skidoo
Line Up and Wait
So, I flew a 1000 mile trip back to my home base. Before I left, there was a fire started just about 10 miles from the airport. In the photo, the airport is the far lights just past the large trees. So, I was coming back, lots of smoke from California to Montana. It was clear the whole trip, except for the last 20 minutes or so where I had to go towards scattered building cumulus with rain below some and divert around them. I descended from 17500 to 12500 to be sure I would be below any cloud ceiling because the top of the smoke blended into the bottom of the clouds.
So, anyway, my direct path would have taken me, what I believed to be, directly over the recent fire TFR. I was ready to descend towards pattern altitude at 4Kft, but my G1000 display did not show the TFR or its location. I confirmed with ATC that a TFR existed there, the top of which, was at 9Kft. So, I ended up getting a lot closer the field above 9Kft than desired. That is until I was sure I was past the TFR general area.
So, my question is does anyone know why a G1000 would miss a current TFR. The display showed all the other fire TFRs in the West. Just not the one at my home base.
So, anyway, my direct path would have taken me, what I believed to be, directly over the recent fire TFR. I was ready to descend towards pattern altitude at 4Kft, but my G1000 display did not show the TFR or its location. I confirmed with ATC that a TFR existed there, the top of which, was at 9Kft. So, I ended up getting a lot closer the field above 9Kft than desired. That is until I was sure I was past the TFR general area.
So, my question is does anyone know why a G1000 would miss a current TFR. The display showed all the other fire TFRs in the West. Just not the one at my home base.
