GyrOZprey
Aussie in Kansas.
- Joined
- Aug 8, 2011
- Messages
- 3,388
- Location
- Whitewater KS
- Aircraft
- Butterfly Aurora N5560Z / Titanium Explorer N456TE & N488TE/ - trained in MTOsport 446QT/488FB
- Total Flight Time
- 1023
Another GREAT Day ....
Another GREAT Day ....
again ... perfect weather ... temps & winds! Chapter 62 hanger was REALLY hopping today ... Steve McG steadily busy with training. Stacy busy putting his new skills to practice working in the pattern in his Gyrobee. .. wife Barbara doing lots of filming & photography! Several others continuing with the early stages of training!
Tony & a bunch of others went flying after lunch ... great burger BBQ from master chef Keith!
I got in about 2 hours flying time total ... 1/2 hr.in the AM & mid afternoon went up & just enjoyed circling the area taking in the incredible view & just wallowing in the magic of flight ... I had Tony in his dual Aircommand shadowing me & Steve & student was chasing us both for a bit!
For the hour prior to sunset (& marvelous steak dinner served up by master Chef- Keith & helpers Linda & Norma :usa2: ) ..... Myself , Kent with Danny along & Paul Erb ... who'd just arrived in the Magni ... did the spectacular run south to the Bolivar peninsular ..... a private airstrip on the narrow spit of land ... a popular fly-in spot .. the Tikibar ... a runway is shown @ the seafood warehouse ... though the other is not & Danny was able to direct the two faster Eurogyros to the Tikibar location ... my Ifly course took me to the seafood place ... I saw the runway ... complete with a plane parked ... figured I was at the destination ... turned & headed back without landing ... as the headwind trip out ...over all the swampland & around the bay seemed to have used up a LOT of fuel ... I was worried about the return trip ... even though I had 3 hours + reserve on board at start ....& turn around was @ 45 mins ... those side tanks seemed WAAY too low @ turnaround ..... with the tail wind ... the engine just sipped fuel & the return took just 25 mins ... landed with 1/2 hr of fuel & 4.5 gal in the seat! hwell:
I bounced between the anxiety of flying over a lot of rather hostile gator-country terrain ..... trying to stay in glide dist. of scarce tracks & levees & taking in the fabulous views of ships lined up in the gulf awaiting port entry ... the sparkle of wetlands .... barge traffic on the intercoastal waterway ... & lots of other sweet views ... only pictures could show ... ALAS the blasted Go pro decided to go tropo ( on strike) .. & no vids - no stills ... I think the battery is fried ... went hot & non-responsive the last time out too! ... Down to my last hopefully good battery ... try again tomorrow! :noidea:!!!
Another GREAT Day ....
again ... perfect weather ... temps & winds! Chapter 62 hanger was REALLY hopping today ... Steve McG steadily busy with training. Stacy busy putting his new skills to practice working in the pattern in his Gyrobee. .. wife Barbara doing lots of filming & photography! Several others continuing with the early stages of training!
Tony & a bunch of others went flying after lunch ... great burger BBQ from master chef Keith!
I got in about 2 hours flying time total ... 1/2 hr.in the AM & mid afternoon went up & just enjoyed circling the area taking in the incredible view & just wallowing in the magic of flight ... I had Tony in his dual Aircommand shadowing me & Steve & student was chasing us both for a bit!
For the hour prior to sunset (& marvelous steak dinner served up by master Chef- Keith & helpers Linda & Norma :usa2: ) ..... Myself , Kent with Danny along & Paul Erb ... who'd just arrived in the Magni ... did the spectacular run south to the Bolivar peninsular ..... a private airstrip on the narrow spit of land ... a popular fly-in spot .. the Tikibar ... a runway is shown @ the seafood warehouse ... though the other is not & Danny was able to direct the two faster Eurogyros to the Tikibar location ... my Ifly course took me to the seafood place ... I saw the runway ... complete with a plane parked ... figured I was at the destination ... turned & headed back without landing ... as the headwind trip out ...over all the swampland & around the bay seemed to have used up a LOT of fuel ... I was worried about the return trip ... even though I had 3 hours + reserve on board at start ....& turn around was @ 45 mins ... those side tanks seemed WAAY too low @ turnaround ..... with the tail wind ... the engine just sipped fuel & the return took just 25 mins ... landed with 1/2 hr of fuel & 4.5 gal in the seat! hwell:
I bounced between the anxiety of flying over a lot of rather hostile gator-country terrain ..... trying to stay in glide dist. of scarce tracks & levees & taking in the fabulous views of ships lined up in the gulf awaiting port entry ... the sparkle of wetlands .... barge traffic on the intercoastal waterway ... & lots of other sweet views ... only pictures could show ... ALAS the blasted Go pro decided to go tropo ( on strike) .. & no vids - no stills ... I think the battery is fried ... went hot & non-responsive the last time out too! ... Down to my last hopefully good battery ... try again tomorrow! :noidea:!!!