FWIW even that can still turn your airplane into a popsicle.FWIW my IFR flying is temporarily getting through IMC to get to VMC.
FWIW even that can still turn your airplane into a popsicle.FWIW my IFR flying is temporarily getting through IMC to get to VMC.
Yes it can. Avoid icing conditions. IMC isn’t always Icing, so hopefully there are days in NE where IMC isn’t icing. NE pilots can chime in here. NE flying isn’t something I can comment on.FWIW even that can still turn your airplane into a popsicle.
As a NE pilot in a 172, I fly in IMC quite a bit, but I avoid icing like the plague. If the temp gets to 2C or less and I’m in precipitation, I ask for lower or ask for vectors away from precip if I can get them. I like temps to be over 50F on takeoff if I plan to be in IMC because the adiabatic lapse rate generally provides sufficient spread up to the altitudes I’m flying. I try to stay around 5K feet for local IFR flights.Yes it can. Avoid icing conditions. IMC isn’t always Icing, so hopefully there are days in NE where IMC isn’t icing. NE pilots can chime in here. NE flying isn’t something I can comment on.
What is it?The FAA now thinks I can fly this:View attachment 135685
Falcon 8XWhat is it?
Makes sense but 50 degrees pretty hard come December to March?As a NE pilot in a 172, I fly in IMC quite a bit, but I avoid icing like the plague. If the temp gets to 2C or less and I’m in precipitation, I ask for lower or ask for vectors away from precip if I can get them. I like temps to be over 50F on takeoff if I plan to be in IMC because the adiabatic lapse rate generally provides sufficient spread up to the altitudes I’m flying. I try to stay around 5K feet for local IFR flights.
So.... your client's going to fly to Chicago a lot in it?Falcon 8X
I think the message is you can fly below 50 degrees as long as icing/precipitation isn’t in play.Makes sense but 50 degrees pretty hard come December to March?
Not as hard as I expected it to be, but I’m in Central PA, so YMMV.Makes sense but 50 degrees pretty hard come December to March?
Order chinese tires off amazon to burn in the backyard....that should do the trickMakes sense but 50 degrees pretty hard come December to March?
It's a Cherokee 180, iircLanding hard? There’s no wheel in the front of a 180. Get her into a “normal” plane for training.
Bedtime story:
Never mind……..It's a Cherokee 180, iirc
Cherokee 180. Dads got a Cherokee six. So it feels weird to just say Cherokee.Landing hard? There’s no wheel in the front of a 180. Get her into a “normal” plane for training.
Never been in the 8X, but have a little bit of seat time in this one (Falcon 900EX): (that seat time was all on the ground, lol)The FAA now thinks I can fly this:View attachment 135685
Makes perfect sense you're a little uncomfortable. They built the plane, had the thought "hey, this needs a wing!", and slapped one right on top. When you're back to the PA-28 everything will be back to normal.Finally got back in the air today after 7 weeks. That's my longest "drought"; I was a little worried about being rusty, but I was confident on the radios and greased my landings.
I still don't like the Skyhawk. It's strange to me that I'm so much more comfortable in a PA28. Felt good to be back in the air, but I also didn't get the joy from it I usually do.
Went to breakfast and IMC club. Talking about IMC made me miss my airplane even more, so it didn't really help my outlook much. Sigh.
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Speaking of back in the air..after 2.5 years my Cherokee 140, AKA Broom Hilda, is flying again. I had to replace all 4 cylinders (long story) and while she was down, I replaced the cylinders and pistons with the RAM 160hp conversion and replaced the stock exhaust with a short stack Power Flow system. I also installed an engine monitor, new strobe nav lights and various other parts.
Speaking of performance-which I know is everyone’s question, rotation speed is there a lot sooner than expected, a LOT sooner. She climbs like a homesick angel and cruises at least 20 mph faster than ever before. I’m still breaking in the new cylinders so I’m at or above 75% power, but I was steady at just below the yellow arc of the airspeed indicator which starts at 140 mph and that, with an 11-13 knot headwind.
Life is good again
Nah....he/she is butt up/head down. About in inch of tail on there.I would call that more of "hairless tail".
I see it now. Yep, definitely "Tail Impaired" there.Nah....he/she is butt up/head down. About in inch of tail on there.
No, winter wheat tends to be unpredictable around here. One year it'll make well over 100 bu/A, and the next it'll make 50. I've done it a few times, but corn and soybeans are a much safer bet.You doing winter wheat this year?