rzbill
Well Known Member
Yeah well, this is a trip to mom's ala Bill Rs trip that is also in this "trip write up" section of the forums.
At the end of the flight, I had mixed feelings.
On the good side, I enjoyed using my IFR ticket.
On the bad side, I am kicking myself for not reading the DUAT Notams close enough.
Started out well enough. There was fog at AVL which is common.
We took off and quickly got above it for a very pretty flight east. Ran LOP with a tailwind. The image is from the climbout.
We were talking to GSO Approach when they said, "Say, you DO know that IGX is closed right?". Well, my heart went into my throat for multiple reasons. First was recognition that I MISSED this Notam in the yard long list you get from DUAT. I'm pissed at myself for that. Second, I'm thinking "has the university finally closed this place for good?". GSO said no, it was for some maintenance that will last into Jan. OK, set up for the alternate RDU while I think..... Burlington is a lot less painful for me (and my mom). They have a BMW loaner I can use too. "GSO, can you set me up for Burlington?". They reply that Burlington is CLOSED TOO because of some weekend activity!.
Sheesh! I keep heading for RDU. But, I remember there is a private paved strip a few miles from my moms place. I decide to land there so I can make a cell phone call. The 430W does not have it in the database but the GRT does. 5NC5 "The Duchy"
We land. There is a gentleman working in his yard. We taxi up, introduce ourselves and explain our problem. This man (Chris Bouldin) explained he was an RV8 owner and he offered his auto to us for the few hrs we were in town. Wow. Very nice hospitality.
We got in touch with my mom (patiently waiting at IGX) and told her we would meet at her house.
Chris said there was an RV10 under construction on the field. We went and met the builder (also owns a 6) and talked shop for a few minutes.
Afterwards, we headed to my moms. Had a good visit with her and a few of the extended family that live on the family farm.
In the afternoon we headed back to 5NC5, filled up the car and saw Chris taxi out onto the runway when we pulled in. We took off and filed IFR again because of multilevel cloud layers that extended pretty low. We were inbetween layers or punching clouds all the way back. I did not have to shoot an approach into AVL (I was hoping to actually ).
Anyway, a good day. A lot of fun, met some very nice RV family and I learned a lesson without getting hurt.
At the end of the flight, I had mixed feelings.
On the good side, I enjoyed using my IFR ticket.
On the bad side, I am kicking myself for not reading the DUAT Notams close enough.
Started out well enough. There was fog at AVL which is common.
We took off and quickly got above it for a very pretty flight east. Ran LOP with a tailwind. The image is from the climbout.
We were talking to GSO Approach when they said, "Say, you DO know that IGX is closed right?". Well, my heart went into my throat for multiple reasons. First was recognition that I MISSED this Notam in the yard long list you get from DUAT. I'm pissed at myself for that. Second, I'm thinking "has the university finally closed this place for good?". GSO said no, it was for some maintenance that will last into Jan. OK, set up for the alternate RDU while I think..... Burlington is a lot less painful for me (and my mom). They have a BMW loaner I can use too. "GSO, can you set me up for Burlington?". They reply that Burlington is CLOSED TOO because of some weekend activity!.
Sheesh! I keep heading for RDU. But, I remember there is a private paved strip a few miles from my moms place. I decide to land there so I can make a cell phone call. The 430W does not have it in the database but the GRT does. 5NC5 "The Duchy"
We land. There is a gentleman working in his yard. We taxi up, introduce ourselves and explain our problem. This man (Chris Bouldin) explained he was an RV8 owner and he offered his auto to us for the few hrs we were in town. Wow. Very nice hospitality.
We got in touch with my mom (patiently waiting at IGX) and told her we would meet at her house.
Chris said there was an RV10 under construction on the field. We went and met the builder (also owns a 6) and talked shop for a few minutes.
Afterwards, we headed to my moms. Had a good visit with her and a few of the extended family that live on the family farm.
In the afternoon we headed back to 5NC5, filled up the car and saw Chris taxi out onto the runway when we pulled in. We took off and filed IFR again because of multilevel cloud layers that extended pretty low. We were inbetween layers or punching clouds all the way back. I did not have to shoot an approach into AVL (I was hoping to actually ).
Anyway, a good day. A lot of fun, met some very nice RV family and I learned a lesson without getting hurt.
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