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wsuffa

wsuffa

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Taf Kmsy 281720z 281818 08020g25kt P6sm Sct030 Bkn200
Fm0300 02080g110kt 1/4sm +ra Ovc003
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New 08/013 New Twr Clsd
Msy 04/008 Msy 1 Ils Rts
Msy 08/010 Msy 1 Rvr Ots
Msy 08/011 Msy 19 Rvr Ots
Msy 08/014 Msy Tower 320 (320 Agl) 6 Sw Lgts Ots (asr 1236385)
Til 0509071159
Msy 08/016 Msy Tower 998 (998 Agl) 6.4 Sse Lgts Ots Til 0509090031
Msy 08/017 Msy Tower 243 (232 Agl) 5.3 Sw Lgts Ots (1022591)
Til 0509112137
Msy 08/018 Msy Tar/ssr Ots
Msy 08/020 Msy Nmrs Tower Lgts Ots Assoc With Hurricane Katrina
Msy 08/021 Msy Twr Clsd
Msy 08/022 Msy App Clsd
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1. Hurricane Information
Btr -atc "0" 8290400-ufn
Gpt -atc "0" Airport Closed 8290500-8301700
New -atc "0" At 8281700
Pns -atc "0" At 8290400
Vps -airport Closed Til 8301000
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.monday...east Winds 75 To 80 Knots With Gusts To Around 105 Knots
Becoming Southeast Late In The Morning...then Becoming South 65 To
70 Knots With Gusts To Around 80 Knots Late In The Afternoon. Seas
35 To 40 Feet Building To 40 To 45 Feet In The Afternoon. Protected
Waters Extremely Rough. Widespread Showers And Scattered Thunderstorms.
 
Hmmm... odd. Board changed all caps to caps+small.
 
wsuffa said:
Hmmm... odd. Board changed all caps to caps+small.
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It's a lameness filter. Don't want ya SHOUTING.

If you surround the pasted text with [ QUOTE ] [ /QUOTE ] it doesn't get messed with.
 
mikea said:
It's a lameness filter. Don't want ya SHOUTING.

If you surround the pasted text with [ QUOTE ] [ /QUOTE ] it doesn't get messed with.
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Ah, the board gestapo... ;)
 
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TAF NEW ORLEANS NAS, LA
KNBG 282121 06015G25KT 9000 BR SCT030 BKN050 OVC080 QHN2960INS
VCTS
TEMPO 2202 VRB30G45KT 1600 SHRA BR SCT005 OVC010CB/
BECMG 0204 06040G55 SCT005 OVC010 QNH2900INS
TEMPO 0206 VRB50G70KT 1600 TSRA BR SCT005 OVC010CB
BECMG 0507 VRB115G130KT 0400 +TSRAGR BR SCT005
OVC010CB QNH2860INS
TEMPO 0509 +FC
BECMG 0910 QNH2750INS
TEMPO 0915 +FC
BECMG 1516 120145G175KT 0100 +SHRA BR SCT005 OVC010
QNH2663INS
 FM1630 VRB06KT 9999 SCT300 QNH2668INS
FM1830 270140G160KT 0100 +TSRA BR SCT005 OVC010CB
QNH2672INS T24/11Z T34/20Z=
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:hairraise: :hairraise: :hairraise:
 
N2212R said:
:hairraise: :hairraise: :hairraise:
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BECMG 1516 120145G175KT 0100 +SHRA BR SCT005 OVC010
QNH2663INS

:goofy: Drafty breezy... :eek:


That's gusts to 201 mph.

Flee!
 
Gulfport MS:
KGPT 290153Z AUTO 05015G21KT 10SM FEW019 SCT060 26/24 A2962 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE RAE22 SLP030 P0001 T02560239

KGPT 290114Z 290124 03020G30KT 6SM -RA SCT015 BKN025 OVC080
FM0300 04030G55KT 5SM RA SCT006 OVC015
TEMPO 0307 04080KT 1/4SM +RA OVC010
FM0800 03045G80KT 5SM RA BKN020 OVC050
TEMPO 0913 VRB100KT 1/4SM +SHRA OVC010

:goofy: :eek:
An hour in the pattern there should improve your xwind skills a bit...
 
Ken Ibold said:
Probably trying to ferry yachts out of the area!! Wants to get on TV again.
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With 45 ft seas, I hope they're big boats!
 
Ken Ibold said:
Remember last year when CNN caught him docking that 55 footer (or so) near Palm Beach during Hurricane Charley?
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Remember the pictures of it afterward?
Both props were curled, lots of nasty looking gouges on the bow, running OEI without hydraulic steering and bow thruster out.

He did a great job. Boat survived and no one got hurt.

Henning can have the emergency set of keys to any boat I ever own.
 
fgcason said:
Gulfport MS:
KGPT 290153Z AUTO 05015G21KT 10SM FEW019 SCT060 26/24 A2962 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NE RAE22 SLP030 P0001 T02560239

KGPT 290114Z 290124 03020G30KT 6SM -RA SCT015 BKN025 OVC080
FM0300 04030G55KT 5SM RA SCT006 OVC015
TEMPO 0307 04080KT 1/4SM +RA OVC010
FM0800 03045G80KT 5SM RA BKN020 OVC050
TEMPO 0913 VRB100KT 1/4SM +SHRA OVC010

:goofy: :eek:
An hour in the pattern there should improve your xwind skills a bit...
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Uh oh, I have a geek moment coming on!

What is the maximum theoretical crosswind component for a typical GA single? Crabs (ie shortest, widest runway) notwithstanding. Assuming infinite rudder authority, zero lift from the fuselage (no knife-edge slips), standard descent angle, and landing gear long enough (or wings short/high enough) to allow for a sufficiently high bank angle without striking a wingtip.

Second question: Assuming normal landing gear, what would the max be and would it be possible to control after touchdown?

Third, not-quite-related question: Assuming an M20J or other single capable of >150kt cruise speeds with a direct 120kt headwind... You could theoretically, assuming you got in the plane and on the runway prior to the wind, fly the entire pattern facing almost the same direction and land backwards! :goofy: Say you're on Runway 36. You could do a vertical takeoff by rotating at 120KIAS, do a cruise climb at 105KIAS (negative forward groundspeed!), turn right a few degrees for your "crosswind", accelerate to high-speed cruise for downwind, slow and turn a few degrees left for base, then slow further for your final. It would be possible to land going forward, vertically, or even in reverse! :hairraise: You could also do a runway-centerline pattern, eliminating the crosswind and base legs, and do touch and goes backwards! The question is, do backwards landings count for currency? :rofl: :goofy: :D
 
News reports said Gasoline futures went up another 44 cents/gallon today. 20%. That's nearly 30% in two days. Local service stations here went up 15 cents today alone.

Woe is us.
 
Kent:


You need to get some rotary wing time; we did lots of that kind of stuff (in much tamer winds). It ain't the wind that's the issue; it's Dorothy's House and stuff like that cruisin round in it!!

Best,

Dave
 
flyingcheesehead said:
Uh oh, I have a geek moment coming on!
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Uh oh!

#1 is almost in the same category as the classic running a redlight fast enough for it to appear green and sorting out how far the wreckage slides in a broadside collision on an infinite surface with the car going through the real green light (excluding the two hubcaps on the impact side obviously because they're just not going to stay on no way no how)

Just land sideways and not worry about it.

#2 See practical solution to #1

#3 Sounds dangerous, you go first. :p That should probably count for currency. You can definitely use the houses and such sailing by for see and avoid practice.

3A: How many violations will the FSDO smack you in the head with after you back into a stationary object while doing #3

Hmmm. I may try #3 on MSFS tonight just for fun.
 
fgcason said:
Uh oh!

#1 is almost in the same category as the classic running a redlight fast enough for it to appear green and sorting out how far the wreckage slides in a broadside collision on an infinite surface with the car going through the real green light (excluding the two hubcaps on the impact side obviously because they're just not going to stay on no way no how)
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Mork from Ork:

"I would have been here earlier but I got a ticket for doing the speed of light in a speed of sound zone.

I would have pulled over earlier but I couldn't see the lights or hear the sirens."
 
flyingcheesehead said:
The question is, do backwards landings count for currency?/QUOTE]

Only if you live through them.
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I knew a guy that used to take a Cub, go over to the towered airport during high winds, and bring it down to just above a stall a few feet above the runway. He knew the controller pretty well as he flew traffic watch for the local radio stations.
 
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