Choppy air down to minimums! That was about as real as real gets! One challenge followed by another is what makes for a great story to tell your grandkids someday! Great job!
Reminds me of the last flight I did to ILS mins, in SLC. Approach came after 4 hours hand-flying IFR. FBO truck came out to help us find the right taxiways. I felt like sleeping for a week, phew.
I love the videos you are producing! Really good work. A couple things I’d like to know more about. On the approach into Triangle you were flying in the dark. I prefer flying at night with red light in the cockpit and the display as dark as possible. Your GX3 seemed to have a night mode and I assume it can be dimmed. The back-lighting for the switches is blue. Can it be changed to red at night? The backup instrument did not seem to go into a night mode. Is that just a setting? Secondarily, watching you fly with your family, you guys have a great rapport in the plane! Really fun. Do you have any rules with the family about conversation in the cabin on take off/landing? I’m thinking along the lines of sterile cockpit rules below 10K. Also, any advice on CRM when flying with the family? I think with your airline experience you probably have some really good tips on how to manage enjoying family time with focusing attention when necessary.
Firstly, the camera makes everything look brighter than it actually looks to the naked eye. The lighting for the switches can be dimmed, but can't change color. This is intentional, as I have other switches (over on my engine management panel) which light up red, but only when something bad happens! I wouldn't want any switches to illuminate red during normal operation. Red = bad! As far as red floodlights or reading lights in the cockpit, I think that's an antiquated notion. They used to think red light was best to preserve night vision. Later studies showed that dim white light is just as good at preserving night vision, without distorting the colors on charts the way red light does. Of course, now we don't use paper charts, it's all on our panel screens and/or iPads. Just set the brightness to your comfort level. Dimmer is better to preserve your night vision for outside viewing, but obviously your screens need to be bright enough to clearly read them. Re: sterile cockpit, I generally ask for quiet when I'm doing a particularly challenging approach. My daughter is usually pretty good, but I did have a talk with her after that instrument approach. Sterile below 10k is probably excessive for light piston planes, considering many of our flights are conducted entirely under 10k. It's best to come up with your own policy, commensurate with your experience and comfort level, and brief your passengers about it ahead of time. Then, when you reach that point in flight, verbalize it. "OK, if I could have quiet for the rest of the flight from this point, please."
Was there a resolution with the owners of the truck about being on the runway? Would you do anything differently? Go around / land longer / check CTAF on the go-around?. I'm unfamiliar but I guess untowered / no dedicated frequency?
As you can hear on the video, I called in on the CTAF three times. I expected to go around, but the truck vacated the runway quickly. I did offset to touchdown right of centerline to provide additional spacing. This is a private airport and the guys with the truck were replacing the runway lights. They had a handheld radio to listen for traffic, but somehow they didn’t hear my calls.
Yes, they came over to my hangar and apologized. It’s a private airport and they were out there changing the runway lights. They had a handheld radio to listen for traffic, but somehow they didn’t hear any of my three calls.
@@OneAlphaMike yeah, you listen to your voice is kind of a mellow voice, really need to be more out there! I forgot the name of this airport but let's call it Richmond. Speaking firmly, RICHMOND AREA TRAFFIC! blah blah blah, RICHMOND! This will help get their attention
You flew right over my house. Im just south of Triangle North or Franklin County as the locals call it.
12:12 makes me laugh!! haha.. love it... this is officially my favorite video from you!
Thanks, Jake! I edited out some of my other choice words, but for some reason I left that one in there. 😆
Watching your videos is really inspiring me to get my TSi built. Working on the right wing now! What a beautiful plane you have!
Awesome! Keep going! Lots of fun and memory-making adventures are in your future. Enjoy the build!
Choppy air down to minimums! That was about as real as real gets! One challenge followed by another is what makes for a great story to tell your grandkids someday! Great job!
Keep those excellent skills, look after your family. Know your DMMS.
Reminds me of the last flight I did to ILS mins, in SLC. Approach came after 4 hours hand-flying IFR. FBO truck came out to help us find the right taxiways. I felt like sleeping for a week, phew.
Just subscribed. Great content 1AM. I love seeing how you handle the Sling (my dream plane) in IMC.
I love the videos you are producing! Really good work.
A couple things I’d like to know more about. On the approach into Triangle you were flying in the dark. I prefer flying at night with red light in the cockpit and the display as dark as possible. Your GX3 seemed to have a night mode and I assume it can be dimmed. The back-lighting for the switches is blue. Can it be changed to red at night? The backup instrument did not seem to go into a night mode. Is that just a setting?
Secondarily, watching you fly with your family, you guys have a great rapport in the plane! Really fun. Do you have any rules with the family about conversation in the cabin on take off/landing? I’m thinking along the lines of sterile cockpit rules below 10K. Also, any advice on CRM when flying with the family? I think with your airline experience you probably have some really good tips on how to manage enjoying family time with focusing attention when necessary.
Firstly, the camera makes everything look brighter than it actually looks to the naked eye. The lighting for the switches can be dimmed, but can't change color. This is intentional, as I have other switches (over on my engine management panel) which light up red, but only when something bad happens! I wouldn't want any switches to illuminate red during normal operation. Red = bad!
As far as red floodlights or reading lights in the cockpit, I think that's an antiquated notion. They used to think red light was best to preserve night vision. Later studies showed that dim white light is just as good at preserving night vision, without distorting the colors on charts the way red light does. Of course, now we don't use paper charts, it's all on our panel screens and/or iPads. Just set the brightness to your comfort level. Dimmer is better to preserve your night vision for outside viewing, but obviously your screens need to be bright enough to clearly read them.
Re: sterile cockpit, I generally ask for quiet when I'm doing a particularly challenging approach. My daughter is usually pretty good, but I did have a talk with her after that instrument approach. Sterile below 10k is probably excessive for light piston planes, considering many of our flights are conducted entirely under 10k. It's best to come up with your own policy, commensurate with your experience and comfort level, and brief your passengers about it ahead of time. Then, when you reach that point in flight, verbalize it. "OK, if I could have quiet for the rest of the flight from this point, please."
Wow Mike! That landing looked tense! Fun, but fence.
Looked like a fun time Mike!
Heck yeah man! It's a different kind of fun than Kitfox fun, but yeah, it's a great traveling machine!
That RNAV was flown like a pro… 😉
Was there a resolution with the owners of the truck about being on the runway?
Would you do anything differently? Go around / land longer / check CTAF on the go-around?.
I'm unfamiliar but I guess untowered / no dedicated frequency?
As you can hear on the video, I called in on the CTAF three times. I expected to go around, but the truck vacated the runway quickly. I did offset to touchdown right of centerline to provide additional spacing.
This is a private airport and the guys with the truck were replacing the runway lights. They had a handheld radio to listen for traffic, but somehow they didn’t hear my calls.
After parking did you have a conversation with the pickup truck guys?
Yes, they came over to my hangar and apologized. It’s a private airport and they were out there changing the runway lights. They had a handheld radio to listen for traffic, but somehow they didn’t hear any of my three calls.
@@OneAlphaMike yeah, you listen to your voice is kind of a mellow voice, really need to be more out there! I forgot the name of this airport but let's call it Richmond. Speaking firmly, RICHMOND AREA TRAFFIC! blah blah blah, RICHMOND! This will help get their attention
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I thought you were gonna have to go around but you pulled it off
I thought so, too! Thankfully they saw me and cleared the runway quickly!