DrBill Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 No where special for me. Just a few laps around the area looking at color. Dr Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parker_Woodruff Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Just glad to not be flying Delayed on some airline in seat 23B this weekend, even if it means not flying at all. Sitting here counting down the days till I get my airplane back, and 12 days until I'm a homeowner (Short sale has taken forever). No more living in hotels or renting rooms from friends. Gonna be a happy camper in Florida come December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangemtl Posted November 10, 2011 Report Share Posted November 10, 2011 Just a cautionary tale for any and all VFR fliers on this site: PLEASE, please use Flight Following and respect the weather! I'm a rank amateur. Chose not to fly this past weekend to Las Vegas to connect with my commercial flight; some spotty weather forecast for my area. Driving back from Vegas 150 miles, I noted the atypically low ceilings, and rain for >70 miles. The local newspaper today carried the story of a local family that crashed their 182 en route back to my town that same evening. No flight plan filed; no tower communication; no Flight Following. Storms en route. It might have been equipment failure, or wind shear, or get-there-itis: but one thing's for sure, a couple and their adolescent son are gone, and possibly could've either made it or scrubbed the flight with some outside input. A tragic shame made worse by potential avoidability. Most of the pilots on Mooneyspace vastly exceed my experience, and hardly need my advice nor oversight. I really felt the need to share this, however. Their loss is irreparable. Our losses are avoidable. Use the supports at hand, and don't gamble on questionable conditions. Bold, & Old don't mix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetdriven Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 This is going on this weekend. http://www.pioneerflightmuseum.org/ http://pioneerflightmuseum.org/aerodrome/index.shtml Kingsbury is near Seguin, TX, in the San Antonio area. The weather forecast is SKC SKC SKC. We landed the Mooney at Kingsbury 85TE on the way to the MAPA convention in Kerrville, and it is Mooney proofed. We didnt use half the runway, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
201er Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Flying with some friends to Cape Cod for seafood on Saturday. Sunday trying to stage a local fly in with some New Jersey Mooneyators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Up to Don Maxwells for the annual. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooneymite Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 Nov 11-13, 2011 ATL area to HEG in the Jacksonville area. Twenty-some knots of direct tailwind on the way down.....We'll see what happens for the return on Sunday! Over 5 hours by car. Fltplan.com says under 1+30 in the Mooney and only about 14 gallons! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MooneyMitch Posted November 11, 2011 Report Share Posted November 11, 2011 To Palo Alto for Standford/Oregon Ducks game!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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