I did a discovery flight this winter (2023) at MWC and decided to pursue my PPC at RYV. I thought I was in a time warp when we pulled the Cessna up to a leaded gasoline pump. I haven't seen leaded gas since I was a young child in the mid 1980s. Rick Turtenwald - new listener
Low leaded av gas still has a lot of lead in it and is the cause of spark plug fowling during taxing. The only way to mitigate it is to aggressively lean the mixture during taxi.
My first and most beloved hangar space was at Festus MO/ KFES. When I was getting acquainted I heard about this accident. I walked down to the creek and saw the wreckage which is still there. It was said that no one involved knew that there was a manual light switch on the side of the building and they continued with go-arounds trying to find the runway until they ran out of fuel.
Regarding the accident of the Sea Ray LXS, at 10:45, I sincerely wish that people, especially other pilots, would not request pilots to "over fly" homes, parties, bbqs, or whatever gatherings they're having. It's just too much temptation for some pilots to abandon their better judgement in order to put on a good show for the people on the ground. Aside from numerous fatal accident reports that I've read where "over flying" or "buzzing" led to the crash, I, personally, have known of two pilots who were killed doing this. If you're a pilot, please stop buzzing people on the ground...I assure you, even at the limits of your and your aircraft's capabilities, unless you're in a Pitts or similar, you really don't look cool enough to justify the possibility of killing yourself and/or your passengers. And, if you know a pilot, please don't ask them to buzz you--again, it's not going to be very spectacular anyway and you could be the starting point of an accident chain. JUST DON"T DO IT, PLEASE.
I did a discovery flight this winter (2023) at MWC and decided to pursue my PPC at RYV. I thought I was in a time warp when we pulled the Cessna up to a leaded gasoline pump. I haven't seen leaded gas since I was a young child in the mid 1980s.
Rick Turtenwald - new listener
Low leaded av gas still has a lot of lead in it and is the cause of spark plug fowling during taxing. The only way to mitigate it is to aggressively lean the mixture during taxi.
My first and most beloved hangar space was at Festus MO/ KFES. When I was getting acquainted I heard about this accident. I walked down to the creek and saw the wreckage which is still there. It was said that no one involved knew that there was a manual light switch on the side of the building and they continued with go-arounds trying to find the runway until they ran out of fuel.
Regarding the accident of the Sea Ray LXS, at 10:45, I sincerely wish that people, especially other pilots, would not request pilots to "over fly" homes, parties, bbqs, or whatever gatherings they're having. It's just too much temptation for some pilots to abandon their better judgement in order to put on a good show for the people on the ground. Aside from numerous fatal accident reports that I've read where "over flying" or "buzzing" led to the crash, I, personally, have known of two pilots who were killed doing this. If you're a pilot, please stop buzzing people on the ground...I assure you, even at the limits of your and your aircraft's capabilities, unless you're in a Pitts or similar, you really don't look cool enough to justify the possibility of killing yourself and/or your passengers. And, if you know a pilot, please don't ask them to buzz you--again, it's not going to be very spectacular anyway and you could be the starting point of an accident chain. JUST DON"T DO IT, PLEASE.
the wheel pants are in perfect shape
Looks like an ultra light now. Man how did I fly those for all those years? So tight.
Classic lesson in Get there itis
What a pointless crash... Get a Motel 6 and fly the plane in the daytime. That's insane.
Taking off in 95 degrees and 90% humidity on a 1700 ft strip... Another CFI sans clue.