G-OBAL refit

[LANCECASPER]

On 11/21/2021 at 2:01 PM, flyboy0681 said:

Add to the mix that the KFC/KAP design goes back to 1982.

Here is what the inside of the computer looks like for those interested.

To me it's always been amazing how capable that autopilot was for the time. Bendix King was on top of the world then and that autopilot was a game-changer for GA. The fact that it's still a very capable autopilot 40 years later says a lot about the excellent design. 

I think the key to keeping these working is to let only the very best, most knowledgable even go near it. Shops that barely have a clue about this autopilot can do much more harm than good. Two people we have on Mooneyspace are the best of the best when it comes to the KAP/KFC: @Jake@BevanAviation @Bob Weber

[Hyett6420]

On 11/24/2021 at 3:32 PM, LANCECASPER said:

To me it's always been amazing how capable that autopilot was for the time. Bendix King was on top of the world then and that autopilot was a game-changer for GA. The fact that it's still a very capable autopilot 40 years later says a lot about the excellent design. 

I think the key to keeping these working is to let only the very best, most knowledgable even go near it. Shops that barely have a clue about this autopilot can do much more harm than good. Two people we have on Mooneyspace are the best of the best when it comes to the KAP/KFC: @Jake@BevanAviation @Bob Weber

for europe I would add these two guys, but they are not on Mooneyspace.  Avionik Straubing (Martin) and North Weald Heritage Aviation (Chris).  Old school, amazing chaps.

[Mooney in Oz]

23 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

Avionik Straubing (Martin) and North Weald Heritage Aviation (Chris).  Old school, amazing chaps.

Avionik Straubing is the manufacturer of the Aspen PFD altitude capture system that I had installed to work with my previous Stec 55x and EFD 1000. Altitude captures were always smooth and the system never let me down.  It is not that expensive and still available to use with King and Stec autopilots according to the Aspen website.

[Hyett6420]

On 11/30/2021 at 12:28 PM, Mooney in Oz said:

Avionik Straubing is the manufacturer of the Aspen PFD altitude capture system that I had installed to work with my previous Stec 55x and EFD 1000. Altitude captures were always smooth and the system never let me down.  It is not that expensive and still available to use with King and Stec autopilots according to the Aspen website.

Thats something i so want so thank you for the info. 

[Alan Fox]

On 12/20/2021 at 4:32 PM, Hyett6420 said:

Thats something i so want so thank you for the info. 

I have one in stock 

[Hyett6420]

@Alan Fox @Deb @carusoam @Hank @LANCECASPER @mooniac58 @Marauder @Skates97 @gsxrpilot  @bradp and lots of others.   May I all ask you please to send me an E:mail on Andrew@andrewhyett.com, include your telephone details as well please.

3 weeks ago I was happily flying baby, when I got a call from my Doctor telling me I had anemea, following a routine blood test.  Referred to the relevant clinics and a quick Biopsy revealed the worst.  We went to the consultants on the 24th October  thinking "oh a bit of chemo and it will all be well", but were told "I might make summer, your TP53 genetics are broken as well, we have no cure."  I basically have MDS and AML (the doctors amongst you will understand)

Needless to say Andrew and I are heartbroken as we were planning our retirement in France etc.

If you can all drop me a mail, Ill add you to a mailing list so we can keep you updated on stuff.

You have all been great friends to me over the years and Ill miss you greatly, but as the Doctor says "its just S H I T ".    Ill never forget the support you gave to me in the refurb of Baby nor the same for when we got married.  

Lots of love 

Andrew

PS Sorry to put this on here like this, but i cant seem to be able to do private message anymore.   

Edited November 9, 2023 by Hyett6420

[Schllc]

30 minutes ago, Hyett6420 said:

@Alan Fox @Deb @carusoam @Hank @LANCECASPER @mooniac58 @Marauder @Skates97 @gsxrpilot  @bradp and lots of others.   May I all ask you please to send me an E:mail on Andrew@andrewhyett.com, include your telephone details as well please.

3 weeks ago I was happily flying baby, when I got a call from my Doctor telling me I had anemea, following a routine blood test.  Referred to the relevant clinics and a quick Biopsy revealed the worst.  We went to the consultants on the 24th October  thinking "oh a bit of chemo and it will all be well", but were told "I might make summer, your TP53 genetics are broken as well, we have no cure."  I basically have MDS and AML (the doctors amongst you will understand)

Needless to say Andrew and I are heartbroken as we were planning our retirement in France etc.

If you can all drop me a mail, Ill add you to a mailing list so we can keep you updated on stuff.

You have all been great friends to me over the years and Ill miss you greatly, but as the Doctor says "its just S H I T ".    Ill never forget the support you gave to me in the refurb of Baby nor the same for when we got married.  

Lots of love 

Andrew

PS Sorry to put this on here like this, but i cant seem to be able to do private message anymore.   

https://www.mdanderson.org/cancermoonshots/cancer-types/Leukemia_MDS_AML.html

[EricJ]

5 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

@Alan Fox @Deb @carusoam @Hank @LANCECASPER @mooniac58 @Marauder @Skates97 @gsxrpilot  @bradp and lots of others.   May I all ask you please to send me an E:mail on Andrew@andrewhyett.com, include your telephone details as well please.

3 weeks ago I was happily flying baby, when I got a call from my Doctor telling me I had anemea, following a routine blood test.  Referred to the relevant clinics and a quick Biopsy revealed the worst.  We went to the consultants on the 24th October  thinking "oh a bit of chemo and it will all be well", but were told "I might make summer, your TP53 genetics are broken as well, we have no cure."  I basically have MDS and AML (the doctors amongst you will understand)

Needless to say Andrew and I are heartbroken as we were planning our retirement in France etc.

If you can all drop me a mail, Ill add you to a mailing list so we can keep you updated on stuff.

You have all been great friends to me over the years and Ill miss you greatly, but as the Doctor says "its just S H I T ".    Ill never forget the support you gave to me in the refurb of Baby nor the same for when we got married.  

Lots of love 

Andrew

PS Sorry to put this on here like this, but i cant seem to be able to do private message anymore.   

I'm crushed.       Please stay in touch here as much as you can.    Always enjoyed hearing from you here.

[mike_elliott]

Andrew, One of my clients and good friends is the head of radiology at MD anderson. Let me know if we can help.

[Andy95W]

No words to express my sadness.  I will continue to hope for the best.  My heart goes out to Andrew, your family, and you.

[Hank]

On 11/9/2023 at 5:39 AM, Schllc said:

https://www.mdanderson.org/cancermoonshots/cancer-types/Leukemia_MDS_AML.html

Listen to him, Andrew, he's a doctor. Also, MD Anderson is one of the best places to go for cancer treatment. My cousin went there for years with sarcoma in his shoulder.

[neilpilot]

43 minutes ago, Hank said:

Listen to him, Andrew, he's a doctor. Also, MD Anderson is one of the best places to go for cancer treatment. My cousin went there for years with sarcoma in his shoulder.

Agree - while medical facilities in Memphis & nearby Nashville are very good, the vast majority of the Angle Flights I did from western TN were heading for treatment at MD Anderson.

[Hyett6420]

Hi all

A quick update.   Have had lots of treatment and it is keeping me alive but not forever.   Its getting harder each round of chemo.  Im still flying baby and @Oldguy joined me a few months ago as my safety pilot and I was able to fly him over the white cliffs of dover.   He adored this.

Am self certified medically, as I lost my class 2 on diagnosis.   My medical team is very happy with progress but as they said later in the year we will need to have some more difficult conversations.  

Husband Andrew is doing a sponsored swim to help one of the charities that is giving me emoitional support and also research on what I have.   Basically in laymans terms there is a protein called P53 that stops cell reproduction going mad.   The dna for that protein in my blood is ummm yes broken.  Noone knows why it happens but it does.  If they can find out why then there is a cure for this for all the others that come after me.  If you would like to, please feel free to donte on Andrews justgiving page. https://www.justgiving.com/page/andrewswims4hcc
 

Am currently busy planning one last big camping trip to the South of France in July, something I thought I would never do.   Ill send pics when im there.

Hope you are all well.  Please if you want to pop over and see London and me at the same time, you are most welcome.

very best regards

Andrew

ps MD Andreson knows all about me and said they were happy with what UCL in London are doing and they often exchange ideas about treatments for cancer.  

 

 

Edited June 13 by Hyett6420

[LANCECASPER]

14 minutes ago, Hyett6420 said:

Hi all

A quick update.   Have had lots of treatment and it is keeping me alive but not forever.   Its getting harder each round of chemo.  Im still flying baby and @Oldguy joined me a few months ago as my safety pilot and I was able to fly him over the white cliffs of dover.   He adored this.

Am self certified medically, as I lost my class 2 on diagnosis.   My medical team is very happy with progress but as they said later in the year we will need to have some more difficult conversations.  

Husband Andrew is doing a sponsored swim to help one of the charities that is giving me emoitional support and also research on what I have.   Basically in laymans terms there is a protein called P53 that stops cell reproduction going mad.   The dna for that protein in my blood is ummm yes broken.  Noone knows why it happens but it does.  If they can find out why then there is a cure for this for all the others that come after me.  If you would like to, please feel free to donte on Andrews justgiving page. https://www.justgiving.com/page/andrewswims4hcc
 

Am currently busy planning one last big camping trip to the South of France in July, something I thought I would never do.   Ill send pics when im there.

Hope you are all well.  Please if you want to pop over and see London and me at the same time, you are most welcome.

very best regards

Andrew

ps MD Andreson knows all about me and said they were happy with what UCL in London are doing and they often exchange ideas about treatments for cancer.  

 

 

Thank you for the update.

[Vance Harral]

Glad to hear from you, Andrew.  Thanks for checking in with the community.

 

[EricJ]

1 hour ago, Hyett6420 said:

Hi all

A quick update.   Have had lots of treatment and it is keeping me alive but not forever.   Its getting harder each round of chemo.  Im still flying baby and @Oldguy joined me a few months ago as my safety pilot and I was able to fly him over the white cliffs of dover.   He adored this.

Am self certified medically, as I lost my class 2 on diagnosis.   My medical team is very happy with progress but as they said later in the year we will need to have some more difficult conversations.  

Husband Andrew is doing a sponsored swim to help one of the charities that is giving me emoitional support and also research on what I have.   Basically in laymans terms there is a protein called P53 that stops cell reproduction going mad.   The dna for that protein in my blood is ummm yes broken.  Noone knows why it happens but it does.  If they can find out why then there is a cure for this for all the others that come after me.  If you would like to, please feel free to donte on Andrews justgiving page. https://www.justgiving.com/page/andrewswims4hcc
 

Am currently busy planning one last big camping trip to the South of France in July, something I thought I would never do.   Ill send pics when im there.

Hope you are all well.  Please if you want to pop over and see London and me at the same time, you are most welcome.

very best regards

Andrew

ps MD Andreson knows all about me and said they were happy with what UCL in London are doing and they often exchange ideas about treatments for cancer.  

 

 

Thanks for the update and glad to hear you're still out kicking around.    Fingers crossed for best possible outcomes from here.   Please do keep us updated when you can.

Glad you got your other half there for support.

 

[KSMooniac]

Thanks for the update... I had missed the grave news last year (missed a lot of mooneyspace until recently) and am glad to see you're still kicking!  Don't give up, and do your best to take care of yourself with nutrition and emotional support in addition to the medical treatments!  A camping vacation sounds like a great idea.  And definitely keep enjoying that beautiful Mooney!

[Andy95W]

I was just thinking of you last week, Andrew. Glad you posted an update, I’ll keep hoping for the best.

[Danb]

Hang in there Andrew enjoy the trip and keep busy, hopefully one day this dreaded disease will be cured, I have 2 close family members with similar issues. All the best

D

[Gone]

4 hours ago, Hyett6420 said:

Am self certified medically, as I lost my class 2 on diagnosis.   My medical team is very happy with progress but as they said later in the year we will need to have some more difficult conversations.  
 

In Canada, we lose all flight status privileges with this diagnosis.  I still have 12 months of hormone therapy following my radiation treatments that ended in January, so I will not get my medical back until late next year.  Flying with a commercial PIC in the meantime to get hours in.

Good Luck Andrew.

[cliffy]

You're kind of like family here so keep checking in

We ae always glad to hear from you no matter the subject.

Tell us about camping in S France

We colonists have never heard of it

What kind of camping- tent, caravan, walkin backpacking? Most of us are of an age where sleeping on the ground doesn't work out too well now :-)

[flyboy0681]

Having a close family member with leukemia and knowing how difficult the road can be, I am more than happy to give to the UCLH cause.

I don't need to tell you Andrew just how lucky you are to have a partner who is there right by your side.

All the best .

 

[kortopates]

So sorry to hear about this, just came across the sad news. But glad to hear your getting some help with the treatments. Your upcoming camping trip sounds great but hope it’s more glamping than camping! The Calanques will be beautiful this time of year if that’s where you’re headed.
thanks for the update and keep us posted when able.


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[Hyett6420]

On 6/14/2024 at 3:29 PM, cliffy said:

You're kind of like family here so keep checking in

We ae always glad to hear from you no matter the subject.

Tell us about camping in S France

We colonists have never heard of it

What kind of camping- tent, caravan, walkin backpacking? Most of us are of an age where sleeping on the ground doesn't work out too well now :-)

Well when we do camping we do it in style.  We have a Coleman Kitchen, Coleman Gazebo, Outwell tent for 6, but there are only 2 of us, wardrobes, blowup mattresses on a blowup slatted king size bed, 2” feather toppers, duvets, cotton sheets, duck feather pillows etc.  it all fits into our Volvo XC90 (with large roof box).  .  
 

I would add a photo, but cant work out how to.   
 

The place we go to is Serignan, France.   Miles and Miles of un interrupted sand and dunes. 

Edited June 30 by Hyett6420

[Hyett6420]

Thank you to all for your kind words.  If someone can remind me how to post pictures, ill send some from France, assuming of course my Haematologist allows me to go when I see him on the 2nd July!