Rookie takes True cross country

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Ed

Flight Levels
Hi, I am new here. I bought a very clean Sierra A24 in Feb. Just finished a two day trip from M33 (Gallatin, Tn) to H05 (Wilberton,Ok) with a few stops between (918 miles). I am still a new pilot with only 80 hrs time. How do I post pics of the plane? Thanks for any help. All this is new to me.
 
Sounds like a good trip. You can start by looking in the photo gallery under "General Resource".

I think you can create a folder there to upload some pictures of your plane. You will find that you need to resize the pictures to a smaller size because of download size limits on the site.

I do not remember how to get a picture associated with your BAC member number so that your plane will randomly show up on the home page. Someone else will have to say.

JB
 
Hi Ed,

Just to expand on what JB posted... I think the file size is what matters... I've seen a bunch of different dimensions posted... 800x600 seems to work best - in my opinion - then get the file size down to around 100K by reducing the image quality...

If you need a good FREE program to modify your PIX - I like using this Irfanview...

http://www.irfanview.com/

I believe you have to have the Web Admin do the association for the link to a picture of your choice... This will get your plane to appear when clicking on your userid - also get's it displayed on the sites homepage... I remember emailing Tim to do the actual work...

Welcome aboard - CONGRATS on your purchase/cross country - and - you've just spent the best 50 bucks you could on your Beech... Really - and - I'm relatively new here too...

Regards,
Scott
 
Someone asked how I imbedded a digital picture in a forum post.


Here is what is posted in the FAQ at https://vbl.beechaeroclub.org/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=faq#4

“Can I post Images?
Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, there is no facility at present for uploading images directly to this board. Therefore you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.some-unknown-place.net/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor to images stored behind authentication mechanisms such as Hotmail or Yahoo mailboxes, password-protected sites, etc. To display the image use either the BBCode tag or appropriate HTML (if allowed).”

So, here is what I did:

I went to [url]www.photobucket.com[/url], and registered for a free account.
Selected a user name and password.
Then I uploaded my digital picture to that free site.

After uploading the picture on photobucket, the photo appears in the section called ‘My Album’.

Still in photobucket, ‘resize’ the picture.
To ‘resize’, click ‘edit’, and then click ‘resize’.
I used the ‘thumbnail’ size as is shown in this picture of the ballast in the tail of my Sierra.



Finally, to physically imbed the picture into the BAC forum, you should cut and paste the link that is labeled “IMG Code”, which will appear beneath your picture on photobucket in ‘My Album’; i.e., cut the link from photobucket and paste the link into the text portion of your BAC forum post.

Easy as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 !!
 
Congratulations on earning your ticket and getting to fly that trip. Wow, 80 hrs., such a long trip that's awesome!!

Two months after getting my ticket I flew a commercial flight to L.A. , bought my Super III and 5 hrs. later flew it back to East Texas (1400 nm). I was as nervous as a new pilot could be, facing weather and other unforeseen challenges. But I was able to make it home safely.

Well, what was it like? I'd like to hear a little bit about it. The weather, speed, altitude, how'd it run, RPM, lean of peak, fuel stops etc.

Wow, 80 hrs., cool!
 
Important nose gear secondary switch info here. (<-- click on the blue 'here')
This was made necessary by the fact that just because your nose gear green light is on and the gear is down, it may or may not be locked into place. If not, the gear is subject to collapse. It is not locked into place until the secondary double-acting hydraulic cylinder has extended the "hook" firmly into the "catch". The auxiliary switch was added in series with the existing gear pump/light switch. After installation, you will not see the nose gear light illuminated until the gear is securely locked into place.
Click to expand...

EDIT for admins - the doc on the above page linked is not working for me (NG switch info).
Here it is:
https://vbl.beechaeroclub.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=UpDownload&file=index&req=getit&lid=193
 
How it went? Buzzintexas

Well the weather out was great clear skies all the way. I left Gallatin around 7am. I had a slight quartaring tail wind (4kts). I flew at 4500 ft. I like to run 2300rpm/ 23 manifold pressure. I get 8.5 to 9 GPH leaning to 1380 on egt. This gave me 130-135kts. Mississippi was about 10 miles wide where I crossed (flooded).Planned fuel stop a Russellville, Ar.That is where it became more interesting. A soon as leave airport you have 2 valleys to choose to enter heading west with 3000 ft mountains all the way to Wilberton, Ok. Wilberton is a 3000 ft non staffed airport with only a run down metal building (not even a phone). Return trip Left Wilberton 7:30 am climbed to 5500ft 10-25 kt headwind all the way. Note to self; head EAST in morning you stare at the SUN all day! Stopped at Russellville for fuel, stopped at Jackson,Tn to get fuel and check out for future planned flight. I was nervous and more so flighing the 113 nmiles from Russellville to Wilberton in the mountains. I lost Flight Following more than once through here even at 5500-6500ft. Thanks for the interest. I am panning to fly to Panama City, Fl in 3 weeks. It is only 375 nmiles one way.
 
You will love your airplane. The fuel economy and large tanks let you fly much longer legs than is the case with most light planes. Your effective route speed can be as good or better than that of many faster planes, if you are able to make the trip with fewer stops.

It is great to see you making good travel use of your airplane so relatively early in your flying. And there is no reason not to!
 
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