Recent content by Captain Sweet T

Where is the left side horizontal stab?

Gear always goes down BEFORE you get in the pattern. no excuses, no mistakes. it's a pretty simple equation/routine. this negates the "when it it happens" talk all the non complex guys like to boast about on POA...so sick of hearing about that bs from guys who never even flown a retract

Still learning...not perfect. glad to learn from others. wish others would think the same way

There's no doubt KVGT is a nice airport. Ive had some long CC flights there for kid's sports and the controllers have always been safety conscious. The incursion statistics have me thinking twice about it now. It is definitely busy and can be tricky with big gust differentials and variable...

you'd think with all the demand for hangars some would be under construction right now

I need to check for that bypass valve. Right now the oil stays in the middle of the gauge on cruise climb (245* redline) and the cylinder temps are barely getting to middle on climb and short of middle in cruise fully lean.

Im not even opening my cowl flaps at all right now. Even during climb. I cant get the temps if do and Im in CA. Something to think about....

sorry man...this is really tough.

Absolutely not a 100%..hence my question mark. It is a corporate med jet. Assumption would be some glass with a TAWS. I mean, many GA aircraft, including mine have that

A jet of that caliber would have a terrain warning system, right? Also, the pilot should know where they are at on the GPS screen in front of them. It's not like they're flying this jet off of steam gauges. I guess when he switched to VFR and couldn't see his attention was elsewhere. But even I...

Not fast enough!

"Due to Covid, were not gonna do our job but still collect a paycheck"

Coming from Sacramento I follow I-80 to San Fran and then either head either north or south on the coast. That magenta line can get places pretty fast though if need be or sometimes it's nice to have break and let the butler (AP) fly for a while.

You're going to get a wide scope of opinions here. There are a lot of grumpy haters on this forum and they will tell you how horrible retracts are. However, rg time is always valuable to anyone who is looking to advance their career in aviation as a pilot. Also, RG planes are fantastic for XCs...

I'd like to see that metar