Recent content by Dave Siciliano

Sorry folks, I was in the airport waiting to fly home when I posted. CE-500 allows me to fly several different Citation jets. ATP rating I take it y'all understand and RVSM was explained above. It was a lot of work. Great oral, but I messed up one approach on the flight test and had to...

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Interesting. I thought APs controlled roll with ailerons alone and didn't put in rudder trim; that's what lead some planes to stall when left in AP after an engine failure. Does your AP also adjust rudder trim? My KA doesn't. The AP will hold it in cruise, but a good idea to trim the rudder...

Citation II (550) Engine Failure During Coupled Approach: 1. Power (operating engine) INCREASE as required. 2. AP and yaw dampener OFF. 3. Airspeed - VREF plus 10 4. Rudder trim - TRIM toward operating engine. 5. Flaps T.O. & Approach For a precautionary shut down, AP isn't mentioned...

Our King Air will hold the plane just fine in cruise if an engine fails. In the Citation, the checklist requires AP off, retrim and back on as auto trim won't keep up. Best, Dave

I could have skipped getting an MBA also; don't know if it would have changed where I wound up at all, but I'll tell you, I learned to think, write and present myself differently in that course. In my case, my insurer made my coverage easier to get and gave higher liability limits if I got my...

Do they throw in a free language course? Took me YEARS to learn Garminese. Kinna hate to take the time to learn something new. Already am behind on my French, although, I do much better after a bit of regional wine when there :)

Hard to believe, isn't it. The entity on the P-Baron was JDSS05; so, 10 years this summer. Sold that to Tim Doreen who I keep touch with. He's now resold it to someone on the west coast and is looking for a 421. Three years in the KA now and over 450 hours logged plus sim time. Just over 20...

I've not really out grown it. Wonderful bird. Had a friend recommend I fly a Citation II to see if it worked better on the long trips I take to east coast and Madison. Flew the II and was able to dry lease a V. Went through initial ground and am now flying to get ready for a check ride which...

Ummm wasn't that you in Denver last year with a friend? Sure looked and sounded like you :) I'm headed back to Denver to ski early March if you'd like to re-live the experience.

A good friend and flight instructor in my plane, Al Benzing has been flying FIFI at bit more with the B-24 he has been flying going in for some work this year. Here's a link to a nice recent vid of her. https://vimeo.com/119656953?from=facebook Scott Slocum took the vid and should be...

Ninety Seven today on the FAA web site, which of course we can't use for other than general information. It's just getting nuts and there seems to be no reasonable cap on the number of these. I have two pet peeves in aviation re these: they need to be limited in number to things which truly...

Kent: I had a couple like that too, but I passed by a decent margin and have moved on ;). I had to compute trim tab settings on 727. Don't think I'll be using that! What bugged me most was telling them what kind of mistake it was for pilot not to set heading bug to runway heading in FAA...

I recently received the third invite to attend sim training in my previous plane. I attend in my current plane. I've asked them three times to remove me from that list.

Scott: is that on Harbour Island? Got the new part in today. Run up was good. Flew out late this afternoon and the entire family is back together again on Harbour Island.