America's Newest Commercial Multi Engine Pilot
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Re: America\'s Newest Commercial Multi Engine Pilot
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is Screaming Emu!
Grats to Emu for passing one hell of a ride. It was a combined commercial, instrument, and multi ride.
Just thinking about that makes my head hurt!
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Dang !!! Congrats to Emu...
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is Screaming Emu!
Grats to Emu for passing one hell of a ride. It was a combined commercial, instrument, and multi ride.
Just thinking about that makes my head hurt!
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Dang !!! Congrats to Emu...
Screaming_Emu
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Re: America\'s Newest Commercial Multi Engine Pilot
domo arigato, mr roboto
27,000 from private through this and the wings they givev me are maybe 2 cm wide and plastic ;-). I guess its the thought that counts.
Thanks again T Dub and Jep
domo arigato, mr roboto
27,000 from private through this and the wings they givev me are maybe 2 cm wide and plastic ;-). I guess its the thought that counts.
Thanks again T Dub and Jep
EatSleepFly
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Congrats man!
Congrats man!
Screaming_Emu
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Thanks everybody. The ride did take me two times to complete because of what I consider bad luck, though I should have known what I screwed up on.
Of our fleet of Seminoles, most of them have the Garmin 430 GPS, but a few of them still have the Bendix King KLN89s. I only flew with the KLN89 a couple times this semester and those flights were for primarily VFR stuff. So of course, because of my fantastic luck, I get out to the airplane and find that I have the good ol bendix king GPS. Of course I have to demonstrate a GPS approach. I've done it before on this unit, but its been quite some time and I forgot about the part where you need to hit the OBS button and tune in your final approach course when getting vectors to final. I knew there was one thing I was forgetting but I couldn't remember for the life of me. Since I couldn't load the GPS correctly that portion was deemed unsat (rightly so).
So she gives me the option of continuing with the flight. I had gotten everything done other than the landings earlier in the flight, and they had gone fairly well so I figured it was a good idea to continue and get those out of the way. They went fine, and because of that the next flight I had to do only one single engine GPS approach.
Because it was not deemed an aircraft control issue, but rather a technology one, I didn't have to do a review flight with my instructor, but instead just went over the GPS trainer for the Bendix. As soon as I got on the ground after the checkride, she pointed out what I did wrong and I was wanting to bang my head on the panel because I knew that, but was just drawing a blank when I was in the plane. So the review with my instructor was about 10 minutes long, much of it discussing what color the NIssan 350z looked better in ;-).
So then came the day of the second flight, went really well and I shot what I think is the best single engine/GPS approach I've ever done. But of course guess which kind of GPS was in the aircraft this time...a garmin, which I knew inside and out even before the review.
Such is luck I guess, I'm just glad its done.
Thanks everybody. The ride did take me two times to complete because of what I consider bad luck, though I should have known what I screwed up on.
Of our fleet of Seminoles, most of them have the Garmin 430 GPS, but a few of them still have the Bendix King KLN89s. I only flew with the KLN89 a couple times this semester and those flights were for primarily VFR stuff. So of course, because of my fantastic luck, I get out to the airplane and find that I have the good ol bendix king GPS. Of course I have to demonstrate a GPS approach. I've done it before on this unit, but its been quite some time and I forgot about the part where you need to hit the OBS button and tune in your final approach course when getting vectors to final. I knew there was one thing I was forgetting but I couldn't remember for the life of me. Since I couldn't load the GPS correctly that portion was deemed unsat (rightly so).
So she gives me the option of continuing with the flight. I had gotten everything done other than the landings earlier in the flight, and they had gone fairly well so I figured it was a good idea to continue and get those out of the way. They went fine, and because of that the next flight I had to do only one single engine GPS approach.
Because it was not deemed an aircraft control issue, but rather a technology one, I didn't have to do a review flight with my instructor, but instead just went over the GPS trainer for the Bendix. As soon as I got on the ground after the checkride, she pointed out what I did wrong and I was wanting to bang my head on the panel because I knew that, but was just drawing a blank when I was in the plane. So the review with my instructor was about 10 minutes long, much of it discussing what color the NIssan 350z looked better in ;-).
So then came the day of the second flight, went really well and I shot what I think is the best single engine/GPS approach I've ever done. But of course guess which kind of GPS was in the aircraft this time...a garmin, which I knew inside and out even before the review.
EatSleepFly
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Oh man, that stupid OBS button is the devil.
I did much of my instrument training in a 172 with the KLN89, and that was the one thing that I never failed to forget for the longest time! After forgetting it so much, I started to actually remember it...funny how that works.
Oh man, that stupid OBS button is the devil.
I did much of my instrument training in a 172 with the KLN89, and that was the one thing that I never failed to forget for the longest time! After forgetting it so much, I started to actually remember it...funny how that works.
kellwolf
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Yeah, the KLN89 is a b*tch. The KLN94 is a HUGE improvement. It's more intuitive when it comes to loading approaches, and if you have a procedure turn or a holding fix coming up it practically yells, "HEY! YOU! DO YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO OBS MODE?"
I'm pretty good with a KLN94 since I knew the plane I was taking for my CFI-I had one, but I doubt if I could do jack with the KLN89.....
Yeah, the KLN89 is a b*tch. The KLN94 is a HUGE improvement. It's more intuitive when it comes to loading approaches, and if you have a procedure turn or a holding fix coming up it practically yells, "HEY! YOU! DO YOU WANT ME TO GO INTO OBS MODE?"
I'm pretty good with a KLN94 since I knew the plane I was taking for my CFI-I had one, but I doubt if I could do jack with the KLN89.....
jawright
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All our planes have the KLN-89B, so I just downloaded the simulator here:
https://www3.bendixking.com/static/simulators/KLNSimulator/KLNsimulatorzip.zip
I'm sure you all probably already know about the sim, but I thought I'd post the link just in case there was someone who didn't.
I also downloaded and printed the manual at work...didn't read the part about it being like 400 pages long! Oops! Good thing nobody saw me do it...
All our planes have the KLN-89B, so I just downloaded the simulator here:
https://www3.bendixking.com/static/simulators/KLNSimulator/KLNsimulatorzip.zip
I'm sure you all probably already know about the sim, but I thought I'd post the link just in case there was someone who didn't.
I also downloaded and printed the manual at work...didn't read the part about it being like 400 pages long! Oops! Good thing nobody saw me do it...
jawright
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Yeah, I have the KLN89 sim, but great link for others that might not know about it.
BTW, where are you flying out of in Orlando?
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I'm flying at Avion, a small flight school next to Delta Connection Academy at SFB. From talking to John H., Avion seems to operate a lot like Skymates.
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Yeah, I have the KLN89 sim, but great link for others that might not know about it.
BTW, where are you flying out of in Orlando?
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I'm flying at Avion, a small flight school next to Delta Connection Academy at SFB. From talking to John H., Avion seems to operate a lot like Skymates.