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cookwithgas
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 Posted: Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:21 pm Post subject: Flight Report with Video |
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What a day! Today I flew my 601XL/Corvair to three airports. My wife rode along with with me and she was a real trooper with the heat. We flew by the new Cowboy stadium and Texas Motor Speedway and lots of DFW area lakes.
The first stop was a short hop over to Midlothian (Midway) for fuel and it was super quick. Up and down. I made possibly the best landing I have ever made on this leg of the trip. There was guy there practicing banner grabbing with a Citabria and that was pretty cool to watch while I was filling up.
The second leg was all the way from the southern portion of DFW Mode C to North of DFW to a little private airport called Hidden Valley. The landing at Hidden Valley was a blast with trees everywhere. The trees really wizzed by on landing. The runway also slopes down hill the whole way.
After a visit with a friend there at Hidden Valley, the temperature had reached One-Zero-Zero.
On the return I didn't even feel the heat because I was having so much fun. My wife was getting uncomfortable I could tell but she really was great and had fun sight seeing. I talked to Arlington Tower and Alliance Tower on the way there and back and those guys are first class. For a new pilot like me with barely a year of experience, they treated me great. The kept me out of trouble with traffic and guided me under and around Class Bravo airspace at DFW. We were watching large passenger jets fly over us - very cool and a little bit scary but I knew those guys were watching me with my new Mode C transponder and encoder.
The landing at Eagles Nest was a no brainer again and I did my usual left side landing. My wife tried to point me over to the left much as you do a bowling ball after you release it, but I reacted the same as a released bowling ball. My wife made a bee-line for the hangar after we landed to find some cool air. It was a great day. I captured some of it on a video from my cockpit mount and you can see it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHaWGi1rf0c
Have a good day (I sure did)
Scott Laughlin in Texas
601XL/Corvair
149 hours and climbing
PS: Concerning the aileron trim - I never touched it the whole time we where flying. I'll take note the next time I fly alone.
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jaybannist(at)cs.com
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| Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2009 3:28 am Post subject: Flight Report with Video |
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Scott,
Thanks for the great report and video !!
BTW, there is nothing "newbie" or amateurish about relying on ATC for guidance around Class D airspace, or Class C for that matter. It is the norm for high-timers too; and in most cases, required. With GPS, it is a lot easier to be aware of those invisible airspace lines and limits than it was years ago when it was mostly charts and watching where you are over the ground. My main concern, especially around that North side of the DFW area is the abundant traffic. ATC doesn't always call traffic (some of it they can't even see), so you need to be especially alert, with head on swivel all the time.
Glad you (and your wife) are enjoying your airplane and the DFW area. Its a great life, ain't it?
Jay Bannister
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