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saddletramp

saddletramp

Line Up and Wait
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Yesterday my wife & I departed Harvey Field north of Seattle heading home to Walla Walla. Due to several low broken clouds layers I elected not to use flight following. I knew they were busy & since my plan was to fly through Snowqualmie pass at 5,500 I knew we'd be too low for ATC radar coverage.

A few minutes into the flight I got out my iPad. Since I've flown this route a gazillion times my wife asked what I was looking at. I said "I want to make sure I'm below the floor of the TCA". She gave me a puzzled look & I explained I meant the class B airspace. I couldn't believe that I actually said TCA. I guess that part of my brain's hard drive is still functioning.

We a beautiful flight home. My geologist wife especially enjoyed it since it was her first time through the Cascades that low. Yes, I heard all about the various rock formations.
 
Old pilots think ‘conventional gear’ has a little wheel on the tail... :)

Jim
 
When you wonder what the fancy Ipad is doing in the cockpit...
 
Most of my pre-solo training was at a busy towered field in a Champ 7EC. Its only radio was a Narco Superhomer with eleven (count 'em) transmitter channels and "whistle stop" receiver tuning.
 
AggieMike88 said:
Does this mean in 50 years, we're going to be grandpas of the magenta line?
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No, it means we still won’t know how to navigate...u know whats better than the line? The magenta box on a G300! You fly through the boxes and then look at your trail later, almost straight as an arrow.
 
BrianNC said:
I still have a hard time not saying artificial horizon and directional gyro.
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Welcome to the club.

GRG55 said:
You're still using a metal E6B?
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That's what's in my flight bag. Can't say I use it too often, but it's there.

Challenged said:
I'd rather "Position and hold" than "Line up and wait".
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Yup.

cgrab said:
You refer to airspace as: ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, EASY, and GEORGE
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ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE, DELTA, ECHO and GOLF. That's what I learned in ROTC in the early 1970s. Only law enforcement uses the old ones anymore.

Stingray Don said:
I don’t care what you call it. I still get a BFR, and I have a pilot's license.

Now, get off my lawn! :)
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Bingo!
 
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