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bjohnson

bjohnson

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I'm taking a 1999 Archer III 4147T from TN to AZ tomorrow.:D If we get tired we might stay a night in ABQ??

Current hops are:
CHA - MEM - ORK
ORK - HOT - BYP - F05
F05 - TXO - CYOTE - ABQ
ABQ - SJN - BARGN - CHD
 
Be sure to get some upset recovery training when you get to Chandler. There's nothing like a good set of aerobatic maneuvers after a couple days of flying a couple thousand miles. :)

Funny.... I don't see AUS on that routing! :idea:

And, where the heck is TXO?
 
In ABQ we stay at the La Quinta, which is close to I-40 right in downtown. Even though it is in the heart of the city, it sits a good distance off the highway. We slept well. There is a very good breakfast there, too.
I am not sure how you would get from the airport to the La Quinta.
ApacheBob
 
KennyFlys said:
Be sure to get some upset recovery training when you get to Chandler. There's nothing like a good set of aerobatic maneuvers after a couple days of flying a couple thousand miles.
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I just might! I see they have a Pitts on the Line B)
 
bjohnson said:
Right Here:
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I get the impression you're trying to skip Stillwater, OK. Now, why would you want to do that?

Tristan is gonna be looking at the sky with a sad face. Actually, it looks like you're trying to avoid the whole state of Oklahoma!
 
I am trying to figure out why a Mooney-driver would fly a long-distance trip in a Cherokee...
 
KennyFlys said:
Desire to enjoy something with a properly designed vertical stabilizer? :)
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Actually, if you talk to engineers from Mooney, they'll argue that they're the only ones with a properly designed vertical stabilizer. Their logic is actually pretty reasonable. :)
 
Not to encourage you to fly more than you're comfortable with in one day, but once you get to ABQ, you're less than 2 hours from Chandler. By the time you get parked and to a hotel, you could be there. If you do overnight at ABQ, use Cutter, and they'll drop you at a hotel two minutes away. Fuel isn't cheap, but it's not outrageous either.

Jon
 
Sounds like a good flight Brent... be careful and have fun! Are you going to file?
 
Ted DuPuis said:
Actually, if you talk to engineers from Mooney, they'll argue that they're the only ones with a properly designed vertical stabilizer. Their logic is actually pretty reasonable. :)
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Their logic is incompatible with any semblance of style. :D
 
It looks like he's there. That's quite a trip in a single-engine, strange tail in one day.
 
KennyFlys said:
And, where the heck is TXO?
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You don't know TXO??? Consider yourself lucky. Just look south of any severe weather in that area and you'll find it.

I've had to say "request direct Texaco for weather" 3 times now. And I don't even live in Texas. That VOR is bad news in my experience!

-Felix
 
sba55 said:
You don't know TXO??? Consider yourself lucky. Just look south of any severe weather in that area and you'll find it.

I've had to say "request direct Texaco for weather" 3 times now. And I don't even live in Texas. That VOR is bad news in my experience!

-Felix
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Heck, I could fly a hundred mile wide pattern here and still need another two hundred before I leave the state!
 
KennyFlys said:
Their logic is incompatible with any semblance of style. :D
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It only took them 40 years or so to make it look decent, the Acclaim is a pretty attractive aircraft, at least to me. :)

The rest of the plane grows on you. What that means is that you learn to accept its ugliness because it really does fly very nicely. :D
 
I made it!! It took about 16hrs of flight time to get from TN to AZ. Once we got to CHD we jumped in a car, headed to lodging and we were back at CHD at 7:30am to test fly a Cirrus SR22 G3 Turbo. Wow is that a nice plane!B) We flew around for 2.5 hrs and then had a nice lunch at the Café on the field.

After hearing all the reviews of Chandler Flight School I decided to take an aerobatic flight in a Great Lakes Bi-Plane. OMG!!! I didn't know if I should cry, puke or put my hands in the air. After 45 minutes of non stop maneuvers I had to cry uncle. Straight and Level please.:yikes: Lets head back. After we landed I was told we exceeded a little over +6G's and -2G's. I managed to hold everything in but it took me a good hour on the ground to start feeling normal.

This evening I flew down to Tucson to stay with family. I'm not getting in another plane, unless of course someone offers up a joy ride:), until Wed when I head back to Tennesse in the metal tube.
 
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flyingcheesehead said:
Club sell the Archer? What are you replacing it with, or are you replacing it at all?

Signed,

Guy in club with Archers that might be sold someday soon. ;)
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My club sold the Archer. They are considering a late model 172SP as a replacement.
 
bjohnson said:
I made it!! It took about 16hrs of flight time to get from TN to AZ. Once we got to CHD we jumped in a car, headed to lodging and we were back at CHD at 7:30am to test fly a Cirrus SR22 G3 Turbo. Wow is that a nice plane!B) We flew around for 2.5 hrs and then had a nice lunch at the Café on the field.

After hearing all the reviews of Chandler Flight School I decided to take an aerobatic flight in a Great Lakes Bi-Plane. OMG!!! I didn't know if I should cry, puke or put my hands in the air. After 45 minutes of non stop maneuvers I had to cry uncle. Straight and Level please.:yikes: Lets head back. After we landed I was told we exceeded a little over +6G's and -2G's. I managed to hold everything in but it took me a good hour on the ground to start feeling normal.

This evening I flew down to Tucson to stay with family. I'm not getting in another plane, unless of course someone offers up a joy ride:), until Wed when I head back to Tennesse in the metal tube.
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Wow. Sounds like FUN!!!!! :D
 
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