skydvrboy

I wonder if it’s regional or equipment differences that explain the difference. My 90 day flight aware data only shows 3 flights, but looking at my logbook, I’ve flown about 30 times during that time. Perhaps it’s because I’m using 978 instead of 1090 for my ads-b out solution?

Only flights with flight following show up. All flights that actually show up say position only. If I don’t get flight following, the flight will not ever appear on flight aware. Further, only the portion of the flight with flight following shows up, the rest of the flight is missing.

Back to Flight Aware tracking, my flights NEVER show up unless I get flight following. I have position only flights turned on and all my flights show as position only. Perhaps I’m doing something wrong, but I have Ads-B out and it just doesn’t seem to matter. In fact, you can see on my Nov. 19th flight track where I picked up flight following, where I cancelled it, and where I picked it up again on the return. Are others seeing flights show up when not on flight following or an IFR flight plan?

I don't know Mike @201er, I'm skeptical of the claim. My gut tells me you are likely still missing 6N6 and 7N3. When you do bag these, don't take your beloved Mooney into either of them or you get the other!

It seems we are an easy bunch to please. The MS gathering is well attended and something many of us look forward to. The menu... beer and pizza... by donation of course!

I love the new website! As an industrial engineer, I thought one of Johnny's comments was spot on: "But as great as our aircraft are, there were inefficiencies in the way they were built and simply restarting production would have been a fool’s errand." I picking my jaw up off the floor at Oshkosh when the salesman was bragging that Mooney's took something like 10 times as many man-hours to build as a Cessna and 5 times as many as a Cirrus. He was actually trying to imply that was a good thing! I also saw that our very own @aviatoreb was selected as the Mooney of the Month. Nice write-up Erik, and what an amazing plane to be featured as the first MOTM.

What would be really interesting is to see how this measure would stack up between airplane types. My guess is it would be rare for anyone to have more hours than landings in Cessna's and Piper's. They just aren't great traveling machines so most of the flights would be shorter; i.e. fly-ins, airshows, $100 burgers, sightseeing, etc. Then again, they're so slow you rack up a lot more hours every time you go anywhere!

This year, 1.25 L/H. Lowest year = 1.17; Highest year (PPL) = 3.51. My landings per hour go up a lot this time of year though. It's seems all my wife's friends and coworkers want to go for a flight to look at the Christmas lights. Lot's of night landings in December!

There are lots of fun ways that skyvans have been painted. I originally went with one that reminded me of Spaceballs. Perhaps it's the black nose that reminded me of Barf.

I seem to be computer illiterate tonight! Here is the pic of the Skyvan.

My personal favorite, the Short SC-7 Skyvan. It's said this was a mail order plane, but they decided to throw away the airplane and just fly the box! Plus, it kind of reminds me of the Winnebago space ship in Spaceballs. Sure is fun to jump out of that big open tailgate though.

I don't think you can count a plane that didn't actually fly (more than once). Otherwise, there are a whole host of entries in this contest that one would observe at Flugtag!

I don't think you can count a plane that didn't actually fly (more than once). Otherwise, there are a whole host of entries in this contest that one would observe at Flugtag!

i'm not really sure. I know of 4: a C owned by a local writer, my F, @spistora with his K, and a local oral surgeon who flies an Acclaim. I was told there's also a Mite on the field, but I haven't seen it. Maybe more... who knows?

+1 for the Hooker harness set. That is what I did, too. Unfortunately, I didn't know about the pull tabs until after I bought them. FYI... the pull tabs are an extra $3... yeah, that's all, no missing digits. I also wish I knew that the inertia reel was an option. I definitely would recommend that for the pilot side, an extra $175, but you will be able to reach the fuel selector and the door handle. @Robert Hicks You might want to adjust that lap belt so the buckle is a little lower on your hip. I'm guessing you adjusted it that way to keep it out of the way of your gear handle, but if I understand correctly, it can be a safety issue if you don't have it buckled far enough across your body. @MikeOHI'm sorry your wife made you remove the labels. It's always fun to tell new female passengers to strap into their hooker harness and see what kind of reaction I get!

Do you know if your autopilot and altitude hold will work on 11.5 volts? From my own alternator failure, I know you will stop transmitting on your radio long before you stop receiving. I should have written down the specific voltage at which that happens, but I think it was around 10.5 volts for my radios. Also, your transponder is a huge power drain. I suspect that is also due to the additional power required to transmit, but it is transmitting all the time. If you need to save battery power for something more critical, sacrifice the transponder.

Unfortunately, the format of forums such as these don't work very well for this kind of information. Instead of trying to recreate the wheel, just use one of the already available search engines for this data. http://www.fly2lunch.com/ is free and whereas http://www.100dollarhamburger.com/ has a $0.99 monthly subscription fee.

I knew I'd forgot something, thanks for reminding me. Problem solved, I now have a gin and tonic on the rocks for my MS perusing pleasure.

Good to hear, I guess I read too much into your comment about getting the instrument rating before making trips to CO. I would also encourage getting mountain training before venturing into the mountains, but mountain flying is some of the most fun I've had in my Mooney. Second only to formation flying with good friends.

It's always a good idea to get the instrument rating, but if you are thinking you can fly into the mountains in IMC, you may want to think twice about doing that in a single engine. According to my mountain flying instructor, "mountains, IFR, and night; in a single engine plane, pick one... but never two."

Yeah, I stayed home today. Not all winds are the same velocity, and like @steingar said, a good pilot knows their limits. The 1353 metar was 20036G51.

That'll buff right out!

I don't know how far you want to fly, but I had mine done at Redline Aviation in Akron, CO. He quoted me $150 on the phone and then charged me $75 when it was all done. It's a bit farther than I would want to fly just for the inspection, but I was able to stop by on the way home from a funeral. I've also heard good things about Air Capital NDI.

I was about 2 weeks into my PPL training and the winds were 20 something gusting to 30 something. I called my instructor to see if we were still going to fly. He just laughed and said "If you can't fly in the, you might as well quit now, because you can't fly in Kansas!" We also seemed to always have direct crosswinds. So I asked him one time how they decided what direction to put the runway. He said "They average the winds and align it accordingly. Half the time the winds are out of the West, half the time they are from the East, so they average it out and put the runway North and South! It's a government thing."

Not sure about the rail lengths, but staggering the seats works quite well in the F model when flying with two broad shouldered guys up front.