the "not worthy of it's own thread" thread

ArrowFlyer86 said:
You ever get that sinking feeling when you're landing at night, when your inner monologue goes something like this:

Self: Huh, that's weird, kinda thought I'da touched down by now
Self (2 seconds later): anyyyy second now....
Self (4 seconds later, pitched up real high): COULD YA WOULD YA?!?!?

... Andddd WHEELS down!

First night flight I've had since middle of May, and my flare was off by quite a bit. Luckily the rwy s 7500 feet so I would have had to clown it up for a bit longer before I had to go around. I owe the plane a better landing -- gonna go do some more night flying this weekend.
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Sounds like that one time we did lunch at KHUF when I got a taxi instructions whilst mid-flare. Forgot who I was with but every time that story comes up @Jim K gets a good laugh.
 
kaiser said:
Sounds like that one time we did lunch at KHUF when I got a taxi instructions whilst mid-flare. Forgot who I was with but every time that story comes up @Jim K gets a good laugh.
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Hey... you paid for the whole runway, might as well use it.

Also, if you use the entirety of a 9000' runway to land an Arrow, I'm going to make fun of you forever :p

I also remember you making a pretty heroic crosswind landing in that same plane at BPK, so it all evens out.
 
ArrowFlyer86 said:
You ever get that sinking feeling when you're landing at night, when your inner monologue goes something like this:

Self: Huh, that's weird, kinda thought I'da touched down by now
Self (2 seconds later): anyyyy second now....
Self (4 seconds later, pitched up real high): COULD YA WOULD YA?!?!?

... Andddd WHEELS down!

First night flight I've had since middle of May, and my flare was off by quite a bit. Luckily the rwy s 7500 feet so I would have had to clown it up for a bit longer before I had to go around. I owe the plane a better landing -- gonna go do some more night flying this weekend.
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kind of reminds of the story about the student that was having trouble landing, the instructor tried all sorts of things (things like concentrate on the end of the runway, etc etc etc). One lesson was at night and the instructor was pleased that the student's landings were good.

The instructor asked the student what he thought he was doing differently to improve... the student said he waited to flare until the instructor tensed up.
 
Did Costco make changes to their Kirkland toilet paper factory? This latest batch seems to have a much tighter/finer weave, approaching that of Charmin.
 
I don’t want to start a thread because there’s bound to be one already but of course I can’t find what I need

Which is…getting west to somewhere near Salt Lake City (let’s say from Chicago area) without going over 10,500 if possible. I’d probably use o2 if I go higher for even a few minutes. I’ve heard that you should be 2,000 feet above the peaks and pick a relatively non windy day.

Furthest west-I flew with my dad to Minnesota 50 years ago so I’ve never been in real mountains. I’ll eventually take a mountain flying course though the ones I’ve seen recommended here require some high flying just to get there.

I’ve traced some valley paths using ForeFlight but I don’t trust it since I haven’t been there.

I am looking for a northern route. I see going to Nevada and heading north probably works but that’s likely too hot for me.

Might leave in September or in the spring

Signed,
I’ve flown over the Appalachian “Mountains” so I’m ready for the Rockies
 
Randomskylane said:
I don’t want to start a thread because there’s bound to be one already but of course I can’t find what I need

Which is…getting west to somewhere near Salt Lake City (let’s say from Chicago area) without going over 10,500 if possible. I’d probably use o2 if I go higher for even a few minutes. I’ve heard that you should be 2,000 feet above the peaks and pick a relatively non windy day.

Furthest west-I flew with my dad to Minnesota 50 years ago so I’ve never been in real mountains. I’ll eventually take a mountain flying course though the ones I’ve seen recommended here require some high flying just to get there.

I’ve traced some valley paths using ForeFlight but I don’t trust it since I haven’t been there.

I am looking for a northern route. I see going to Nevada and heading north probably works but that’s likely too hot for me.

Might leave in September or in the spring

Signed,
I’ve flown over the Appalachian “Mountains” so I’m ready for the Rockies
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Follow I-80. I'll dig up my Central IL route to Boise to help.
 
Nevada seems like the long way around.

No mountains to worry about until you get to 105 degrees west. Head west to MBW, west to LHO, south to SLC. That will bring you into the SLC valley from the north; a nice VFR transition into SLC. VFR flyway is along the mountains at 7500' southbound. This keeps you clear of OGD and Hill AFB; a lot of high speed traffic departs Hill and heads west over the lake. Download the Salt Lake City FLY chart. Start talking to SLC approach as soon as you can, probably about KBMC.

All this can be done at 10500.

Cross the mountains before the afternoon winds pick up. Check winds aloft at mountain height; anything over 20k, land and sit it out.
 
Randomskylane said:
I don’t want to start a thread because there’s bound to be one already but of course I can’t find what I need

Which is…getting west to somewhere near Salt Lake City (let’s say from Chicago area) without going over 10,500 if possible. I’d probably use o2 if I go higher for even a few minutes. I’ve heard that you should be 2,000 feet above the peaks and pick a relatively non windy day.

Furthest west-I flew with my dad to Minnesota 50 years ago so I’ve never been in real mountains. I’ll eventually take a mountain flying course though the ones I’ve seen recommended here require some high flying just to get there.

I’ve traced some valley paths using ForeFlight but I don’t trust it since I haven’t been there.

I am looking for a northern route. I see going to Nevada and heading north probably works but that’s likely too hot for me.

Might leave in September or in the spring

Signed,
I’ve flown over the Appalachian “Mountains” so I’m ready for the Rockies
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Thread 'The Great Western Roadtrip....errrr, Airtrip'

https://www.pilotsofamerica.com/community/threads/the-great-western-roadtrip-errrr-airtrip.128589/
 
I heard a bonanza pilot ask to keep his transponder code “for his sanity” last night.

Controller was cooperative. I don’t think the pilot went crazy before landing so it must have worked.

Sounded like he had an eventful flight. Glad it ended well and sanely.
 
Randomskylane said:
I don’t want to start a thread because there’s bound to be one already but of course I can’t find what I need

Which is…getting west to somewhere near Salt Lake City (let’s say from Chicago area) without going over 10,500 if possible. I’d probably use o2 if I go higher for even a few minutes. I’ve heard that you should be 2,000 feet above the peaks and pick a relatively non windy day.

Furthest west-I flew with my dad to Minnesota 50 years ago so I’ve never been in real mountains. I’ll eventually take a mountain flying course though the ones I’ve seen recommended here require some high flying just to get there.

I’ve traced some valley paths using ForeFlight but I don’t trust it since I haven’t been there.

I am looking for a northern route. I see going to Nevada and heading north probably works but that’s likely too hot for me.

Might leave in September or in the spring

Signed,
I’ve flown over the Appalachian “Mountains” so I’m ready for the Rockies
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When I went to LA a couple years ago, we stopped at KSVR (then U42) on the way there. We went IFR but unfortunately I don't save filing confirmation emails and don't have a record of the exact route. My route from western ND would be quite a bit north from yours coming from the Chicago area, but the last bit probably makes sense. Take a look at BFF T302 MBW V6 FBR V32 TCH (which does generally follow I-80 as @NealRomeoGolf mentioned). The IFR MEA is 10,000 until FBR and then 12,000. Safe VFR altitudes are lower. I think the closest terrain to you at 10,500 would be Bountiful Peak at 9,259, a few miles north of V32 as you cross into the valley and need to start descending under the weird-shaped Bravo shelf. Prior to that, the terrain is all below 8,300. The highest point on I-80 is, according to Wikipedia, 8,640 MSL down by Buford (between KLAR and KCYS, well southeast of this route), so you can generally rely on the pavement being at least 2,000 feet below you at 10,500.

Also, remember that the VFR hemispherical rule only applies above 3,000 AGL, so when you're at 10,500 MSL but only 2,500 AGL, you and other crazy local pilots are not restricted by altitude or direction as you are used to farther east.
 
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I swear man. Sometime this world sucks. Bought a new car. Some lady decided to use my car to stop at a traffic light instead of using her brakes. New car mileage: ~260

Get it fixed and a week later a truck chucks a rock and bullseyes the windshield which now requires replacement. Mileage: 630.

Ugh:

So glad I have first world problems.
 
I'm sorry team - I'll be a client of Signature on my upcoming trip. Their fees are actually the least!!
 
kaiser said:
I'm sorry team - I'll be a client of Signature on my upcoming trip. Their fees are actually the least!!
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I actually picked someone up at a signature today and they didn't charge me anything.
 
Im trying to figure out why randomly my CHT 3 started oscillating during my return flight. There was no change in egt for 3 so it doesn’t feel like it should be anything with combustion (I think). Egt 3 was stable all along

Anyone have a guess?
 

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Nikhiln25 said:
Im trying to figure out why randomly my CHT 3 started oscillating during my return flight. There was no change in egt for 3 so it doesn’t feel like it should be anything with combustion (I think). Egt 3 was stable all along

Anyone have a guess?
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Not being an A&P, my first thought is that your voltage regulator is wandering up and down and there is some current leakage through that probe. My second thought is that there is some high frequency noise (higher than however fast your instrumentation is sampling the temperature) on that wire and you are seeing the result of under-sampling that noise (aliasing)
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
Not being an A&P, my first thought is that your voltage regulator is wandering up and down and there is some current leakage through that probe. My second thought is that there is some high frequency noise (higher than however fast your instrumentation is sampling the temperature) on that wire and you are seeing the result of under-sampling that noise (aliasing)
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You def gave me something to dig into. It's sampling every 1 second. But I did notice for the flight in questoin my voltage read looks very different from a normal flight
 

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Nikhiln25 said:
You def gave me something to dig into. It's sampling every 1 second. But I did notice for the flight in questoin my voltage read looks very different from a normal flight
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Average is a couple tenths higher - but it still looks similar to me - a couple analog to digital steps of noise.
 
flightaware seems to have some new beta tracking site kind of thingy. kinda cool to watch all the planes here at CLT. I noticed the refresh rate of a plane flying is much better than most. otherwise I'm not too sure why I'd use this over say the new garmin pilot web. they do say not all features are available yet so I guess we'll see what else they add.


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eman1200 said:
I'm not too sure why I'd use this over say the new garmin pilot web.
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Not sure if my device is not up to snuff, but the first time I tried the Internet traffic overlay on Garmin Pilot, a few weeks ago, it had trouble keeping up to date. There were a bunch of planes piling up on final, over each other, and on like a weird two-second loop. And then this morning when I was out (during pre-flight) I had trouble getting any to show up at all. I had 4G/5G service otherwise so it wasn't that.
 
Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe said:
Average is a couple tenths higher - but it still looks similar to me - a couple analog to digital steps of noise.
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I had savvy look at the data and they seem to think it’s a cooling issue with bafflings issue. Though I would think a cooling issue would be apparent in more than one cylinder so not sure what to make of it
 
Odd August day in Atlanta. Low 80’s, low humidity, no rain. Great summer day. Perfect for doing that power washing and painting of the front porch railing. Might be a while before weather cooperates again to let me get that done.

So yeah, just spent the afternoon doing touch and goes ………….

:smilewinkgrin:
 
I clicked on the Handheld Radio Thread yesterday and read about the PJ2 recommendation.
And now this is the 3rd ad I've seen for it in less than 12 hours... (I already have a pj2)

The ads, always watching.

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What is the first thing you think of when you see this?



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Damnation Alley staring George Preppard
 
GMC motor home RV, front wheel drive, made from '73 to '78 I believe.

They still have a devoted group of owners, but the group is slowly getting smaller. I also believe it was required to wear the one piece onesies to drive one.
 
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