rightrudder
Well Known Member
I wasn't really planning on it, but the weather forecast looked so good yesterday that I made a spontaneous trip to Sedona. Decent tailwind at 9500' on the way out, so I was doing maybe 185-190 mph ground speed; at 8500' on the way back, around 150-155. DA on the outbound leg was about 11,300'.
Very calm when I landed, around 10 a.m. Sight picture of the runway, and high TPA had me high on approach, but I slipped 'er down no problem. As those of you who've flown there, it's unusual in that in calm wind conditions, you land on 03 but take off on 21. It was cool to see a bizjet on approach as I was midfield to downwind for 03.
The restaurant rocks! The breakfast potatoes are especially good. Friendly folks in the FBO as well. I was so inspired by the scenery. This is why we fly these little airplanes!!! I didn't see any of those harmonica virgins that people always talk about, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siE-AFZeW4U
Very calm when I landed, around 10 a.m. Sight picture of the runway, and high TPA had me high on approach, but I slipped 'er down no problem. As those of you who've flown there, it's unusual in that in calm wind conditions, you land on 03 but take off on 21. It was cool to see a bizjet on approach as I was midfield to downwind for 03.
The restaurant rocks! The breakfast potatoes are especially good. Friendly folks in the FBO as well. I was so inspired by the scenery. This is why we fly these little airplanes!!! I didn't see any of those harmonica virgins that people always talk about, though.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siE-AFZeW4U