AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

I configured the airplane the same way as noted on the Piper Climb chart: 105 mph (91 knots), flaps 10 ° , full throttle. Time To Fly Our aircraft can cruise for about 4 ½ hours plus an hour of reserve fuel at 130 knots. Hangar space is sometimes available for under $50/night – a nice option if storms are expected.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Off Sodus, I briefly leveled at 2,500 feet to remain visual until I received my instrument clearance from Rochester Approach. Fortunately, the clearance was a simple one that morning because I was absurdly tongue tied while talking to Rochester. I taxied until I found a spot that was not reserved for another airplane and parked.

Runway 82

Runway Approach Knot Drag 82

Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

A friend reminds you of a couple additional nuggets of due diligence to be reckoned with—a hangar and insurance. Luckily, your friend just so happens to have a friend with some hangar space available at your home airport in Pueblo, Colorado. Everything checks out, and you are one happy camper! feet per minute). Multiply 1.5

Density Altitude 98

Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I also secured hangar space for the week to the tune of $75 a night. I already had set up for Patuxent approach so I switched from CTAF to Pax to pick up my clearance. Mary had the garlic knots along with the Italian chop salad. I picked up my clearance, made sure oil is up to temp, then called for taxi instructions.

Runway 102

Runway Approach Weather VOR 102

Air Facts

MAY 29, 2024

In February, we went to Washington and spent two days there obtaining the necessary clearances from the Department of State, the Air Force, and the National Aeronautic Association. but a terrific wind with a velocity of 75 knots, had closed the Greenland strip. The Air Force, fearing for its safety, offered hangar space for it.

Weather 93

Weather Jet Pilot Descent 93

Gary's Flight Journal

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Reservations have been made, the estate tour is booked, rental car locked in, and hangar space secured. Our ride at six thousand five was smooth despite the brutal headwinds at thirty plus knots. Asking for lower we settled for fifteen to twenty knots still in our face at four thousand five hundred. That’s odd.

Approach 52

Approach Knot VOR Weather 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

With as much as 25 knots of tailwind, we made the flight from Sodus to Alton Bay in only two hours. An observation of salt stains on my hangar floor ultimately led to the fire department hosing off the entire 4,800 foot long runway. Unfortunately, this also meant meager ground speeds topping out around 85 knots.

Runway 68

Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

We routinely taxi at 1200 rpm due to the low spray…[we] can cruise at 10 knots” in displacement mode, something a Goose can’t do. Early on a speed restriction of 130 knots was applied as a flutter issue. This was resolved on the kit version and led to cruising at 50% power and 120 knots, which proved to be the Gweduck’s sweet spot.

Airplanes 77

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 77

Plane and Pilot

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Airtime inhabits a large hangar at the Tulsa Riverside Airport (KRVS) where newly imported CTs are prepped, and ongoing maintenance and upgrades are carried out for aircraft in the U.S. It was our completion center for our CF23 version of the aircraft, but it was a small hangar and warehouse. distributor for Flight Design aircraft.

Airplanes 98

Airplanes Rudder Aileron Crosswind 98