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WDYDWYRTW? 10 / 26-27 / 2024

Flew to Oshkosh and back for the EAA Leadership Academy. Highly recommended for EAA chapter members. The Central Wisconsin leaves are just past peak. We were lucky to have a Sonex factory tour and spent an evening with the EAA museum staff and toured the B-17 Aluminum Overcast. The Sonex high wing cockpit was very roomy and comfortable (I am 6’ tall). Way too much fun!
 

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Two foresters from Oregon State planted a forest plot with Fir and Tamarac. The Tamarac turns yellow in the fall but doesn’t lose its needles.
The sun wasn’t in a great place but still showed the Smiley Face.
It’s very visible from coast Hwy 18.
Smile!
 

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Kern Valley L05
Loaded up the 7a with camping gear and my full suspension mountain bike for some great single track rides plus afternoon river swims (Brrrrrrr). Plenty of firewood, hot shower, outlets and an airport cafe = more of a glamping trip! Had the place to myself, great weather to/from the North, and didn’t get too bashed-up on the trails. (y)

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The manifold pressure transducer on my Vision Microsystem engine monitor finally gave up after 28 years of faithful service. In fact all of the transducers, with the exception of fuel flow, worked for 28 years! I spent the better part of September removing the old system and installing a new GRT EIS 4000. All systems are working as expected. Got a nice one hour flight in this morning before some weather moves in the first part of the week. Nice smooth fall air.

Smoke from a controlled burn snaking down Sycamore Canyon NE of Sedona:

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Balloons descending into Boynton Canyon following this mornings lift:

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Va Tech homecoming, visit with my girls and a great game.

Headed to Winston-Salem (KINT) Sunday AM to visit father in law, then home.

4TN3 to KBCB with a great tailwind

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My bride
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IFR KINT to KFYE
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Little headwind on the way home
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John Stahr held a get together of customers and neighbors at his new home and studio in Love's Landing. John graciously housed my 8 during Milton when I relocated it from Venice. The party even included some vans that John painted, one from 1978!
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Continued ifr training.
Figured out how to use the pathway marker, or velocity vector on G3x. I really love it. Found out that it seems to tellIMG_6823.jpeg you where the plane will be in 30 seconds. So for a 500 fpm climb, the marker ( a green circle) goes on the first hash mark above horizon, or something like that. I have not figured out turn rate yet, but this is easy to see on HSI just below. Really makes manuevering by instruments easy because it keeps the instrument scan tightly grouped.
 
PilotjohnS said:
Continued ifr training.
Figured out how to use the pathway marker, or velocity vector on G3x. I really love it. Found out that it seems to tellView attachment 73205 you where the plane will be in 30 seconds. So for a 500 fpm climb, the marker ( a green circle) goes on the first hash mark above horizon, or something like that. I have not figured out turn rate yet, but this is easy to see on HSI just below. Really makes manuevering by instruments easy because it keeps the instrument scan tightly grouped.
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Yes!!!!! I’m a huge fan of pathways for SA and have been using them for years. As a matter of fact, I used them today in a 20M $$$ simulator. Sure does make hand flown approaches less complicated (at least for me). Especially when hand flown at MDA to the VDP on a LOC. “Just keep the frog’s butth@le in the square”. … may have offered that advice a few times. 😜

Congratulations on your IFR training!
 
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PilotjohnS said:
So for a 500 fpm climb, the marker ( a green circle) goes on the first hash mark above horizon, or something like that.
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This'll blow your mind then: the hash marks above and below the horizon are in degrees, so for a 3º approach just keep the velocity vector on the 3º line and you'll be spot-on.

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Once you're on the glideslope, just keep the flight path vector on the runway touch down area and you'll be amazed at how well the needles will stay centered.
 
newt said:
This'll blow your mind then: the hash marks above and below the horizon are in degrees, so for a 3º approach just keep the velocity vector on the 3º line and you'll be spot-on.

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Math teacher quote: one is not to wonder why, just invert and multiply.

I realize the hash marks are degrees, but for me and my airplane, 2.5 degrees is exactly 500 fpm at 2200 rpm and 120 kts. Nonetheless, regardless if I am a little off the exact hash mark, the pathway marker only needs to kept on the sweet spot and the plane follows. Pretty amazing really.
 
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