Kaye
Line Up and Wait
Supposed to go to ONX yesterday. The forecasts went from cruddy to probably good to most likely cruddy with rain. The ceilings along the route were forecasted from 4000 on down to 2500. Good day to get some easy IFR, but I chickened out due to the forecasted freezing levels since I'm not smart enough about that area yet. So the day around here turned out pretty nice, and I was kicking myself in the butt for not going. I would've been in the clouds towards the last half of the trip, but not a big deal as ceilings were 3000 and above, good practice.
Since I cancelled, one of the other partners took the plane up to practice approaches, and guess what..................the AI started acting up, and then finally did a last tumble and died. Along with it went the autopilot and electric trim. Needless to say, I'm not kicking myself in the butt anymore, actually feeling kind of lucky that I didn't have to try out my partial panel skills that I just honed this past week.
Kaye
Since I cancelled, one of the other partners took the plane up to practice approaches, and guess what..................the AI started acting up, and then finally did a last tumble and died. Along with it went the autopilot and electric trim. Needless to say, I'm not kicking myself in the butt anymore, actually feeling kind of lucky that I didn't have to try out my partial panel skills that I just honed this past week.
Kaye