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Old 01-21-2019, 01:05 AM   #15
plthijinx
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Originally Posted by Happy Monkey View Post
Try bolting a block of wood to the windshield.
super cool, i'll try that!

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Originally Posted by Gravdigr View Post
Thanks for that Philthy.

Great choice in Floyd for the music, btw.

Any particular reason ya took that right turn, instead of a left, from Owen Roberts, other than that's what they told ya to do?

We know ya got a life and all, but, we've missed you.
Floyd seemed appropriate, glad you liked it!

We were instructed to intercept the 215 radial off the vor, to do this it required a right turn. I hand flew it up to about 15,000 then let George (autopilot) take over until we got back to Houston then I hand flew it from base leg on to touchdown.

These last three and a half years have been busy busy busy. Between my alcohol recovery, flying, and engineering - I hardly have had time to sleep! Now though, I've only my pinky toe in engineering and am all but out of it completely which actually frees up some time. I've missed y'all as well!

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Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim View Post
Lotta flaps.
yep, 45 degrees, then upon landing we extend the air brakes and put them into "lift dump" which extends the flaps from 45 degrees to 75 degrees and hyper-extends the air-brake spoilers on the wings which is very efficient

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Originally Posted by Big Sarge View Post
Those photos of St Elmo's fire are awesome!
I freakin' love it!! Only thing I don't care for with it is we do run the risk of loosing our radios. Great to see you Sarge!
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