I did something "Careless and Reckless" today.

Greg Bockelman

Greg Bockelman

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I made a 170 NM trip without the aid of a GPS. Not only that, but I did it in weather that was between 1,500 and 2,500 foot ceilings and between 3 and 10 miles visibility. :eek:
 
You're screwed. Somebody will be posting a video on U-Toob and it's all over at the airline. Poor bastid.

Greg Bockelman said:
I made a 170 NM trip without the aid of a GPS. Not only that, but I did it in weather that was between 1,500 and 2,500 foot ceilings and between 3 and 10 miles visibility. :eek:
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Greg Bockelman said:
I made a 170 NM trip without the aid of a GPS. Not only that, but I did it in weather that was between 1,500 and 2,500 foot ceilings and between 3 and 10 miles visibility. :eek:
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And you survived to post about it? :hairraise:
 
Rotor&Wing said:
Oh! My! God!.........Please tell us you had the radio on and had flight following!!!
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He must have filed a flight plan. It's the only possible way he could have survived.
 
I just read the chapter from Fate, Ernie Gann descended into the soup without altimeter setting, 'feeling' for the ocean as they approached the Greenland coast. Finally broke out below 100'. Then vis <1mi as they flew on, looking for the correct fiord to enter. No GPS, no nav signals at all!
 
My Tiger's got the GPS enabler switch installed. It won't start without pushing the D ----> button. It also forces you to ignore all airspace and weather restrictions.



:D <------ Means kidding.
 
Let'sgoflying! said:
I just read the chapter from Fate, Ernie Gann descended into the soup without altimeter setting, 'feeling' for the ocean as they approached the Greenland coast. Finally broke out below 100'. Then vis <1mi as they flew on, looking for the correct fiord to enter. No GPS, no nav signals at all!
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I just started reading that book last night. I can't wait to keep reading.

But as for those feats of testicular fortitude... there is a reason why the FARs are written in blood. We have a much lower percentage of deaths from ILS and GPS approaches than from those sorts of flights.

Anthony said:
My Tiger's got the GPS enabler switch installed. It won't start without pushing the D ----> button. It also forces you to ignore all airspace and weather restrictions.
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Yeah, but it's still a runway hog. ;)
 
Anthony said:
Everybody's a comedian.

But yeah, your're right. :goofy:
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I'm here all week!

Of course, the week's almost over. I'll be back next week. :wink2:
 
Around here I start to worry in anything less than 2500 feet. My problem is if the clouds are at 2000 feet, and I'm keeping to legal cloud clearances, I'm near enough to the ground to be dodging cell phone towers.

I should fly with the GPS less. I've become overly dependent.
 
1300 and 4 miles is a go for a lot of trips. Like your .sig says "Life's a daring adventure or nothing." Now, if you did it without filing a flight plan - that's just crazy right there :)

But Greg - were you in the flight levels on a IFR flight? You didn't say you made the trip VFR...
 
PittsDriver said:
1300 and 4 miles is a go for a lot of trips. Like your .sig says "Life's a daring adventure or nothing." Now, if you did it without filing a flight plan - that's just crazy right there :)

But Greg - were you in the flight levels on a IFR flight? You didn't say you made the trip VFR...
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IIRC, the 195 isn't IFR certified.
 
Sounds like you flew from Dubuque to somewhere down around Hannibal?
Did you listen to KILJ in Mt. Pleasant?
Nowadays, we all have to be careful of towers when we're flying low.
NTSB just came out with a warning on MET:
The Meteorological Evaluation Towers (METs), many of which
fall just below the 200-foot Federal Aviation Administration
threshold for obstruction markings, can be difficult to see
from the air and can be a danger to aircraft conducting low-
flight operations, including helicopter emergency services,
law enforcement, fire suppression and other low-altitude
activities.

Pilots are urged to maintain vigilance during low-altitude
flights and are asked to encourage the markings of METs in
their area.
 
steingar said:
Around here I start to worry in anything less than 2500 feet. My problem is if the clouds are at 2000 feet, and I'm keeping to legal cloud clearances, I'm near enough to the ground to be dodging cell phone towers.

I should fly with the GPS less. I've become overly dependent.
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Our flying club is having that enforced: The Garmin in our 172 burned up. It's been removed and sent back to Garmin but now we're down to one NAV-COM with manual tuning and no flip-flop.

I've been flying just as much, but I'm not doing any cross countries to places I haven't been. Not because I can't but because I'm to busy. I _have_ noticed the plane is available more...

One gotcha: I got caught changing from ground to tower last flight. It took a few seconds to change the frequency and I got to tower just in time to hear "North west departure approved". Hmm. Was that for me? After a little while, I heard "N1234 do you copy?", I replied I had a manual tune radio and it took a few to change. They were fine and away we went. I really miss the flip-flop on the comms more than anything else.

John
 
tonycondon said:
you wild man
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Which one is Greg??

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jsstevens said:
Our flying club is having that enforced: The Garmin in our 172 burned up. It's been removed and sent back to Garmin but now we're down to one NAV-COM with manual tuning and no flip-flop.

I've been flying just as much, but I'm not doing any cross countries to places I haven't been. Not because I can't but because I'm to busy. I _have_ noticed the plane is available more...

One gotcha: I got caught changing from ground to tower last flight. It took a few seconds to change the frequency and I got to tower just in time to hear "North west departure approved". Hmm. Was that for me? After a little while, I heard "N1234 do you copy?", I replied I had a manual tune radio and it took a few to change. They were fine and away we went. I really miss the flip-flop on the comms more than anything else.

John
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If you do it long enough you get REALLY good at it. That is a sign I've been flying with my single KX-165 in the Cherokee too long. What I wouldn't do for a King 155 with a G/S. :)
 
Sure, but no way that day-VFR crate would be able to fly that far before dark :tongue:

dmccormack said:
One tank + reserve > 200 miles from departure point = lost can most definitely happen.

:yes:
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