Hank

Why do you fly so low??? Altitude is good for performance, and it reduces summer heating of the pilot.

With a mixture lever on the quadrant, it's a very inexact process . . . . But I still need a good Target value to aim for.

Search here for Target EGT. That's what I do when I remember: Takeoff on a standard day, as xlose to 29.92" and 59°F as you can get, and record your EGT as soon after rotation as you have brain power to do. Then shoot for that same EGT on every takeoff, leaning as needed ti maintain that value all the way from runway to cruise, when you will set power and lean anyway. Approximately. Best I can remember. YMMV.

Maybe it means that Kerrville isn't as windy as Wichita?

But @Bob - S50, you're forgetting that @DXB and I fly carbureted C models, and LOP is really dicey and often not practical for us. Thus my preference for the MAPA Key Number approach. So far, so good . . . . since 2007.

Hey, ladies are now up to 7%!! Woo-hooo! That includes both my Primary CFI from '07 and my CFII from '10. Nope, just 6.6%. Stupid me divided women by men rather than Women ÷ (Women + Men) . . . . .

I follow the MAPA recommendation of MP + RPM = 46, so at 5-6K I'm usually at 22"/2400. Speed is usually pretty good, I'm often indicating ~145 mph [160 mph / 139 KTAS]. Higher is faster.

Isn't "Demonstrated crosswind" just what was encountered during certification flights? It is certainly not supposed to be any sort of limit. I've not been able to find anything on crosswinds in my 1970 M20-C Owners Manual other than to take off at slightly higher airspeed than normal, and to approach at higher airspeeds in gusty or crosswind conditions--no numerical guidance is provided, and there is certainly nothing in the Limitations section.

I don't want every flight in my spreadsheet, only my first visit to each airport, to track where I've been. Don't want flight time, either, just date and runway length, and when I remember, my hiurs when I went there first. It's just a small slice of my giant spreadsheet. I'm hangared in only my 5th airport in two states, but am living in Residence #42 in Town #22 scattered across 8 U.S. states and 2 Japanese prefectures. Each is tracked by location and time, and broken down by area, summarized by region and state, and marked where I've lived longest single duration, longest total time and most times. Etc., etc. I try to track Instrument and Night Currency too, but it's troublesome and on a separate sheet. But it's not on my phone, don't want multiple versions laying around getting different pages updated . . . . .

While it's a very manual process, I do keep track of every airport that I visit [ID, name, location, date of 1st visit, runway length, any notes] on a separate tab in my master spreadsheet. Other tabs exist for tracking states visited by mode [drive through, airline to, pilot to, personal vs. business, etc.] [so far, 47 of 'em], tracking airplane insurance hours using their breakdown fields, trips outside the country, First Flights, places I've lived, etc., etc. Sorry . . . but us engineers just seem to live by spreadsheets . . . .

It's all part of learning. That's why we hangar fly, to share and to learn.

Wait a minute--you have a left crosswind, which will blow the plane right, and right rudder to push the nose right, but are turning left? Wind is hitting the tail, pushing tail right / nose left as you begin to climb. This is expected. Why is this a problem? Stay coordinated, keep your ground track aligned with the runway; who cares what direction the nose points? When the crosswind is blowing, I do like my Owners Manual says and go a little faster then snatch it off the runway. My normal rotation is 70 mph, so I'll hold it on until 75 then pop off quickly and weathervane away. P.S.--I've had flights where my wife and I looked out the side windows to watch where we were going due to winds aloft. I've also weathervaned 45° one way or the other when climbing above the treetops. Stay coordinated and make the plane fly where you want it to go, nose direction be durned because it doesn't matter in the air except when trying to land.

But no one is in that position, except for the investigators . . . . . Even though we all ask about and discuss aviation incidents / accidents in all makes, brands and countries. Except for this incident . . . .

That looks like a short rudder. This is the long rudder on my C, notice how it goes below the horizontal stab. Crosswinds have never been a problem, even 50° left in the teens plus 10-12 mph gusts.

Nice, Richard! Mustangs, Corsairs, a Stsggerwing . . . Mooney parking . . . Happy faces! Good times!

I've had Air Stop tubes for several years, added when tires were changed. Tires never seem to lose more than 2-3 psi, and I generally top them off spring and fall. Lose a little more pressure if I don't fly regularly; sitting causes lots of things . . .

My stall speed, gear down, Takeoff flaps is 64 mph, 56 knots at gross, so usually even less. I've landed with a noticeable tailwind twice (once following FSS instructions, once Tower instructions) and have since figured out how to tell before it starts getting weird in the flare. Tailwinds really mess up my landings! And it's not because my groundspeed is a little high . . . .66 knots is my target speed over the numbers if I'm within 300 lb of gross, but of course flare and touchdown are rather slower.

Yep, that's winter in the South. We get an inch or so every few years here in LA. Just enjoy the unplanned day off!

Today the temperature was just was 39°, but last Wednesday the heat index was 46°!

Just like cars, model years and manufacturing dates may not match. Some Model Year 2020 cars are already available. Your '69 model could have been manufactured and even sold in late '68.

Or maybe all three?

I know someone high up in Quality Assurance with a sign on the office wall: In God we trust. All others bring data.

Ain't it great being unique!! Please post some trip reports with photos / video from the Emerald Isle and outlying destinations!

That's fine. Many of us have zero ability to buy new. But you did say that price wasn't a condition . . . .

We ALWAYS worry about each other, and especially about new owners. Please be careful and do your stall practice 3 mistakes high!