BillTIZ
Final Approach
I need to schedule that this month.
Who Went Flying Today? 1/1/2013
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I need to schedule that this month.
bbchien
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the PP VORs are the hardest because you have no directional guidance during the descent, once you have intercepted the inbound. The solution is to pull the throttle, descend QUICKLY then re-establish S&L, and do a directional correction. Don't spend the entire 3 minutes in descent.Yes, it was a perfect day to fly in SE Mich!
My CFII and I finally did the mock checkride, 2.0 hours logged. I actually blew my first try at the partial panel VOR approach because I tried to use the compass and got confused by erroneous readings due to turbulence (it felt like springtime out there!). When I finally got established it was too late to come down to MDA. The second time I just used the GPS, and nailed it. Lesson: use the GPS for now, I'm not good enough for compass turns in a tight vectored environment like FNT.
But you're right, the DPE is unlikely to pull your GPS for that one event. He's already pulled your gyros.
BillTIZ
Final Approach
Captive by ice, move south!
azure
Final Approach
I actually made two mistakes that made me take way too long to get established. First was the fiasco with the compass, then I wasted time trying to reconcile the GPS nav display with the CDI from NAV 2 that was tuned to the VOR. The two courses are about 5 degrees apart and I was between them (no GPS overlay here, it's definitely NOT for primary navigation and it produces situational confusion instead of situational awareness unless you realize what's happening). Once I realized my mistake I got established and started descending immediately, but it would have taken an aggressive slip by that point to get down to MDA before going visual (this was to be a circle to land), and I wasn't about to try that PP.
Second time around was a breeze, since I knew what to expect -- and what NOT to try to do.
Unless he's EVIL, he is NOT going to do that. We already discussed the whole scenario during the oral. It's not failing the gyros, it's failing the primary display, which in my airplane is the HSI (plus the AI just for good measure
). No, I will have everything else. In fact I need at least part of the GPS for the DME minimums on that approach.
Steve Job
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I drove to the airport late this afternoon intending to: a) get night current, b) fly in 2013. Alas, the runway was 100% snow and ice covered from the mini-storm we had yesterday. Only about an inch of snow, but enough to scare off this chicken.
Clark1961
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I got in about 0.7 with 2 t-n-gs and a full stop. Bit of a weird day - a Cherokee lost a fuel cap and we all got to wonder if it was on a runway - there were Bonanzas all over and they all seemed slightly out of step with the world (or maybe the rest of the world was out of step with them 
).
Anyway, the 'kota seems functional again. It idled rough initially but was fine once it was warmed up. I'm functional again after being slowed by rot-gut. Still not 100% but no pain to speak of.
).Anyway, the 'kota seems functional again. It idled rough initially but was fine once it was warmed up. I'm functional again after being slowed by rot-gut. Still not 100% but no pain to speak of.
JBrown243
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Decided to start they year off with a clean plane, so I drove down to the airport and got it looking nice and shiny for a new year. Then decided to air dry the plane by taking it around the pattern a few times but stopped after one trip.
Airspeed read 0 until about 200agl had to fly the pattern and land with no real known speed, hard thing to do when you are so used to doing it by the numbers (vle, vfe, approach speed). Ended up coming in a bit fast I suppose, since I used up the whole runway.
Water must have gotten shot into the pitot tube while rinsing the plane. I'm going to try again tomorrow to see if it drained out.
I guess it was a good experience to test my real piloting skills flying by the seat of my pants. definitely one hell of a way to start off a new year flying!
Airspeed read 0 until about 200agl had to fly the pattern and land with no real known speed, hard thing to do when you are so used to doing it by the numbers (vle, vfe, approach speed). Ended up coming in a bit fast I suppose, since I used up the whole runway.
Water must have gotten shot into the pitot tube while rinsing the plane. I'm going to try again tomorrow to see if it drained out.
I guess it was a good experience to test my real piloting skills flying by the seat of my pants. definitely one hell of a way to start off a new year flying!
N747JB
Final Approach
It happens, do you have a GPS? First, you should be able to fly without the airspeed indicator, but using groundspeed from your GPS is close enough, if you pay attention.
Geico266
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We don't even plow that!
I like landing in 3 - 6" of fresh snow, then go around and try to land in the same tracks. That is hard to do.
Geico266
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I got in about 0.7 with 2 t-n-gs and a full stop. Bit of a weird day - a Cherokee lost a fuel cap and we all got to wonder if it was on a runway - there were Bonanzas all over and they all seemed slightly out of step with the world (or maybe the rest of the world was out of step with them
Did you look for the cap?
Yikes! If you just left it there someone could hit it, or get a flat tire on take off.
Brad Z
Final Approach
Cleaned out the hangar. I had the wife with me and it was a very overcast "blah" day. Since it was NYD, nothing to fly to was open and my wife isn't really into boring holes in the sky.
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Was one of those days for us as well. Put a couple of Golden Rods in the plane and cleaned out junk in the hangar. At least we did it together... How many guys can say their wives would do that on a dreary day?
flightwriter
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1.4 hours in the Remos, a short jaunt down to AEG and then back to SAF. The most "excitement" came from my first-ever experience taxiing on snow and ice - no surprises, but still interesting for this fair weather pilot!
Santa Fe was hopping pretty well with GA traffic, but Double Eagle II was very quiet.
Santa Fe was hopping pretty well with GA traffic, but Double Eagle II was very quiet.
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CBeaulieu
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I was supposed to do an instrument lesson yesterday but the wind was much stronger than forecasted, gusting to 30-35 knots. To make it worse the wind was out of the NW, which always means a rough ride flying out of AUG. I've flown in 30 kt winds before and the BE-19 I'm using for instrument training handles it well, but a bit counter-productive considering it would have been my first time doing DME arcs.
Snow drifts were beginning to build on the runway too. The wind and snow have been killing us these last few days.
Snow drifts were beginning to build on the runway too. The wind and snow have been killing us these last few days.