kortopates Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Started this morning with full group of pilots Our first PPP of 2026. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 8
exM20K Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 High demand for pre-heating, esp Sunday morning. Brrrrr. -dan
kortopates Posted January 31 Author Report Posted January 31 Lots and lots of Mooney’s!Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 3
Hank Posted February 1 Report Posted February 1 How was the flying today? Here in Sweet Home, winds were mid-teens to low 20s, gusting into the low 30s this afternoon. I stayed at home; the windchill is now up to 10°F, temp peaked below freezing.
kortopates Posted February 1 Author Report Posted February 1 (edited) Given the forecast predicting strong gusty winds this afternoon, most instructors where able to get 2 of our4 flights done late Friday afternoon and evening so that we could finish the second 2 flights by noonish today. Winds were still light till noon when I finished my 4th flight. But I offered to go back up with one of students if they wanted and we did. The winds rapidly came up after noon and my C student landed on the big rwy 36 with winds 270@12G21. That was still doable without using the cross wind runway 26, still 3000' long. But we had so many near bird misses at takeoff, climbing and on the downwind and then again on base and even final and right on landing that he called it because of the birds. Nobody else I talked too had such bad luck with the birds. A few Mooneys that came in a bit after this did go for Rwy 26 when the winds increased to 270@15G31. But winds where also variable besides gusty the entire time with the 3 windsocks all aiming very differently. Temps where fine the last two days, despite chilly at night but tomorrow morning promises to be much colder. Hard to believe this is Florida At least ceilings where always plenty high or clear and conditions where quite smooth from 1000 agl up. Edited February 1 by kortopates 2
Yetti Posted yesterday at 02:38 PM Report Posted yesterday at 02:38 PM On 1/31/2026 at 1:17 PM, kortopates said: Lots and lots of Mooney’s! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk what's a large group of mooneys? A gaggle? A fleet?
Fly Boomer Posted yesterday at 03:31 PM Report Posted yesterday at 03:31 PM 52 minutes ago, Yetti said: what's a large group of mooneys? A gaggle? A fleet? I vote for a muster of Mooneys. Also used to describe a collection of peacocks.
MikeOH Posted yesterday at 08:53 PM Report Posted yesterday at 08:53 PM 5 hours ago, Fly Boomer said: I vote for a muster of Mooneys. Also used to describe a collection of peacocks. Well, here are some other choices (I kinda like Meadow of Mooneys): Murder – A group of crows Mob – A group of kangaroos or sheep Meadow – A group of butterflies Mischief – A group of mice Murder – A group of magpies Mob – A group of meerkats Mandala – A group of flamingos (sometimes used poetically) Migrant – A group of birds during migration Muster – A group of cattle Manor – A group of squirrels (rare)
Fly Boomer Posted yesterday at 08:57 PM Report Posted yesterday at 08:57 PM 2 minutes ago, MikeOH said: Well, here are some other choices (I kinda like Meadow of Moonys): Murder – A group of crows Mob – A group of kangaroos or sheep Meadow – A group of butterflies Mischief – A group of mice Murder – A group of magpies Mob – A group of meerkats Mandala – A group of flamingos (sometimes used poetically) Migrant – A group of birds during migration Muster – A group of cattle Manor – A group of squirrels (rare) A muster of cows? 1
MikeOH Posted yesterday at 08:59 PM Report Posted yesterday at 08:59 PM 2 minutes ago, Fly Boomer said: A muster of cows? LOL! I'll take crows over cows, anyday! (At least crows can fly!) 1
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