BAC Fest 2007
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SierraPilot
Ground Effect
Is the Philips 66 FBO waving their normal $10 per night tie-down fee?
Any ideas for ways for those of us wanting to share to post and update itineraries without getting another 70 posts making this topic 12 pages long and having it halfway workable to find other folks and see theirs? Given the number of planes in flight there's lots of chances for some enroute meet ups as well.
Two thoughts are create a folder in the file area or create a topic just for itineraries. Folks could post their itinerary to that topic and update it by editing. Discussion could stay here....
Two thoughts are create a folder in the file area or create a topic just for itineraries. Folks could post their itinerary to that topic and update it by editing. Discussion could stay here....
Clinderman
Around The Moon
mgooderum said:
This is how to see the latest posting without scrolling through "12 pages." Hope this helps.
Chris
CalifDan
Around The Moon
Banners
I'm bringing the Southwest BAC Banner to BACFest. It would be neat if all the banners could be there. Are all the banners with a member who is attending? How about a picture of the gathering of the BAC banners? I've managed pictures this year of the Southwest banner with both the South Central and North Central banners.
Dan Jonas
I'm bringing the Southwest BAC Banner to BACFest. It would be neat if all the banners could be there. Are all the banners with a member who is attending? How about a picture of the gathering of the BAC banners? I've managed pictures this year of the Southwest banner with both the South Central and North Central banners.
Dan Jonas
musesierra
Flight Levels
Southeast banner loaded and ready for display.
Doug
Doug
BAC Fest 2007 Schedule
Have I missed something? I haven't been able to locate a detailed schedule of the events for the BAC Fest. Maintenance seminars/discussions, side trip to Kitty Hawk, etc.
Where can I find this? Or will we get it only when we arrive? This is my first BAC Fest so I am not sure what the procedure. Can someone give me BAC Fest vectors??
Randy
Have I missed something? I haven't been able to locate a detailed schedule of the events for the BAC Fest. Maintenance seminars/discussions, side trip to Kitty Hawk, etc.
Where can I find this? Or will we get it only when we arrive? This is my first BAC Fest so I am not sure what the procedure. Can someone give me BAC Fest vectors??
Randy
musesierra
Flight Levels
Randy,
Welcome to your first BAC Fest. On the main BAC page there are several links for BAC Fest. There is one listing the schedule. Here is the link https://vbl.beechaeroclub.org/displayarticle451.html
A more detailed schedule will be given out as your arrive. Bring your camera and notepad as I am sure you will find several items on other planes that you may want to get details on. I never knew of a tail cone cover until last year's BAC Fest. My Sierra now proudly wears one while resting.
Doug
SE Director
Welcome to your first BAC Fest. On the main BAC page there are several links for BAC Fest. There is one listing the schedule. Here is the link https://vbl.beechaeroclub.org/displayarticle451.html
A more detailed schedule will be given out as your arrive. Bring your camera and notepad as I am sure you will find several items on other planes that you may want to get details on. I never knew of a tail cone cover until last year's BAC Fest. My Sierra now proudly wears one while resting.
Doug
SE Director
We left for BACFest today - Crystal (MIC) to Nashville (MQY actually) in one hop thanks to a good tail wind, those 60 gallon tanks and the new FP-5L and UBG-16. Without the UBG-16 she wouldn't have been leaned out to 8 gph and without the FP-5L I wouldn't have had the confidence to burn off 47 of those gallons.
Itinerary for the rest of the week is:
It was a nice day for why the IFR ticket is nice. We snuck out of town marginal VFR because runway closure at MSP has traffic all dorked up and GA routed to hell and back. 40 minutes down in the murk at 2500, then picked up our IFR in Rochester and climbed to 7000, and was just on top of a solid layer of stratus, like riding in a boat. It was shelving up a bit, so requrested 9000, which left us with another 10-15kts of push (we did 135-150 ground all the way to Nashville). First 200 miles was to ourselves at FL9 above a bright, white flat layer. Crossed another 80nm of looser stratus right before sunset. Got a bit slamdunked by Nashville Approach (Fort Campbell approach tends to leave you high) but the UBG-16 showed shock cooling was managed at 20 or less (10 or less most of the time) so did ok.
Earlier as we approached our optional fuel stop our FP-5L said we were good so told KC center we had another IFR clearance to pick up for our 2nd leg. Things normally end up airway routing as you head south due to terrain and traffic - but KC center asked if direct Smyrna was okay - boom, basically 3LF direct MQY - 280nm as straight as I could fly without an Otto - via 3 centers, 2 Tracons and a Rapcon. No big deal for you westerners but not too common East of the Mississippi and Ohio. You can see our path under N7930L on flightaware.com up till it drops off at Fort Campbell.
Anyway - see you guys in 4-5 days - probably Mode Cless unless is starts behaving. 626nm and counting...
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Itinerary for the rest of the week is:
Nashville -> Melbourne, FL on Sunday
Melbourne, FL -> KCRE Wednesday
KCRE -> FFA (?) -> Somewhere in Indiana Saturday
Indiana -> KMIC Sunday
It was a nice day for why the IFR ticket is nice. We snuck out of town marginal VFR because runway closure at MSP has traffic all dorked up and GA routed to hell and back. 40 minutes down in the murk at 2500, then picked up our IFR in Rochester and climbed to 7000, and was just on top of a solid layer of stratus, like riding in a boat. It was shelving up a bit, so requrested 9000, which left us with another 10-15kts of push (we did 135-150 ground all the way to Nashville). First 200 miles was to ourselves at FL9 above a bright, white flat layer. Crossed another 80nm of looser stratus right before sunset. Got a bit slamdunked by Nashville Approach (Fort Campbell approach tends to leave you high) but the UBG-16 showed shock cooling was managed at 20 or less (10 or less most of the time) so did ok.
Earlier as we approached our optional fuel stop our FP-5L said we were good so told KC center we had another IFR clearance to pick up for our 2nd leg. Things normally end up airway routing as you head south due to terrain and traffic - but KC center asked if direct Smyrna was okay - boom, basically 3LF direct MQY - 280nm as straight as I could fly without an Otto - via 3 centers, 2 Tracons and a Rapcon. No big deal for you westerners but not too common East of the Mississippi and Ohio. You can see our path under N7930L on flightaware.com up till it drops off at Fort Campbell.
Anyway - see you guys in 4-5 days - probably Mode Cless unless is starts behaving. 626nm and counting...
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CalifDan
Around The Moon
The trip
Mark M. is having it easy, just a transponder problem.
We left Napa on Friday after a 40 minute wait in the que to get out IFR to Oregon where we dropping off the dog. The flight went well but was 1 hour in the rain IFR until the north end of Califronia and required an ILS into Eugene to get under a cloud layer hanging over the airport.
The plan was to go VFR east from there, but the lingering clouds and clouds to the east told us that things were not as forecast. We filed for Rock Springs, Wyoming and took off hoping to make it not much after sunset. Somewhere over western Idaho we got a burning smell and the right alternator load meter was reading zero. At that point we were ar 13000 and IMC. We turned it off, cycled it. It appeared to actually be working, but we left it off just to be safe and diverted to Boise. Oh yeah, the heater crapped too.
After several calls to helpful BAC people Chad and Mike plus some help from the people in Boise, it appears that everything is working.
Next morning bright and early the way east is not as forecast. And, we need to get out of Boise or it looks like our stay will be longer than we desired. Snow coming! The frezing levels are too low to head east from there. Plus convective activity.
Out only hope was to go south and around and it was forecast VFR. We headed south and within an hour it was clear that things were not as forecast that direction either. We air filed and flew south through Nevada at 14000 and into southern Utah across four corners and into Farmington, NM. Over 4 hours and the heater crapped again just as we got in the air at Boise. I'm surprised my wife got back in the airplane....her feet were cold, as were mine and Marks, but it takes more than cold to keep us out. We did not see any VFR until we turned east into southern Utah. We did see Brice Canyon and Lake Powell.
The next leg was to Manhattan, Kansas. Another plus 4 hour leg. One hour out of Farmington and in moderate turbulence we popped the right side door open at the forward top. We diverted to Golden Eagle at Albuqurque and got that closed and then on to Manhattan. We did not get out of the turbulence until into Kansas, but we did complete the trip VFR just after dark. Also, out Encoder is reading a few hundred high and it was just checked last month.
Here is my current list:
Heater does not work. Have to figure this out before going back over the Rockies.
Front upper door pin needs adjustment?
Not sure what happened to the Alternator load indication....now working. But what was the burning smell??? Has not returned. Maybe something else? Coincidence?
And a slight variation in oil temps on the left that I was going to ask Mike about anyway. That has been there for awhile and a recent post makes me think it is the block the Vernathern goes into because we have already swapped those to check.
On to Memphis on Monday and then to Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. Hopefully the weather Gods won't make us go to eastern South Dakota across to Pennsylvania and then down, but that has been the weather diversion tactic so far.
Mark Weiss is getting to see a lot more of the US than we planned.
Dan Jonas
Mark M. is having it easy, just a transponder problem.
We left Napa on Friday after a 40 minute wait in the que to get out IFR to Oregon where we dropping off the dog. The flight went well but was 1 hour in the rain IFR until the north end of Califronia and required an ILS into Eugene to get under a cloud layer hanging over the airport.
The plan was to go VFR east from there, but the lingering clouds and clouds to the east told us that things were not as forecast. We filed for Rock Springs, Wyoming and took off hoping to make it not much after sunset. Somewhere over western Idaho we got a burning smell and the right alternator load meter was reading zero. At that point we were ar 13000 and IMC. We turned it off, cycled it. It appeared to actually be working, but we left it off just to be safe and diverted to Boise. Oh yeah, the heater crapped too.
After several calls to helpful BAC people Chad and Mike plus some help from the people in Boise, it appears that everything is working.
Next morning bright and early the way east is not as forecast. And, we need to get out of Boise or it looks like our stay will be longer than we desired. Snow coming! The frezing levels are too low to head east from there. Plus convective activity.
Out only hope was to go south and around and it was forecast VFR. We headed south and within an hour it was clear that things were not as forecast that direction either. We air filed and flew south through Nevada at 14000 and into southern Utah across four corners and into Farmington, NM. Over 4 hours and the heater crapped again just as we got in the air at Boise. I'm surprised my wife got back in the airplane....her feet were cold, as were mine and Marks, but it takes more than cold to keep us out. We did not see any VFR until we turned east into southern Utah. We did see Brice Canyon and Lake Powell.
The next leg was to Manhattan, Kansas. Another plus 4 hour leg. One hour out of Farmington and in moderate turbulence we popped the right side door open at the forward top. We diverted to Golden Eagle at Albuqurque and got that closed and then on to Manhattan. We did not get out of the turbulence until into Kansas, but we did complete the trip VFR just after dark. Also, out Encoder is reading a few hundred high and it was just checked last month.
Here is my current list:
Heater does not work. Have to figure this out before going back over the Rockies.
Front upper door pin needs adjustment?
Not sure what happened to the Alternator load indication....now working. But what was the burning smell??? Has not returned. Maybe something else? Coincidence?
And a slight variation in oil temps on the left that I was going to ask Mike about anyway. That has been there for awhile and a recent post makes me think it is the block the Vernathern goes into because we have already swapped those to check.
On to Memphis on Monday and then to Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. Hopefully the weather Gods won't make us go to eastern South Dakota across to Pennsylvania and then down, but that has been the weather diversion tactic so far.
Mark Weiss is getting to see a lot more of the US than we planned.
Dan Jonas
I am in Louisville, KY arriving last night. I parallelled Thunderstorms all the way to the Mississippi River but after that it was good flying. Hazy but smooth. When I was coming in to Louisville, the radios were full of static, even when the transmit button was pressed. I wasn't sure if anyone was hearing me as I was getting no reply. I could hear other traffic but got no reply to my request for a radio check. Was very careful coming in but fortunately there was only one other plane in the pattern. I landed and parked but since it was dark figured I would go out in the morning and see if I could track down the problem. I sent an e-mail to my avionics man who replied and said it sounded like it could be an alternator problem. I went out this morning and everything was back to normal. No static, flew the pattern a few times and all seems well. Sent an e-mail to let my avionics guy know that and he said it may have been static buildup. I am hoping that is what it was.
Will visit Churchill Downs today and head on east in the morning. I am going to visit first flight before BACFest as we have to head back Early Saturday morning to Wichita and will miss the Saturday festivities. Hopefully that was my glitch for the trip and the rest of the way will be uneventful. Look forward to seeing everyone.
Dave B
Will visit Churchill Downs today and head on east in the morning. I am going to visit first flight before BACFest as we have to head back Early Saturday morning to Wichita and will miss the Saturday festivities. Hopefully that was my glitch for the trip and the rest of the way will be uneventful. Look forward to seeing everyone.
Dave B
sjcote
Orbiting Earth
Oh noooo! I got my bird back from the shop today. The 2 new cylinders seem fine. The weather forecast for tomorrow's departure looks really good.
But this is the Northeast we're talking about here. Could I possibly be getting good luck 'cuz the aviation gods are torturing everyone else in Musketeer Land???
Expect CRE, via SBY around supper time Monday.
But this is the Northeast we're talking about here. Could I possibly be getting good luck 'cuz the aviation gods are torturing everyone else in Musketeer Land???
Expect CRE, via SBY around supper time Monday.