dkkim73 Posted July 11 Report Posted July 11 7 hours ago, Sue Bon said: The guy in St. Mary's tower let us do a tour of the Scilly islands before landing on RWY 14 which is 695 meters long (2280 feet). I know there's some parallax involved but still that looks so short! Was there an arresting cable?
Sue Bon Posted July 11 Report Posted July 11 2 hours ago, dkkim73 said: I know there's some parallax involved but still that looks so short! Was there an arresting cable? It's sooooo short! And as it says on the approach chart, "markedly hump-backed."
kortopates Posted July 11 Report Posted July 11 Captain Sue and her nice J model at Lands End before departing for St Mary’s It’s been a real adventure flying with her here!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 9
0TreeLemur Posted July 12 Report Posted July 12 On 7/10/2025 at 2:15 PM, Sue Bon said: landing on RWY 14 which is 695 meters long (2280 feet). Somehow, runways on islands always seem to look like postage stamps! Have fun! 1
Ibra Posted July 14 Report Posted July 14 (edited) On 7/10/2025 at 9:15 PM, Sue Bon said: Today we made the trek across the English Channel and southern England (one photo shows the white cliffs of Dover) to St. Mary's Scilly island with a fuel stop at Land's End. You know it's short (and hot) when the Mooney M20J starts cursing "*&&&#!" with stall warner on approche and liftoff "teet, teet...", this reminds me of American film broadcasted on British TV Nice pictures of Scilies, it was a lovely week for flying in UK ! Edited July 14 by Ibra 1
0TreeLemur Posted July 21 Report Posted July 21 Islands in the sky. Photo taken from my Mooney somewhere over the U.S. 8
Hank Posted July 21 Report Posted July 21 9 minutes ago, 0TreeLemur said: Islands in the sky. Photo taken from my Mooney somewhere over the U.S. That's quite the haze layer just below you! 1
dkkim73 Posted July 21 Report Posted July 21 No dramatic scenery today (the Sapphires are low-ish mountains), but Philipsburg MT (U05) is a fun little destination. Wanted to scout it for taking people on a day trip, and exercise the plane after a hiatus from my commute. 3599' runway with cracks and some asphalt spalling (good soft-field technique practice). Old-school country airport with just a bunch of hangars and a courtesy car with "character". Very pleasant. Small downtown with tourist things to do, big candy store, whiskey bar if you're going to stay overnight... 3
Fly Boomer Posted July 21 Report Posted July 21 10 hours ago, dkkim73 said: whiskey bar if you're going to stay overnight... Poor airplane...looks lonesome. 1
dkkim73 Posted July 24 Report Posted July 24 On 7/21/2025 at 7:44 AM, Fly Boomer said: Poor airplane...looks lonesome. I've thought that from time to time. Here's the other end of the spectrum from the MPPP in early June: 2
Ragsf15e Posted July 27 Report Posted July 27 Mt Ranier is still impressive from 50 miles away! Nice tailwind on the way home from the awesome Evergreen Aviation Museum (and water park) in Mcminnville. You can see the Spruce Goose, an F-4 with 2 kills, and an SR71 and then go down some good water slides that exit from a real 747 on the roof! 7
Skates97 Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 I should really start putting up pictures of my flights here... Yesterday checked a couple more SoCal airports off the list. Fallbrook L18 with it's 2,150' runway and Oceanside KOKB with it's "long" 2,172' runway. 5 1
M20F Posted July 28 Report Posted July 28 Never have truer words been written. Edit: I have no idea why it is dropping the resolution it’s only a 3.2MB pic 3
dkkim73 Posted July 29 Report Posted July 29 22 hours ago, M20F said: Never have truer words been written. Edit: I have no idea why it is dropping the resolution it’s only a 3.2MB pic Is that a NH guard plane? That would make sense. Guessing that's one of the 767 based tankers. 1
M20F Posted July 29 Report Posted July 29 5 hours ago, dkkim73 said: Is that a NH guard plane? That would make sense. Guessing that's one of the 767 based tankers. It is
Ragsf15e Posted July 30 Report Posted July 30 Bunch of Washington based Mooneys got together for lunch at Yakima yesterday. 5 of us showed up and we parked next to a resident Mooney to make it 6! Good food at Reno’s by the Runway, but it’s mighty warm in Yakima this time of year and there’s not much indoor seating! 9
Ragsf15e Posted August 15 Report Posted August 15 Gotta love the weight and balance on a Mooney! We’re going camping in Bandon, Oregon on the beach. Try packing for camping with two adults and two kids! Fit exactly 120 pounds in the back, and the weight and balance is still good! There’s a second kid under that towel in the backseat. And although the weather wasn’t great, and we had to shoot a circling approach close to minimums to land at North Bend, we weren’t upside down either. 4
47U Posted August 15 Report Posted August 15 1 hour ago, Ragsf15e said: There’s a second kid under that towel in the backseat. If you say so… 5 1
0TreeLemur Posted August 17 Report Posted August 17 Flew a round-trip mission yesterday from Alabama to Iowa. Here's the confluence of the Mighty Mississippi (left) and Mightier Ohio (right) river at Cairo, Illinois (center). The Mississippi on that day was more turbid than the Ohio. Both legs done VFR. 3
Hank Posted August 17 Report Posted August 17 24 minutes ago, 0TreeLemur said: Flew a round-trip mission yesterday from Alabama to Iowa. Here's the confluence of the Mighty Mississippi (left) and Mightier Ohio (right) river at Cairo, Illinois (center). The Mississippi on that day was more turbid than the Ohio. Both legs done VFR. And that's why it's called "The Big Muddy" I've been to Confluence Park where the Missouri meets the Mississippi, an excursion on a business trip to St. Louis. Places like this are pretty neat! 1
Skates97 Posted August 23 Report Posted August 23 Needed to get a flight in today to keep my streak going for flying every week. Today was week 49, just three more to go to hit my goal of 52 weeks. Short hop from FUL to POC for some breakfast in between some small cells pushing through the area. 4
Sue Bon Posted August 25 Report Posted August 25 I flew up to Rotterdam where the street art is off the charts. The biggest challenge of Rotterdam is pop-up thunderstorm cells. I studied the weather, and studied and studied. Everything said stable weather the whole time. Then the morning of departure, boom! Pop-up thunderstorms at both ends of the runway. Luckily they disappeared as quickly as they came, so it's wasn't a big deal. I don't have too many pictures of the flying, but here is one, plus examples of the super cool street art with one work in progress 9
Skates97 Posted yesterday at 12:27 AM Report Posted yesterday at 12:27 AM Flew to our place in CO for Labor Day weekend. Mt Humphrey's by Flagstaff High Desert Ship Rock KPSO landing in light rain 4
Hank Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM Report Posted yesterday at 12:53 AM 26 minutes ago, Skates97 said: Flew to our place in CO for Labor Day weekend. Mt Humphrey's by Flagstaff That looks great! This was the Great Southern Haze Layer last weekend, coming from NC back to Sweet Home 3
Ragsf15e Posted 11 hours ago Report Posted 11 hours ago These things rock! Got us above the thin smoke layer across Oregon and northern Nevada. Yes it took 17,500’! But she’s real fast up there. Got to see Burning Man too. 6 in the pattern on adsb as we went by - no thanks! 5
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