Quick Cross Country

[Marek7]

I can picture some kid waiting patiently for the shuttle simulator complaining to his mom that there a group of airplane guys that won't get off.  

[TCC]

Visiting museums in Columbus Georgia today.

Was curious why somebody would go to Columbus.

We went twice. First time was right before Thanksgiving, after our son had graduate Infantry Basic Officer Leader Course and completed Ranger Phase I. Went back for his Ranger graduation.

Neat backstory: good friend of mine was cast as one of the bronzes for the OIF part of the National Infantry Museum since he was assigned to 3ID for the walk up from Kuwait and was on Ft Benning when they needed people to cast.

[carusoam]

TCC,

you have got to have a pic of the real and the bronze guy?  

Best regards,

-a-

[Yooper Rocketman]

10 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

You will. Your prostrate will decide when.


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Now that was FUNNY!

[Yooper Rocketman]

10 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

You will. Your prostrate will decide when.


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Now that was FUNNY!

[Yooper Rocketman]

10 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

You will. Your prostrate will decide when.


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Now that was FUNNY!

[Danb]

Tom it seems as though your stuttering 

[Hank]

Mike--

You're about 20 Mooney minutes from me, if you head a little west. But I'm about 20 Boeing hours west of home, or I'd buy your lunch.

Enjoy your visit to the sunny south, and have some good BBQ for me . . . .

Edited April 1, 2018 by Hank

[Marauder]

Tom it seems as though your stuttering 

 

And I thought it was because he liked my prostate joke.

 

 

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[Hank]

2 minutes ago, Marauder said:

And I thought it was because he liked my prostrate joke.
 

 

It was good, but not that good!  

[201er]

Catch my return flight live between around 6:30-11PM EST. Don’t blink an eye or you might miss it.

 

https://flightaware.com/live/flight/N4361H

[amillet]

8 hours ago, Marauder said:

 

And I thought it was because he liked my prostrate joke.


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It is a prostate, not prostrate.  I know because mine was removed 19 years ago because of cancer. 

[Yooper Rocketman]

12 hours ago, Danb said:

Tom it seems as though your stuttering 

 

8 hours ago, Marauder said:

And I thought it was because he liked my prostrate

 

8 hours ago, Hank said:

It was good, but not that good!  

Yah,  my IPhone locked up while submitting and I couldn’t figure out how to delete the extra ones.  

It DOES remind me of an old George Jessel USO Show at a VA when during a music break he describes a stay at a VA while rooming with another patient that stutters.   Really hilarious.  

Tom

[Marauder]

It is a prostate, not prostrate.  I know because mine was removed 19 years ago because of cancer. 

Damn spellchecker.


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[TCC]

TCC,
you have got to have a pic of the real and the bronze guy?  
Best regards,
-a-

I have a pic of the real guy and can get a pic of the bronze pretty easy.

[201er]

Did I say quick cross country? Came back in 4.5 hours with a nice tailwind at 11,500. 

A little Carson’s speed magic for optimal efficiency:

Great fuel burn, fantastic nmpg:

And great ground speed both ways!

[201er]

Some surprising stuff. First of all I never get a tailwind both ways. Headwind both ways!? Lots of times! Tailwind both ways, doesn’t happen.

The other shocker was philly let me get a pop up IFR to descend through their bravo, on my VFR course, without sending me around to Modena!!! About as rare as a tailwind both ways! First time I’ve ever asked for a pop up and man that was easy! It was pretty much like going VFR but just with the ability to penetrate a cloud layer. Cool.

[carusoam]

Philly seems to be getting nicer...

They let me descend VFR, through their Bravo and changing direction... coming home from The Summit....

Cognitive radio challenges and all...

Best regards,

-a-

[ArtVandelay]

Philly seems to be getting nicer...

Afterglow from the Super Bowl? Sixers are doing well too.

[carusoam]

Except, the Summit, was closer to the beginning of the NFL season...

way too soon to tell... 

-a-

[AaronDC8402]

Any reason you would choose to run 2400/24" one direction and 2600/20" going home? Looks like about the same fuel burn in either situation.

[Marauder]

Some surprising stuff. First of all I never get a tailwind both ways. Headwind both ways!? Lots of times! Tailwind both ways, doesn’t happen.
The other shocker was philly let me get a pop up IFR to descend through their bravo, on my VFR course, without sending me around to Modena!!! About as rare as a tailwind both ways! First time I’ve ever asked for a pop up and man that was easy! It was pretty much like going VFR but just with the ability to penetrate a cloud layer. Cool.

You should buy a lottery ticket while you’re at it. No one is that lucky around Philly.


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[PTK]

Philly Bravo is not all that bad. I must say however based on my experience that Newark has the nicest controllers followed by Philly and JFK. 

[201er]

1 hour ago, AaronDC8402 said:

Any reason you would choose to run 2400/24" one direction and 2600/20" going home? Looks like about the same fuel burn in either situation.

I didn't choose those. I chose the altitude for winds/clouds and the altitude chose the power settings. When you're up higher, you have less MP available so you can compensate to a degree with higher RPM to get the same power/FF. However, you do get slightly faster TAS up higher but the wind is the real advantage.

[jetdriven]

TAS may actually decrease above 10k or so