude
Amazing!
Sinistar
En-Route
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Brad
@Katamarino I am curious:
How much oil did you burn?
Did you get enough night flight for your test (perhaps a disadvantage to that route)?
Damn, entering that crazy LA airspace at night after 16hrs must have been draining the brain!!!
How much oil did you burn?
Did you get enough night flight for your test (perhaps a disadvantage to that route)?
Damn, entering that crazy LA airspace at night after 16hrs must have been draining the brain!!!
KaiGywer
Line Up and Wait
Cleared to the Santa Maria airport as filed. Hopefully.Oh yeah, if that was a IFR flight plan i bet you had like a world record breaking clearance readback
Katamarino
Pattern Altitude
Haha. Yeah, cleared as filed, luckily! With the exception of a single direct right at the beginning.
I only burned half a quart of oil. My engine does well for oil!
The actual flight from Hawaii will have more night, but hopefully I'll have a working autopilot for that!
The LA airspace was fine, being IFR. They dropped me from 10 to 6 and then back to 10 for some reason, but I was light by then so it was ok!
I only burned half a quart of oil. My engine does well for oil!
The actual flight from Hawaii will have more night, but hopefully I'll have a working autopilot for that!
The LA airspace was fine, being IFR. They dropped me from 10 to 6 and then back to 10 for some reason, but I was light by then so it was ok!
G-Man
Cleared for Takeoff
Any idea what caused the autopilot problems? You are definitely going to want that to work right.
Katamarino
Pattern Altitude
I think the motor in the roll servo has gone. It's top of the list of things to fix once I'm back at home base. Only got to cross the country once more before then!
455 Bravo Uniform
Final Approach
Looking forward to the glory story and photos, but I want to know the other side. What do you eat and drink? Where do you pee? What “equipment” do you bring for pooping, and how did you plan to do it (without auto pilot, lol)?
Anyone working ATC that knew your plans and commented?
How do you find/make the time to do cool stuff like this?
Anyone working ATC that knew your plans and commented?
How do you find/make the time to do cool stuff like this?
flyingcheesehead
Touchdown! Greaser!
What kind of autopilot is it?
Stan Cooper
Pattern Altitude
I have fond memories of SMX. I soloed there in a Vandenberg AFB aero club C-150 in 1964 while stationed at VAFB, and attended SMXgig for several years. Also, I attended a number of C-172 technical courses at SMX when Cessna Pilots Association was headed by John Frank. I love that part of the central coast (Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties).
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