EricJ Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 This is not my favorite mooneyspace thread. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natdm Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 I guess I'm pretty lucky my wife doesn't need to go as often. I throttle back on water just a bit to give myself some time, and we can easily make 4-5 hour legs without issue. There's only been one code yellow where we had to get down to go without question, and we were only 40 minutes from our destination. After that, I just limited the legs to 4 hours. Finding new airports is fun, anyways. New FBO's, courtesy cars, etc. But if we had to do this every 1.5-2 hours, it'd probably be too much 'fun'. This is all VFR. Much easier to adjust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinecone Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 Flying in the teens means an unplanned stop is a good 30 minutes to get down to lower airports. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fly Boomer Posted September 18, 2023 Report Share Posted September 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Pinecone said: Flying in the teens means an unplanned stop is a good 30 minutes to get down to lower airports. On coast-to-coast flights in his turbo 310, Mike Busch likes to stop at a high-altitude airport for that very reason. Quicker to get down, and quicker to get back up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffy Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 To some of the gymnastics above- no pictures or it never happened :-) You've never lived until you race to a deserted airport, stop on the runway, roll out the door and drop your pants right there! ALWAYS carry TP You never know when it might happen :-) and NO towers at the airport! Imodium can be your friend before a flight As you get older you TBP time (Time Between Pees) gets shorter Used to be 4 hrs now its 1 1/2 to 2 with us Besides we need to straighten up and walk a little. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skates97 Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 46 minutes ago, cliffy said: Imodium can be your friend before a flight Interestingly, Imodium is on the prohibited list of medications. Surprised me when I came across it a few years back. OTCMedicationsforPilots.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980Mooney Posted September 21, 2023 Report Share Posted September 21, 2023 This is a "leaky" topic. - It just seems to keep dribbling out.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cliffy Posted September 22, 2023 Report Share Posted September 22, 2023 On 9/21/2023 at 1:23 PM, Skates97 said: Interestingly, Imodium is on the prohibited list of medications. Surprised me when I came across it a few years back. OTCMedicationsforPilots.pdf 421.05 kB · 2 downloads It was a comment much like Montezuma's Revenge :-) BUT I'm sure it has been used and IIRC even the military uses it or something similar on long deployments of single seat a/c. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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