chevy72402
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So, an update on our adventure from SD to southern California.. We didn't make it.
Landed in Vernal, UT and had the worst feeling in my gut (could've been close to hypoxia as we were running at 12,500' but we had an o2 meter and were constantly checking ourselves, (my wife and I)(every once in a while I get the feeling that something bad is going to happen and it usually does) On take off DA was around 8000' and the plane rolled out like the brakes were on, performance was garbage and I was fully fueled with near maximum payload on. We headed for the second stretch of mountains and there were clouds at the top of the range. I called it at that point and turned back for the storm dodging trip back home (weather had come in behind us and had closed up my direct flight back. Thank God for the stratus II as we were dodging storms for the next 4 hours of flight, mind you this is in a 210 with a tailwind operating @190+ knots GS with tailwind)
After a weeks reflection on this trip I see 1 big mistake I made and that was poor mountain dodging planning. I should've went further to the north or further south. Mark it up to inexperience and a lesson learned. I've figured out that at this point in my education I prefer flat land flying and want to gain more experience before trying mountain flying again. Bonus: 8 hours of flight time although 4 kids in a plane for that long is trying to say the least.
Landed in Vernal, UT and had the worst feeling in my gut (could've been close to hypoxia as we were running at 12,500' but we had an o2 meter and were constantly checking ourselves, (my wife and I)(every once in a while I get the feeling that something bad is going to happen and it usually does) On take off DA was around 8000' and the plane rolled out like the brakes were on, performance was garbage and I was fully fueled with near maximum payload on. We headed for the second stretch of mountains and there were clouds at the top of the range. I called it at that point and turned back for the storm dodging trip back home (weather had come in behind us and had closed up my direct flight back. Thank God for the stratus II as we were dodging storms for the next 4 hours of flight, mind you this is in a 210 with a tailwind operating @190+ knots GS with tailwind)
After a weeks reflection on this trip I see 1 big mistake I made and that was poor mountain dodging planning. I should've went further to the north or further south. Mark it up to inexperience and a lesson learned. I've figured out that at this point in my education I prefer flat land flying and want to gain more experience before trying mountain flying again. Bonus: 8 hours of flight time although 4 kids in a plane for that long is trying to say the least.