Had my first solo today in the C-152

[FLY_USMC]

Got to fly a turbine Lanceair one time with a friend who got a job demoing them. He was coming from Washington state and wanted to pick me up on the way and come with him to Sun N Fun in Florida, unfortunately I had to work so instead we flew to a crew base and I caught a ride back home for work. If I remember right, we were getting like 327 KIAS at about 9K in a plane no bigger than a Volkswagon, it was pretty awesome, touchy as all sin.

 

[Fly Navy]

If I remember right, we were getting like 327 KIAS at about 9K in a plane no bigger than a Volkswagon, it was pretty awesome, touchy as all sin.

That's a pretty decent FAR violation.

 

[theduke]

depending on altitude

i'm figuring it was pressurized if it was a turbine, and they were above 10k'.

 

[Fly Navy]

depending on altitude

i'm figuring it was pressurized if it was a turbine, and they were above 10k'.

Reading comprehension, theduke, reading comprehension. Go back and read it again.

 

[FLY_USMC]

That's a pretty decent FAR violation.

Yeah, you're right, maybe we were at 10K...I can't exactly remember, it was 2years ago. I was kind of being fesicious(sp) stating that we weren't up in the flight levels. As for pressurization, nah, it's too small and non-complex for pressurization. What it did have, which I thought was really nice, was inflatable door seals like a nice car would have. It was amazing at the sound inside when we started, and then after you hit the seals on, man it was like whisper quiet, which I thought was impressive.

 

[theduke]

oops

i was kinda skimming...in a rush to make it to the computer based training room and the gym before they closed, since i elected to hit up the beach this afternoon and put off studying until tonight!

 

[Fly Navy]

oops

i was kinda skimming...in a rush to make it to the computer based training room and the gym before they closed, since i elected to hit up the beach this afternoon and put off studying until tonight!

No problem, I'm guilty of the same

 

[HAL Pilot]

....we were getting like 327 KIAS at about 9K in a plane no bigger than a Volkswagon, it was pretty awesome, touchy as all sin.

That's a pretty decent FAR violation.

ATC: Say airspeed

Lanceair: 250 indicated

ATC: We show 327 kts

Lanceair: Heck of a groundspeed, we must have a killer tailwind.....

Remember the golden rule: Speed, altitude and heading are always what is assigned/within the FARs. Everything else is wind, transponder error etc......

 

[Fly Navy]

ATC: Say airspeed

Lanceair: 250 indicated

ATC: We show 327 kts

Lanceair: Heck of a groundspeed, we must have a killer tailwind.....

Remember the golden rule: Speed, altitude and heading are always what is assigned/within the FARs. Everything else is wind, transponder error etc......

"Say airspeed"... "250"..."We need you to speed up for traffic"..."Roger *going to mil* going to 250"

 

[Gatordev]

HAL:

I've had a couple of briefs here from the local TRACON rep who works w/ the Navy for deconfliction and planning. He made a similar comment about the EC135s that are coming in here now. Apparently they're easily doing 300 going down hill and entering the terminal area. Of course when asked, "250." I guess the regional airlines have come a long way. Not complaining though, I made it to Tampa in 59 minutes the other day. Sure beats the Beech 1900.