Off to a fine start! OOM two minutes after take off. Having a quiet moment until my blood pressure stabilises.
Could be worse, the OOM could have occurred 60 mins. into the flight, or on finals.
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First the excuses.
Doubtless the screams of anguish could be heard all the way to 119 Piccadilly! These were caused by a series of events that culminated in a refuel at 15,000ft. To explain, for anyone that's interested:
1.Aircraft was lacking speed.
2. Various buttons were punched and switches switched. All to no avail.
3. Bright spark suggests undercarriage is down. Another bright spark (me) goes outside to peer under the wings. No, they were up.
4. I have a key on my Logitech keyboard that puts me straight back into the cockpit. Hit key.
5. Somehow that key which has been performing correctly since A.D. 1252 suddenly decides to change roles and be a refuel button.
Cue screams.
Now the paperwork.
Please proceed. This looks like the normal "glitch" that we can understand and evaluate. Your leg's distance was well within the range of your aircraft so the refueling (accidental) had no impact on the leg's normal completion. We'll take it up the circular staircase to Miss Nellie to get an official ruling.
-Mike
Arrived VTSR with just a few 'moments'. 150nm out from Rangoon there was some thunder and lightning off my port wing and on the final 30nm when I took over from George, I encountered some pretty hairy turbulence that concentrated the mind quite effectively! Does anyone else get the 'pit of the stomach' feeling when preparing to land? It has suddenly become very important not to crash.
Yes! Not helped by my tendency to bounce a few times before getting the thing to stick to the runway, and then when the Mew Gull is below 30 odd knots you virtually lose directional control! It's the most terrifying bit of the flight for me, much rather be bumbling through thunderclouds.Does anyone else get the 'pit of the stomach' feeling when preparing to land?
As they say, flying is a delight. A huge atmosphere to enjoy. The only dangerous parts are near the edges of the air.
-Mike
Ron,
You have it on the nail! While one could say "Hey! I have been doing this every Saturday for months + " and a similar feeling comes across to do your best. (Sweaty palms 'n such) This just elevates it. Duenna along with confirmation posts relegates this to a "must do" type of flight. In reality what isn't? There is not one person that has ever done a RTWR or other while "live as this" has had the the same feeling while on approach. If they don't,,, they're lying.
Welcome to the club!
P.S. - Have a bowling towel ( or other ) available on final to wipe off the sweaty palms.
P.S.S. - Breath on approach,,, and when you're done with that..... Do it again... Then repeat.
You know the rest.
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