jasonwojo Posted May 10, 2011 Report Posted May 10, 2011 WWW.MOONEYCARAVAN.COM is open for your registration needs! The Caravan to Oshkosh is a great time. 48 Mooneys meeting together in Madison, flying together to Oshkosh, camping together in the North 40, eating/drinking together, and just talking Mooney is about as good as it gets! If you have questions, feel free to ask/PM. I look forward to seeing you there!!! Quote
Ned Gravel Posted June 26, 2011 Report Posted June 26, 2011 Got signed off by the club instructor on "station keeping" today. This is a cool skill set with one draw back. No watching the instruments or any gauges. Just watch the lead with a hand on the throttle. That's it. Lead the turns going in my direction and slow down to stay behind - count three after the lead turns in his direction and speed up to keep up. Taking off and getting to cruise altitude can be a little complicated with all the counting and joining up. It gets easier with practice but we were only two aircraft. It is going to be interesting for each flight of six. This is the first time I have flown my aircraft for so long without doing cockpit checks. Drove me so batty, I had the instructor checking the guages for me. This type of flying is done by sight and feel alone. Totally wierd for me. A lot of trust is involved. And that is the hard part. Keeping station requires such focus on the aircraft that is your reference to the exclusion of so much else, if he flies into the ground, he takes me with him. There's gotta be a way........ But I am now ready for the Caravan. Quote
MooneyMitch Posted June 27, 2011 Report Posted June 27, 2011 Getting excited! This sounds great!! Looking forward to the Mooney Caravan at AirVenture 2011. Quote
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