AndyFromCB

Denver can be fun, I managed 3 go arounds there once before putting her down. It was only 30knots but it seemed to me like it was 0knots gusting to 30 with the added high density altitude and complete lack of "cushion", it felt like the bottom dropped out each time. On my successful touchdown, the airspeed went from 90knots (yes, that's what I was aiming for, the runway is 2 miles long) to 60knots in an instant. Slammed the brakes and retracted the flaps to prevent liftoff with the next gust. Best I've ever done was 41knots almost straight down runway 27 in Cheyenne. Yes, that whole area of Wyoming is like that. After we landed, next few days were all like that. The take off roll was non-existent, even with 9000ft DA. Really, I simply gave it a throttle and we were up. I kept in ground effect for a while just in case all that wind was going to stop. Now, 20 to 25knots here in Iowa is the norm and I can attest to the fact that a long bodied mooney can land in 20knot direct crosswind. Anything higher than that, there will be a bold spot on the tire, don't ask me how I know.

The three keys to part 121/135 safety are, in order of importance: Co-Pilot, Dispatcher and Maintenance Director. We don't have any of that. Plus a second engine capable of continued climb over obstacles. Many a flight I would have taken with a co-pilot where I simply waited on the ground for weather to clear up. Low IMC, busy airspace, amended clearances, minor equipment failures in combination I bet have killed quite a few single pilot where as with a co-pilot they would have been non events. Another reason why I do not break my 800/2 rule, ever.

Rocket does not suck fuel any more than any other aircraft. Slow it down to 200knots at 18,000 and I bet you'll can get the fuel flow around 16gph LOP.

Skynewbie, A Bo is actually an inch and half less wide than a Mooney plus quite frankly you'll be spending considerably less time in your Mooney. A Mooney is like an Aston Martin aka perfection achieved other than the left blinker quit working at 4200 miles and the seat controls that came from a Ford F150 kind of funny right next to italian leather seats that cost more alone than a F150. Basically, you have to ask your self, are you a pilot or a driver? A clutch and steering wheel on the Aston feel heavy too. But point it and it will go. A Bo is more akin to a Benz. Everything is perfect but how boring. Before there was a Cirrus, there was a Bo. A Bo is for drivers, a Mooney is for pilots. The Corvalis feels like Mooney's child.

Actually, renminbi

The heavy controls on a mooney work both ways. Kind of a pain but stable like a rock.

I hope good, because M20M actually has muffler bearings ;-) They're in the turbo.

Phillips 20W-50 keeps the windshield pretty well ice free. I don't remember if I there was any Camguard in it. And yes, I was in moderate icing IMC, but I didn't panic cause I couldn't see the clouds out my window, thank Vishnu. Actually, the picture is right after touchdown, was a touch busy to snap any on descent. Didn't have time to "recoop", powerwashed the engine bay, fixed the damn problem, continued to Fargo about 2 hours later. What's it like to sit back and relax? Can I do it at home with foggles or do I need an instructor for that?

Exactly. By protecting the leading edges only with coating, the super cooled water would simply flow back into the boundry layer and form a nice little dam on both the top and bottom of the wing exactly where the coating would stop. I'd rather take ice on my leading edge where at least the behavior is predictable, at least on a Mooney, at least up to about an inch. TKS is expensive and can be a pain in the butt but it works. I've been making almost a weekly run this winter between KCBF and KFAR. I don't know what ice looks like. The prop spray more or less protects the entire airframe. The only place I ever see any ice is my landing gear after an ILS approach. What I loved about the TKS is even when my engine decided to dump all the oil overboard at 8000 about 6 weeks ago, see my galery, I still had deicing fully functioning to get me down and back to the airport. Boots would not have helped me much. I've always wondered about Pilatus and TBM. Yes, they are both gliders but should you lose your engine at let's say 25,000 that's a long time in cold, wet clouds with boots that no longer function.

"doesn't look like your typical investment banker, with the dreads and all". And I sure don't look like I can afford an airplane, in my $2 costco TShirt, and I'm pretty positive based on your looks alone, one could not arrive easiliy arrive at electrical activity between your ears, but I'm fairly positive it will not be setting off any stormscopes. Drug dogs are wrong almost 70% of the time according to quite a few studies. In one study, only 44% of the time the dog allerted to presence of drugs said drugs were actually located during the subseqent search. The rest of the time, the dog smelled bacon, or #2 from McD, or maybe "rasta" hair product, or more than likely large presence of melanin in the occupants of the vehicle. "at least be a bit open minded and determine if there was more to the detention/search than Mr. Silverstein is presenting." Why should I be? He is obviously out and not in custody. There obviously wasn't any more to this. If he had even one joint on him, that airplane would become the property of DEA quicker than you can yell "get on the ground with your hands behind your back". Why are his statements less believable than that of professional perjurers. Watch the video above, the cop openly admits to it. "sure, you may have the odd bad experience, but for the most part, those "goons" are very polite and professional and knowledgeable on the applicable state and federal laws." In general, law enforcement does not attract the brighest thinkers and when it does, they will not be offered employment in the first place. The courts have ruled over and over again that the policy of only hiring from an IQ pool below a certain number is not discrimination because police deparments have shown rational basis for such policy. The paramilitary style training law enforcement receive these days does not allow for nuance. Last but not least, I have lived thru an identical encounter two years ago, and the officers involved were neither pleasant, polite, professional or knowledgeable about anything other than location of their arsehole which for some strange reason was installed where his mouth would normally be as the first words out of the orfice were: "what the fuck is going on here?" and then it deteriorated from there. And while I don't claim to be a teetoler by any means, my criminal record is clean as is my arrest record. I think TKS being mentioned in the above story is funny, as the individual with displaced orfices could not stop focusing on the "do not drill, do not use screws" placecard below my back seat where the TKS tank is located. The second officer on the scene was a real class act, too. His parents must have been fairly poor, as he did not come equipped with volume control. I wonder what other options the poor stork had to carry all the way back to the spawns'r'us. 4 cops in Omaha just got fired last month for excessive force, felony evidence tempering, etc, etc. 3 others were placed on leave. 1 lucky fellow was reassigned. Only because a citizen had a camera and recorded the incident. Just like an average drunk driver drives about 1000 times intoxicated before their first DUI arrest, do you honestly believe that this was an isolated incident? No, they have done this 1000 times before and now finally got caught red handed. This is pervesive from your local PD all the way to the IRS and FBI, doesn't matter who's sitting in the whitehouse. Meeting arrest and conviction quotas are the only thing that matters. Pointing out that law enforcement is inherently evil and fighting it every step of the way is the only way of ensuring that we don't become like Nazi Germany since you, not I, decided to bring that up. A cop is a cop and he/she doesn't care whether it will be $100 fine, 10 years in prison, life in prison for the suspect. Like you said, just people doing their jobs, which they're getting paid to do. And I assure you, should the congress tomorrow pass stating "After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of coffee, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited." and set the penalty at life imprisonment, your otherwise "pleasant, polite, professional or knowledgeable" peace officer would have no qualms arresting you for having your morning cup of joe. ACLU will be getting another giant check from me this year, like they do every year. This is nothing new. This has been happening since we first established what we like to proudlly refer to as "civilized society". Just as its their job to toss as many of us into jails, its our job to make theirs as hard as possible. Nothing to do with tin foil hats or general hate of the government because as many of this board will attest to, I'm quite a liberal that believes in the need for goverment. However, I also hold the constitution dear and believe strongly believe in checks and balances. And from my perspective, this whole war on drugs and terrorism is about as effective at producing corruption amongs the ruling and contempt among the ruled as the prohibition was in the 30s while doing nothing to reduce either drugs or terrorism.

I love the police officer on that tape: "We don't do interrogations, we do interviews.". Ministry of Peace comes to mind, or the Department of Defense ( or for that matter, Education ;-) My grandfather got very upset, in the college professor sense, when improper grammar or vocabulary was used to attempt to make a point. The man wrote letters to magazines, tv stations, etc. I never understood why, now, I get it. When words like "freedom" have long lost their meaning and instead have been replaced by mindless recitals of "The Pledge of Allegiance" (by the way, written by a card carrying commie), I realize what I've been looking for has long lost been lost. Gone, never to been seen again but then really, like the Yeti, never having have lived in the first place. Change ain't lookin' for friends. Change calls the tune we dance to.

Depends, I tip the line guys at my home airport. Every now and then, I slip them a 20. Then around Christmas, I tip them around $100 each. But, I ask for my airplane to be pulled out, fueled, windshield cleaned all the time via phone and I drop the airplane off in front of the FBO all the time too and then just go home. They put it away. I don't have time to deal with my hangar anymore. I barely have time to fly other than going places, too. As to my mechanic, it's a bit different. I respect them, don't argue about bills, I know how hard the work is, I've done quite a lot of myself in the past. I know how it feels to spend time behind the panel upside down. So instead of money, I actually try to understand what the guys like. I buy gift certificates, beer, sometimes order them a lunch. Goes farther than money and I always get great treatment from Ron and their crew here at KCBF. We've had our pissing matches too, with the engine mount and stuff. I truly respect these guys, treat them like professionals they are and understand the actually don't bill enough.

All you can do is bite your tongue and not make any sudden movements. When this happend to me, first idiot told me go sit in my car. About 5 minutes later a second idiot flips out and tells me to get out. It's rather "clockwork orange". Greatest piece of advice you'll ever hear. Normally he charges $800 an hour. Best line from the whole video: "Did you know it can be a federal offense to poses a lobster?"

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2013/130516pilot-detained-searched-for-mysterious-reasons.html?CMP=ADV:1 This sounds exactly like what happen to me, in October 2011, if you guys remember. My route was KLAX-KPUB-KCBF

http://www.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2013/130516pilot-detained-searched-for-mysterious-reasons.html?CMP=ADV:1 This sounds exactly like what happen to me, in October 2011, if you guys remember. My route was KLAX-KPUB-KCBF

Then of course is the issue of needing stall strips to being with? Since my primary training I've stalled an airplane twice, maybe? I always check the attachment on mine before each take off as they are about 1AMU each.

Two more cents to add: earth's shape and MSL is actually very predicable without any complex databases. It's a oblate spheroid. If you know your x and y, the z basis is really to figure out for convertible ESL to MSL. Like I said, I've only been doing mapping software since 1997 ;-)

WASS is not relative to anything. In all my years working with precision agriculture solutions, I have found WASS data to be within about 3 feet of true ECL 97% of the time, within 5 feet of true ECL the other 3% of the time. When I say mean sea level, I actually say mean earth center level. For all intents and purposes here, all that GPS calculates is height above center of earth (ECL). It then takes some minute amount of processing power to figure out where on earth you're actually are. It has nothing to do with terrain surveying and all to to do with basic shape of the earth. So actually relaying on GPS altitude to estimate ones hight above the terrain is considerably more accurate by a factor of at least .0025 than relaying on your altimeter to determine how high you are from slamming into Gannet peak. WASS as it stands today, blows alway CAT I approaches requirements with a chance of it being wrong at any giver time of being about 1 second per year. We drive tractors/implements here in Iowa without a soul involved for 95 days a year in our test projects. At any given time I can tell you where the tractor is within 3 feet XYZ on the field. Never have I seen it be more than 5 feet off based on laser ring gyros and within an hours time, they are accurate to fraction of a an inch. What I am trying to say is when you look at your altimeter, you could be between 500 feet below or above the actual MSL vs indicated when cruising at about 14,000 MSL. Your GPS WASS altitude will most likely be within 3 feet of actual never more than 5 feet and no, RAIM doesn't matter with WASS no matter what your friendly FAA fellow told you. Don't forget what drives EGPWS in turbine aircraft. It ain't the altimeter.

As I am here to always make friends let me try again. Everything you said above is wrong.

Ultrasound

Actually, I didn't use acorn, we used AWI in MN (http://www.awi-ami.com/). Great guys, the mount come back looking good as new. It's 300 base charge if I recall correctly for inspection, sandblasting and repaint. Then it was 300 per tube for replacement. So total of $1200 and a few days turn around.

To PilotDerek, I sent an apology via PM, but I do not apologize to the rest of dumb asses who think Barry is somehow a worst president than the last years delivered to us by the dumb monkey from Texas (actually, GWB is from the east coast, good old fashioned liberal elitist, if you must know). Now, a few quotes from those who've been there and done that: "If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read: PRESIDENT CAN'T SWIM." LBJ “There’s no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons,” said California Gov. Ronald Reagan in May 1967 Reagan was a commie, at least according to most of you ;-)

God, I hate US of A sometimes. The most obtuse, misinformed bunch on the face on this planet in a country where the actual bills are public knowledge and available for reading. It almost seems like the first amendment is a complete waste on the population. The bill is written specifically in such a manner where the executive branch does not have a choice of where to cut. As an example, if there is a federal employee responsible from removing gum from the runway, you can't just cut him and so that a tower remains open. No, you get to keep to guy, but his hours get cut a percentage so that he only removes 98% of the gum or whatever the percentage of cuts was. Read the effing bill. Let me guess, you run a "small business" and watch fox news.

Actually, most of these control towers have no reason to exist what so ever. We here at KCBF at any given moment have more airplanes in the pattern that for example, KTOP experiences all day long, or Grand Island, NE as another example. We do just fine. As to the fear mongering since the man set a foot in the White House, it seems to come more from the other side than the man himself. He seems pretty damn cool, calm and composed and quite frankly, a bit more conservative than RR was. If I was flying thru a thunderstorm and needed a helper, I'd take Berry over John Bohner any day. I don't need any crying in the cockpit.

The boundary layer is not oil. It's unburnt fuel. It coats the entire combustion chamber, otherwise, the whole head, cylinder and piston would melt. The temperatures inside the cylinder reach 3000F during normal operations inside the plasma that forms when the mixture ignites. This is precisely the reason why detonation is bad. It destroy's the boundary layer. If it wasn't for that micrometer thin layer that simply refuses to exchange heat, all combustion engines would last about 30 seconds before burning holes thru the piston. Without it, the piston rapidly loses its thermal inertia and continues heating up.