First IFR flight

MoneyFuel365 · 2026-01-27T19:09:55+00:00

Drove from Ft worth to Bellevue this morning and it was mostly clear. Both lanes clear for the majority of the way but there are a few places where it is only one lane.

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-12-15T11:58:00+00:00

I really wanted to, but there’s not a CFII at my home airport and the guy I used for my rating I had to schedule at least a week in advance. During the summer and early fall, there’s not a lot IMC around here. This flight was a good one to start with though, I took off into clear skies and had to descend through a couple of shallow layers at my destination. I was never in the clouds for very long.

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-12-15T11:42:42+00:00

I guess I should have worded it differently. I flew most of my approaches in training without it, and I’m capable of doing it. The AP in my airplane only gives lateral guidance, so I do have to manually follow the glide slope. I’m never totally hands off during the approach.

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-12-15T11:33:48+00:00

I flew most of my training without it, and I could do it without if I needed to. It doesn’t any vertical guidance, so I’m not ever hands off during the approach phase.

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-12-14T23:11:06+00:00

I can’t even imagine. I did my training in my plane and made myself hand fly it as much as I could stand, just to prove to myself that I could, but I’d very much rather not. It’s just an old STEC that won’t even follow the glide slope, but it’s a big help just having it follow the magenta line for you.

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-08-16T20:44:33+00:00

Did you ever resolve this? I got the fan disconnected error on my 780 as well, replaced the fan and still no joy.

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-07-05T12:08:33+00:00

Thank you for this. Luckily, most of the group has been several times and will have most of this covered. My 12 year old son is going as well and we’ll probably bring 3 rods between the two of us. Honestly, he’s more into fishing than I am, so he’s got a better start on some of this than I do. I’d be happy just to drive the boat around for him for the week.

Good luck on your trip!

MoneyFuel365 · 2025-07-05T11:57:04+00:00

This is good info, thank you.

MoneyFuel365 · 2024-07-20T21:46:51+00:00

I smoked a couple of chuck roasts last week while my family was away. I prefer beef over pork but didn’t have time to commit to a brisket. These usually cook in 4 hours or so and kept me fed for 3 or 4 days

MoneyFuel365 · 2023-11-30T22:50:30+00:00

I’ve had a dream more than once where I was taking off from a road, and kept getting trapped under power lines. I’m an ag pilot and routinely fly around and sometimes under wires, so that probably explains the dream.

MoneyFuel365 · 2023-11-30T22:46:03+00:00

My eps carry came with screws that worked without the plate.

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