Ned Gravel

Last March, Ute and took our E model across the continent to Last Vegas and the trip was great. Saw a lot of cool things and did the grand tour, including taking our Mooney home to the factory in Kerrville for a day. Catching number 3 wire in Sedona was also fun (who hits number 1 wire on the first attempt anyway). Next year, we have a one week spot booked in Orlando at one of those time share condos by Hilton on Orlando International Drive at the junction of Interstate 4 and Hwy 435. The plan is to do the Disney tour after taking a couple of days to get there from Ottawa through Philadelphia and First Flight. We are arriving during the weekend of the 23rd of April and I wanted to pick your knowledge for which of the three local fields are recommended for parking my Mooney. The choices, I believe, are Kissimmee (home of Sun and Fun), Orlando Executive and Orlando International. Suggestions?

Not as fast and responsive as Foreflight is for my taste.

We still have a few here and I like them.

Clarence replaced my port outboard panel for somewhat less, so price sounds about right, but it was one panel only and one of the easiest to replace. Ned Gravel Lucky steward of C-FSWR, a '65 E model at Rockcliffe, Ontario, (CYRO) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Partial panel is easier in IMC with something like the Stratus EFIS on an iPad or my iPhone and I would readily use it if I had it, but not having it is something we have trained for. Foreflight's most important contributions to me are, in order: EFB Geo-referenced plates Moving map with all the waypoints in North America. Route planning (including in-flight) Weather for strategic updates (not tactical use - weather planning is done before departure) Scratch pad for clearances BTW: I do have the Stratus with the connect to both iPhone and iPad and it is really cool.

+1. I stand corrected.

I can attest to its effectiveness.

Leesburg has a different set of procedures than something like Gaithersburg (where Seth is parked). IIRC, Leesburg has an "in" and an "out" procedure but the squawk codes you get before entering the SFRA (POTOMAC TRACON) for any of the GA airports affected are yours all the way to the ground (I think they want to somehow confirm that you are on the ground and no longer flying) - even if you cancel IFR in the air. YMMV. Good luck.

OK. Got it. 15 degrees for 100 knots (115 mph), 20 degrees for 130 knots (150 mph), 25 degrees for 170 knots (196 mph). All in TAS, of course so I would have to do that calc first. Just being safe (because the errors are from 0 to 3 degrees from 100 to 170 knots), in a pinch, I can stick to 20 degrees throughout the envelope.

How do you demonstrate a Rate 1 turn without a turn coordinator? Am I missing something?

+1 on the RAM yoke mount with cradle. Also 2 years. Best setup ever. I had 3 GPS in my aircraft at one time. Trimble TNL 2000A Approach (although not certified in my aircraft for IFR) had one job - fly the airplane. I had a BK AV8TOR for situational awareness. My iPad was on a kneeboard for the EFB, looking ahead, checking freqs etc. Geo-referenced approach plates changed all that and today, I no longer need the AV8TOR, although the Trimble's mission remains unchanged. The iPad graduated from kneed board to yoke mount because of the geo referencing of the plates. Situational awareness and EFB are all in the iPad with Foreflight and my Stratus 2 provides my backup EFB (iPhone) with a pretend EFIS. Working partial panel is easier and having the geo-referenced plates allow me to make sure my primary nav instruments are working correctly during approaches.

Concorde. Never going back.

Done Ned Gravel Lucky steward of C-FSWR, a '65 E model at Rockcliffe, Ontario, (CYRO) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Working fine now.

My Tapatalk interface is now working again. Tapatalk now accepts my login credentials. Have no idea what the problem was. Ned Gravel Lucky steward of C-FSWR, a '65 E model at Rockcliffe, Ontario, (CYRO) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Canada has instituted a thing called the Stabilized Constant Descent Angle Non-Precision Approach. Basically, timing the descent from a point before the MDA with a constant descent rate at a given speed (to result in a constant descent angle), to prevent the dive and drive thing we have all done in the past for non-precision approaches. It sort of gives non-WAAS drivers a tool similar to a WAAS approach without the needles to follow. It can be a challenge to master. Approach plates now have them on the approach profile. See attached. CDA examples.pdf

Does not work with Canadian tail numbers.

Looks like Tapatalk is not accepting the same login credentials I used to create this new topic.

I have spent more time in the back of Huey's and Herc's than I can recall. Loved them both. Delivery into lots of places around the world. From the Huey it was mostly rappelling onto the objective. Only from 120 feet up and not so high. But.... during one deployment with the Navy, I was part of the recce party for a staging location and about 20 minutes out from the ship, the pilot offered me a half an hour in the left seat (their equivalent of our right seat). It was an old Sea King (our CH-124 = USN SH-3 = Sikorsky S-61). Flew good for a while, then Aux (off) and Vox (off). It was like trying to stand on top of a beach ball. Requires way more finesse in the touch than a Mooney. Loved it, but I am getting too old to look a rotary wing license.

+ 1 but mine is an E model

+1 Ned Gravel Lucky steward of C-FSWR, a '65 E model at Rockcliffe, Ontario, (CYRO) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Cyril: CYQB is a good airport, but you may find it a little expensive. Don't understand why you would want to go to Neuville. No approaches so you will be stuck flying VFR. Ned Gravel Lucky steward of C-FSWR, a '65 E model at Rockcliffe, Ontario, (CYRO) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Leider, es war nur kanadisch französisch. Ned Gravel Lucky steward of C-FSWR, a '65 E model at Rockcliffe, Ontario, (CYRO) Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

Canada has had its brushes with conscription too. As late as the Korean War. With much the same outcome as y'all. But we should not confuse the motivations of the young men and women to take up the profession of arms in the service of their nation today, with some form of payment. They know they have the potential of paying the ultimate penalty for their decision. Not one of them followed me into harm's way because of the paycheque. No one.

+1 I too, am amazed at how young our soldiers look now. Also agree that they look 12 yrs old. What I am certain of, is that these kids can do the same job we asked of our own soldiers in our own commands in our day. Like my boys, they have learned respect and responsibility. We should never stop thanking them. Some of them will give up a great deal for the choice they have made. Je me souviens.