2016 today's flight

[Marcopolo]

I believe the reference to BFE in this case is Bum F&%# Egypt.  Which is apparently 4 1/2hours from where this fine craft is currently housed by its current owner who graciously took him on a 2 hour shakedown flight.

[xcrmckenna]

4 hours ago, mpg said:

I will start with,, congradulations!!!...   looking forward to the plane skinny...

Well I dont want to jinx it either,, but, Im filled with confusion...

You are based in gcd, Oregon?   But might as well be in bfe, in Texas?  only 1032 Kmi apart?  seems odd

And where did you drive 4.5 hr from?  to the plane? where?

then flew for 2 hr?, to where?,,, what?, and back?,,,   then drive 4.5 hr?,,, but only get 1/2 way home?

Hey mpg,

marcopolo is correct. When I put it might as well be BFE I didn't realize it was an actual airport in Texas. But thanks to Mooney Space I found that out:) the owner of the plane and I flew it around for just about 2 hours. It is based out of 5S9. It will go to KTTD later next week for the pre buy. 

[xcrmckenna]

2 hours ago, carusoam said:

To and from BFE...?

All the extra work/prep makes the acquisition process go much smoother.

 

Way to go, Charles!

Good luck dotting all the i(s) and crossing the t(s).

Best regards,

-a-

You and many others on MS have helped a great deal to point me In the right direction to dot and cross them. 

[bonal]

Hope it works out, I know you have been searching a long time, met you that day ay K1o2 when you looked at the green and white J.  If you are succesful on this be certain to post lots of pics,

[xcrmckenna]

It has been a long time and that was a great trip last year down to LASAR and it was great to meet you and have the chance to chat awhile. I hate to dream to soon but maybe we can meet up soon with Snoopy some place. 

[N5756v]

Well no flying pictures of clouds this time , we went up to the Royal gorge in Colorado yesterday


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[Zwaustin]

San Marcos, Tx to Addison, Tx for lunch. Airport has over 700 planes based on field. Lots of activity and a pretty cool museum as well. 

[Marauder]

My wife took this picture after I brought her home this evening. Really like the setting sun in the background.



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[carusoam]

Sitting at the airport in Addison, reading books about how to select and buy a used plane, before the internet was invented...

Wish MS was around back then...

marauder, that's some trick light photography!  Somebody has a good eye for photo art!

Best regards,

-a-

[bonal]

Today's flight cancelled due to another f,ing fire have the week off and we were going to get away for an overnight trip but yesterday the saw mill fire broke out around ten miles from home. TFR did not close Lampson but if they lose it and expand the restriction might not be able to get back in. Plus hard to relax not knowing how the fire will go. Nuts! I for one can't wait for winter.

[flyboy0681]

On 9/20/2016 at 0:40 PM, Hyett6420 said:

So Sorry old chap.  You will just have to come on one one day   

Andrew

I've been to London many times and plan to be there in 2017. Don't be surprised if I hold you to your offer (of course I'll pay the petrol bill).

[Andy95W]

Flew to a friend's house (fly in community) to help him change the brake lines on his Cherokee. I probably should've charged him money, but he sent me this nice picture instead.

 

[xcrmckenna]

Quick question. How do you manage not to get the propeller in your "engine on" photos. What settings do you use?

Well I wish I could come up with something clever to say but I am guessing I just got lucky. I hadn't even noticed the prop wasn't in the picture. It was taken with an iPhone 6s.


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[Guest]

3 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

In that case you are officially off my xmas card list, you lucky sod.  I so so want to take pics without the prop but digital cameras inc the iphone seem to just add it in.   

 

Andrew,

Not sure if this will help, www.nflightcam.com

Clarence

[ArtVandelay]

Thanks 
Thanks Clarence.  I did a bit of research and discovered you can change the shitter speed on your iPhone and also the exposure etc.  Fascinating.  I had no idea it was so powerful a tool. Thank you for the enlightenment.  https://support.vsco.co/hc/en-us/articles/203226970-Advanced-Camera-Controls-for-iOS-Using-Shutter-Speed
 
 
Andrew

In the states we call that a shutter, a shitter is something else completely

[carusoam]

Apple giveth and Siri taketh away....

Apple has been improving the camera at every stage.  The IP7 will have a dual lens and all kinds of recognition skills...

Best regards,

-a-

[Joe Zuffoletto]

With conventional cameras, shutter speeds of 1/80th of a second or longer should blur the prop. I didn't know about the iPhone camera features. I'll have to give them a try.

[xcrmckenna]

Thanks 
Thanks Clarence.  I did a bit of research and discovered you can change the shitter speed on your iPhone and also the exposure etc.  Fascinating.  I had no idea it was so powerful a tool. Thank you for the enlightenment.  https://support.vsco.co/hc/en-us/articles/203226970-Advanced-Camera-Controls-for-iOS-Using-Shutter-Speed
 
 
Andrew

I will look at the settings on my phone and let you know what they are. I'll wear my gloves when I look for the shitter....


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[XXX]

I took a short flight over to KCDK to bolster my short field confidence and to my delight on the ramp was a beautiful "J", N3512H. As I was exiting 88V, the owner Dennis and his son and daughter arrived in the local taxi (shout out to Judy) and we did some Hangar flying. Dennis is a CFII and is giving instrument instruction to his kids. Pretty cool.

I took this video of their departure.

 

[ArtVandelay]

I took a short flight over to KCDK to bolster my short field confidence and to my delight on the ramp was a beautiful "J", N3512H. As I was exiting 88V, the owner Dennis and his son and daughter arrived in the local taxi (shout out to Judy) and we did some Hangar flying. Dennis is a CFII and is giving instrument instruction to his kids. Pretty cool.
I took this video of their departure.
 

The strobe frequency is awfully low? Like 10 seconds between flashes.

[kpaul]

4 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

It does that on my videos as well, its that shitter speed i think not the strobes. . 

you have one messy camera

[Bob_Belville]

Friends of mine were stranded in rural Illinois with health issues preventing them from driving home to NC. Yesterday I was able to deliver their daughter to KPRG to drive her dad home. Most satisfying flight I've made in a long time.

 

[bradp]

Fun flight today.  Milk run FWQ to LYH.  Once again thunderstorm avoidance was the theme and I had some fun with it.  I stayed up at 11.5 VFR for the first 3/4 of the trip so I could see the build ups.  LYH was in the clear for about a 30 min window and i could correlate the NEXRAD to say that all heavy high stuff and all the building stuff was beyond our destination.  With that info took a dip into IMC and did the GPS 22 into LYH.  My wife took a fun time lapse out the window.  

Strange - looking at that screen capture the ADS-B wasn't showing a giant cell over ROA / BCB.  

 

[bonal]

Got to take Snoopy out for a run to our favorite breakfast burrito at o69 then a hop to STS for, you guessed it shopping. Can't say enough about the folks at Sonoma Jet Center. Three good landings and nice smooth air.

 

[Marauder]

Marauder hates to fly commercially anywhere. It brings out the worse in me.




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