Saw an Eclipse 500

[flyingcheesehead]

I'm just now finally dumping a month's worth of pictures off my camera, and realized I forgot to post about this. While I was in Dallas a couple weeks ago, waiting for Spike to pick me up, I was watching landing traffic at ADS. I heard Tower call to a very old Lear that was holding short to position and hold "behind that landing Eclipse." Huh? Did he just say what I think he did?

Sho'nuff, a shiny new Eclipse 500 landed right in front of me. Unfortunately, I didn't have the camera out at the time. Luckily, when Spike took me flying later on, guess who took off right in front of us?

(That's my truck behind the jet in the 3rd pic)

 

[SCCutler]

Kent:

I was hoping that pic came out OK, that it did qualifies as luck, I think.

Wish I was flyin' today!

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Edit:

Didn't they tell us "Caution wake turbulence" when we took off?

 

[flyingcheesehead]

And a couple more from our flight in the Bo...

 

[flyingcheesehead]

I was hoping that pic came out OK, that it did qualifies as luck, I think.

Luck/4. I snapped 4 pics.

Didn't they tell us "Caution wake turbulence" when we took off?

Yeah. Somehow I don't think such a small, light jet has much in the way of wake turbulence. Maybe it's a standard thing to say after any jet?

 

[jesse]

I heard Tower call to a very old Lear that was holding short to position and hold "behind that landing Eclipse." Huh? Did he just say what I think he did?

I might just have to start saying "Eclipse" instead of "Diamond" when I fly the DA-20.

 

[gismo]

Luck/4. I snapped 4 pics.
Yeah. Somehow I don't think such a small, light jet has much in the way of wake turbulence. Maybe it's a standard thing to say after any jet?

So how'd you like flying the Bonanza? Or did you already post that in another thread I missed?

 

[Dave Krall CFII]

I might just have to start saying "Eclipse" instead of "Diamond" when I fly the DA-20.

Tower'll just put you on the longest RWY if you radio that.

 

[KennyFlys]

Tower'll just put you on the longest RWY if you radio that.

Or, see what he really is and state possible runway obstruction... tell him to go around... upon downwind, give a couple 360's... help him increase that Hobbs time just for the fun of it. And even then, hope he doesn't have incoming IFR traffic to give priority to.

 

[flyingcheesehead]

So how'd you like flying the Bonanza? Or did you already post that in another thread I missed?

I didn't really get a chance to put it through the paces... Felt like an airplane to me. I'm a bit headroom-challenged in it, but not enough to keep from enjoying the flight.