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dalewhelan
Joined: 11 Nov 2008
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Location: USA ARIZONA fountain hills
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 Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 8:53 am Post subject: bad practice |
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Weather briefer said a few small cells
Weather clearing when we decided to fly west 17 miles.
8 miles out sky behind us started to darken.
Landed at destination.
2 alternate airports 1 40 minutes south the other 30 minutes north skirting a storm.
Return home before storm hits Pleasant Valley.
65 mph cruise
ground speed starts dropping.
finally stabilizes at 15, flying into storm with 50 mph headwind.
Told Greg this is the dumbest thing I have done.
20 minutes of sunlight left.
lightning seen.
High power zero vsi between cloud and mountain on leaward side in rain visibility drops.
6 miles to go and cant see airport.
AWOS at nearby airport 16G26 headwind
4 miles no runway
2 miles no runway
1.9 miles runway
On final, 90 degree windsock
At touchdown almost calm
5 minutes later calm
10 minutes later, sunset
I need to practice less luck and better decision making
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rickofudall
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
Posts: 1392
Location: Udall, KS, USA
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| Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 6:40 pm Post subject: bad practice |
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Dale, Yep, you were lucky. Number One Pilot Killer - Continued flight into deteriorating weather.
Rick Girard
On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 10:53 AM, dalewhelan <dalewhelan(at)earthlink.net (dalewhelan(at)earthlink.net)> wrote:
[quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: "dalewhelan" <dalewhelan(at)earthlink.net (dalewhelan(at)earthlink.net)>
Weather briefer said a few small cells
Weather clearing when we decided to fly west 17 miles.
8 miles out sky behind us started to darken.
Landed at destination.
2 alternate airports 1 40 minutes south the other 30 minutes north skirting a storm.
Return home before storm hits Pleasant Valley.
65 mph cruise
ground speed starts dropping.
finally stabilizes at 15, flying into storm with 50 mph headwind.
Told Greg this is the dumbest thing I have done.
20 minutes of sunlight left.
lightning seen.
High power zero vsi between cloud and mountain on leaward side in rain visibility drops.
6 miles to go and cant see airport.
AWOS at nearby airport 16G26 headwind
4 miles no runway
2 miles no runway
1.9 miles runway
On final, 90 degree windsock
At touchdown almost calm
5 minutes later calm
10 minutes later, sunset
I need to practice less luck and better decision making
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503 powered Firestar II
Projection, A simple and interesting Psychological concept
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Thom Riddle
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Buffalo, NY, USA (9G0)
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| Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:38 am Post subject: Re: bad practice |
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Dale,
A couple of years ago a roman catholic priest took off from Jamestown Airport south of Buffalo with a few other of his priest buddies on board their twin engine Aerostar. Conditions were similar to what you described and just as fleeting. If he had waited 1/2 hour he would have avoided the conditions completely. He and his fellow priests all died before the brief storm passed.
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