Eastern Seaboard trip in September

[Ned Gravel]

I have been having such good luck doing this for future trips, I thought I would try it for something nearer in time.

I have to be in Washington for the 4th and 5th of September to deliver conformity assessment training.  If I can avoid the aluminum tube (ie:  WX cooperates) I will probably land in Gaithersburg and take the metro to downtown DC on the 3rd.  On the 6th, I am wheels up (WX permitting) to go to Manchester, NH for the Mooney PPP, from the 6th to the 9th.  Then it is off to Frederick, MD to deliver more conformity assessment training (10-11 Sep) and then back to Gaithersburg late in the afternoon of the 11th to then rent a car and deliver more training in Silver Spring, MD for the 12th and 13th.  Wheels up out of Gaithersburg at around 10:00 on the 14th and back to Ute.

C-FSWR will in these places on the following dates: 

• 3-6 Sep - KGAI
• 6-9 Sep - KMHT
• 9-11 Sep - KFDK
• 11-14 Sep - KGAI

For those going to the Mooney PPP, we will obviously have a bit of time to socialise.  My time in Gaithersburg is fairly restricted because I am not staying anywhere near the airport, but my time in Frederick should allow some time for something other than work.

Suggestions, given these parameters?

 

[Marauder]

1 hour ago, Ned Gravel said:

I have been having such good luck doing this for future trips, I thought I would try it for something nearer in time.

I have to be in Washington for the 4th and 5th of September to deliver conformity assessment training.  If I can avoid the aluminum tube (ie:  WX cooperates) I will probably land in Gaithersburg and take the metro to downtown DC on the 3rd.  On the 6th, I am wheels up (WX permitting) to go to Manchester, NH for the Mooney PPP, from the 6th to the 9th.  Then it is off to Frederick, MD to deliver more conformity assessment training (10-11 Sep) and then back to Gaithersburg late in the afternoon of the 11th to then rent a car and deliver more training in Silver Spring, MD for the 12th and 13th.  Wheels up out of Gaithersburg at around 10:00 on the 14th and back to Ute.

C-FSWR will in these places on the following dates: 

• 3-6 Sep - KGAI
• 6-9 Sep - KMHT
• 9-11 Sep - KFDK
• 11-14 Sep - KGAI

For those going to the Mooney PPP, we will obviously have a bit of time to socialise.  My time in Gaithersburg is fairly restricted because I am not staying anywhere near the airport, but my time in Frederick should allow some time for something other than work.

Suggestions, given these parameters?

 

Most of us working stiffs, can meet on the weekends. If you are in KGAI on the 2nd and/or get in early enough on the 9th at KFDK, maybe a few of us could fly out to meet up for a lunch or early dinner. 

[Ned Gravel]

Training in DC was cancelled so going to Gaithersburg got binned.  But the Mooney PPP in Manchester was great.  Different focus this year.  Allowed all to see how rusty my instrument performance is.  OK so getting only 35 hours last year and buying a new GPS did not help, but no excuse.  Fewer "scare the bejees out of me stalls" but still some. 

Haven't figured out how to have the autopilot take the info from the 480 through my G5 on ILS approaches - so I blew both of those.  The RNAV was a piece of cake.  

However the weather over New England messed up all the plans and I did not make it to Frederick from Manchester today.  I only made it as far as Allentown.  Frederick was below minima for quite a bit of today.

Here is a snapshot of vectors to SHAGY on the RNAV 06 approach to KABE, 5.1 nm from the threshold.  It felt good to nail this one, but I am going to have to practice the ILS ones.  Where we live, there are only two ILS left on 5 airports with a total of seven runways, so I will have to ask nicely.  Advantage to RNAV approaches for me?  GPS does all the work with the G5.  All I have to do is the vertical guidance.

 

So the rest of my journey is by rented car, until I get back to Allentown and pick up my bird up at the end of this week to fly home.

Oh well......

 

[Marauder]

Training in DC was cancelled so going to Gaithersburg got binned.  But the Mooney PPP in Manchester was great.  Different focus this year.  Allowed all to see how rusty my instrument performance is.  OK so getting only 35 hours last year and buying a new GPS did not help, but no excuse.  Fewer "scare the bejees out of me stalls" but still some. 
Haven't figured out how to have the autopilot take the info from the 480 through my G5 on ILS approaches - so I blew both of those.  The RNAV was a piece of cake.  
However the weather over New England messed up all the plans and I did not make it to Frederick from Manchester today.  I only made it as far as Allentown.  Frederick was below minima for quite a bit of today.
Here is a snapshot of vectors to SHAGY on the RNAV 06 approach to KABE, 5.1 nm from the threshold.  It felt good to nail this one, but I am going to have to practice the ILS ones.  Where we live, there are only two ILS left on 5 airports with a total of seven runways, so I will have to ask nicely.  Advantage to RNAV approaches for me?  GPS does all the work with the G5.  All I have to do is the vertical guidance.
 

So the rest of my journey is by rented car, until I get back to Allentown and pick up my bird up at the end of this week to fly home.
Oh well......
 

I hope you don’t get caught up in Florence’s plans. She’s a coming.


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[orionflt]

Ned, you should have come into Quakertown.

Brian

[carusoam]

We have had a week of crummy weather in NJ...

A few more days of rain are in the plan...

Best regards,

-a-

[Danb]

And my planes stuck in Manchester, nice to meet you Ned

[orionflt]

12 hours ago, carusoam said:

We have had a week of crummy weather in NJ...

A few more days of rain are in the plan...

Best regards,

-a-

That's because I took a few extra days off after my daughters wedding and was planning to get instrument current, the big issue is I need  VFR days to prep for my IPC.

Brian

[Marauder]

And my planes stuck in Manchester, nice to meet you Ned

Well, I am going to make your day Dan. In California on a business trip. Weather is terrible here.

[Danb]

I get it your away...

[Ned Gravel]

23 hours ago, orionflt said:

Ned, you should have come into Quakertown.

Brian

Brian:

I needed access to car rental agencies on the field, in case I would have to drive.  I don't think KUKT has any.

[orionflt]

16 minutes ago, Ned Gravel said:

Brian:

I needed access to car rental agencies on the field, in case I would have to drive.  I don't think KUKT has any.

enterprise is around the corner and delivers cars if needed

Brian

[Ned Gravel]

Brian:

My experience is that the only Enterprise/NationalAlamo counters that are open on a Sunday are airport ones. Yours may be different, but I did not want to chance it.

 

[Ned Gravel]

Brian:

I did not want to pronounce on the differences in the approaches available until I had the correct plates, but have a look at these.  You can see the Allentown one is much more forgiving.  I actually landed in 1000' ceiling, but with 700' scattered and I went through the scattered layer to actually see the runway.  So while the METAR was 1000', to me it was more like 700'.  But the minima on that approach are lower than the ones in Quakertown.

 

 

 

[Danb]

Wise choice Ned, nicely done

[Marauder]

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Quakertown has trees on both ends of the runways and I’m sure they are the reason the mins are higher.


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