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[gregjay]

Yesterday was a beautiful day for flying in central Kansas. Of course today it went from 55 degrees at 5 am to 20 degrees and snow by noon. We take what we can get.

 

[Kitch]

Not much flying in December this year, but we did go check out Doc today which was very cool!!

 

[Domenick]

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[Chrisgoesflying]

Horseshoe Bay Resort

 

[mowog]

Rose Bowl right before half time

 

[Racerx]

 

[Jim K]

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Ha... We were just through there this afternoon. @crash7 and I went to JVL with my son, and I wanted to do the lakefront tour with him. Flew right over Campbell and thought about dropping in. We were there about..1:30ish.

 

[Racerx]

Ha... We were just through there this afternoon. @crash7 and I went to JVL with my son, and I wanted to do the lakefront tour with him. Flew right over Campbell and thought about dropping in. We were there about..1:30ish.

I was just departing AVL. Flew out commercial first thing to fly the plane the rest of the way home.

 

[whitepines]

Sometimes everything lines up, even in winter....so peaceful.

 

[whitepines]

Always beautiful to see most of the atmosphere from above...the transition to inky black above with the pure blue below. A privilege of winter flying in the flight levels!

 

[andrewwgray]

Love it

 

[eman1200]

the only boat in the lake

 

[Mooney Fan]

Flew down to Franklin Co Airport in Sewanee TN. Cool little airport in the hills. They have racks full of nice mountain bikes and the like you can just grab and ride to the local sandwich shop.

 

[eman1200]

 

[Skyrys62]

Recent stop at Casey, IL airport.
Those pine knots made me think the Red Baron might have flown by at some point.

 

[Mooney Fan]

How could I let a 70 degree day in early January go by without going up. Tooling around the Nashville area.

 

[NealRomeoGolf]

O'Hare at sunrise.

 

[eman1200]

Do they help with slow driving?

 

[Jim K]

I reached to grab a rivet and this one had volunteered...I think it stood up while I was driving another one. Never seen one standing on the narrow end like that, so I took a picture.

 

[crash7]

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[kaiser]

Spent a bunch of money today doing this

 

[Jim K]

Tight right base 30L KCPS

 

[flyingcheesehead]

Spent a bunch of money today doing this
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That green stuff is definitely the most expensive snot in the universe. Even on "small" planes the bill for a deice is usually $1000-$1500.

 

[kaiser]

That green stuff is definitely the most expensive snot in the universe. Even on "small" planes the bill for a deice is usually $1000-$1500.

We did type 1 only - sub-1000$. We could have blasted off except as soon as we landed this thin layer of frost formed. Figured 45 minutes in a heated hangar would make it worse.

We asked the iceman if the basket goes inverted. They said it does not.

 

[jayhawk74]

That green stuff is definitely the most expensive snot in the universe. Even on "small" planes the bill for a deice is usually $1000-$1500.

You got off easy. I recently got a PC-12 deiced with Type 1 followed by Type 4 in PWM. The bill came to $1790.

 

[Flyhound]

Foggy flights around Puget Sound on Tuesday 1/20. I wanted pictures of a Chinook helicopter airlifting a PBY flying boat, but that effort was delayed a day due to rigging problems. The Navy sent me a Trident Submarine to photograph as a consolation prize.

 

[eman1200]

I'll just follow the magenta line

 

[flyingcheesehead]

You got off easy. I recently got a PC-12 deiced with Type 1 followed by Type 4 in PWM. The bill came to $1790.

I do not include the PC-12 in my definition of "small".

I know a guy who had to get his RV-10 deiced once, and that was somewhere around $800. Made the $250 heated hangar for the Mooney for ~6 hours seem downright cheap!

 

[AV8R_87]

Enjoying a peaceful sunset before things go crazy.

 

[Ventucky Red]

KVNY looking south - the South Bay of Los Angeles, and Catalina Island in the distance

 

[Rick A]

Long X/C begins 17JAN. Hand shoveled between two minor snow events. Waiting for taxiway to be plowed out. Departure for 18 degree OAT hangar over night in TN then onward to NV.

 

[WDD]

Waiting for taxiway to be plowed out.

Nice picture! BTW, it just occurred to me - my airport literally has no plows.

 

[Rick A]

17JAN Afternoon departure - Over WV at MVA (4000' ) enroute to Nashville (XNX)

 

[Rick A]

18JAN - Heated hangar, 18 F OAT departure from XNX for AMA (Amarillo TX). Headwinds forecast all the way.

 

[eman1200]

best effort, clearing ice in the path of the wheels






this will take a lil more effort though

 

[Bill]

best effort, clearing ice in the path of the wheels

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this will take a lil more effort though

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Where can I get the bourbon STC for my Mooney?

 

[eman1200]

Where can I get the bourbon STC for my Mooney?

Eh mostly in my hangar

 

[Rick A]

JAN - VFR @ 3500' XNX to AMA down low to reduce big headwinds across the plains into the TX Panhandle. 52.2 gallons / 6.1 hours LOP) = 8.6 gal/hr
Wind Generators everywhere

 

[WDD]

Wind Generators everywhere

Waste of money if you ask me. It's windy enough.

 

[Rick A]

After sunset, it became very dark and lonely over northern AZ. Might as well have been over the middle of the ocean. Occasional ground lights, and some radio coms from LA Center with airliners... zero traffic calls for me. Changed to aerial view on Foreflight and began paying attention to where to point if the engine started acting up. Aside from an occasional dirt airstrip and dirt road displayed on the iPad, there was really nowhere to point.

Here's the iPad view of the ground for 25+ miles, screenshot made just before flying over the Grand Canyon. The glow of Las Vegas became visible about 130 miles out, and visually closing in on the destination was greatly appreciated.