Panel envy

gkainz

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A little oneupmanship yesterday. :)

I took a friend flying in the Dakota yesterday to introduce him to our club and our airplanes.

As we settled into a comfortable 135k cruise, he kept looking at the airspeed and seemed a little nervous.

As we came in to land again, at 100k for flaps, then 90, 80, and 75k on final, he was watching the airspeed like a hawk.

When we stopped, I asked him about his focus on the airspeed.

He said "135k is my stall speed and everything slower than that was REALLY SCARY!" (Said with a grin).

We walked over to his hangar to check out what he flies. Panel envy!

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It's funny that the last time he flew small planes was 20 years ago, with me, when he got me back into GA after a long hiatus.
 
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No envy here. Too much crap getting the way of...wait for it...flying.
 
There is something to be said about SEL simplicity... we can just crank the motor, wait for oil temp/pressure to be good, then go.

[tease] They need an hour to get the high score before they can push back. [/tease]
 
I had to read that a couple times. That didn't look like a Dakota panel to me.
 
yeah, that's no Dakota panel ... not even the Frankenkota! :)

Bombardier Challenger 604 ... nice glass, eh, hoser? :)
 
AggieMike88 said:
There is something to be said about SEL simplicity... we can just crank the motor, wait for oil temp/pressure to be good, then go.

[tease] They need an hour to get the high score before they can push back. [/tease]
Click to expand...

You wait? :D
 
gkainz said:
yeah, that's no Dakota panel ... not even the Frankenkota! :)

Bombardier Challenger 604 ... nice glass, eh, hoser? :)
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A friend of mine drives a 604, it's a very nice airplane. The main circuit breaker panel in that airplane is twice as large as my main instrument panel. :D
 
Looks like an awesome cockpit! The technology they have is amazing

My brothers and I went with my dad on a trip to Madrid last week. Its a 767-400 cockpit. Not too shabby I must say!
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He took these pictures back when he was flying the 747 a few years ago. I think he over Russia en route to Tokyo.
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