Recent content by hooligan

yep!

Yep! I concur...

This one of those times when your life is complete. I love it!

Text book game? That would be you... Twisting the context to suit your position. You are wrong! I know you think that you are clever and humorous but most people can see through your pretense. Using words and phrases such as "Dude," "good lord," Dorothy blowing away"are inapproprite to use in...

On the contrary...Pretty silly blanket statements from you! The wind shear I speak of is not from interference or friction from the geography and it can be present far in advance of any advancing front or it may be localized weather that has a mixing of air of different properties. Some of...

Wind shear is a important consideration when flying and does cause the phenomenon you describe. Be especially vigilant when flying during frontal passage or when you have mixing of warm and cold air. When I fly in weather conditions as I described I keep my banks shallower than I would in stable...

Interesting phenemonon...reminds me of the Time Tunnel tv series in the 60's.

I agree! First thing I saw when I looked at the procedure was the race track pattern and the highest point nearest it...2550 feet.

Verify correct altimeter setting. Redundancy is a good thing,cross checking GPS reported altitude versus altimeter indication.

I am really looking forward to it. The team has a very difficult procedure ahead of them.

She scares me!

I commonly do a 360 before departure. Some folks will fly a their own patterns and wil not communicate their intentions. I expect it and act accordingly. I do not want to be a part of the snow ball effect.