Real World Pics

Active Sky X Hurricane

James WWA1984 — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:55:58 GMT

Active Sky X Hurricane

I can remember from a while back we were having a convosation about Active Sky X!

Anyway here's what a Hurricane looks like on it and that's the Hurricane I was caught in on August 26th 2008!!

IFR plotter

Bentley — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:07:04 GMT

IFR plotter

Here is a picture of the IFR plotter I have questions about.

Why does the compass rose apear to be inverted - with 270 to the RIGHT of 0 and 90 to left?

Diamond-montage.jpg

Bill McCoy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT

Diamond-montage.jpg

Pilot McCoy's 1st Aircraft Lesson

Terra Firma

Bill McCoy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:21:11 GMT

Terra Firma

Back on solid ground...and 2.5 hrs in the logbook!

My House!

Bill McCoy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:19:16 GMT

My House!

Bottom of picture, next to pool...MY HOUSE!!

Climb

Bill McCoy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:16:24 GMT

Climb

2300 ft and climbing

Taxiing

Bill McCoy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:12:59 GMT

Taxiing

Taxi to RW 31L via Foxtrot, caution 737 (I think) on final to 31C

Captain McCoy, doing preflight checks

Bill McCoy — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:08:30 GMT

Captain McCoy, doing preflight checks

Preflight checks on the Diamond Star DA-40

vulcan226.jpg

Shams — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 02:05:10 GMT

vulcan226.jpg

a380.jpg

Shams — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:33:44 GMT

a380.jpg

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Shams — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:25:21 GMT

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A King Air like no other

Ken G — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:37:42 GMT

A King Air like no other

You ever heard that old country music song about a guy who works in a Cadillic factory and decides to build a Caddy "One piece at a time?"

Well flying this beast reminds me of that song. Why, well lets just say she is a King Air 200, 300, 1900 all smashed together. Recently Pa Pa Beech in conjunction with the FAA determined that it is , in fact, a King Air Model 300. But here is the reality of this King Air 300.

She has the nacelles off of a King Air 300 series, however the engines are the PT6A67 1200 shp engines right out of the 1900. How about them wings, well they are more 300ish, but the spar is the same wingspar as a 1900, the tail, that is all 1900. The fuselage, ok it could be 300 or it could be 200, actually the fuselage is custom built for this application. Finally the cockpit, well that is another thing all together. The cockpit shares components with 200, 300, and 1900 series airplanes. It is also the smallest airplane to carry a Carousel IV INS. That is right I said Inertial Navigation System, just like the 747-200 and Concorde carried for years. What about GPS? Yep she carries a pair of them, one to update the INS and one to keep the pilot pointed straight.

This airplane had power to spare and is the only King Air that I have flown that could blow right through the barber pole in level flight. Not sneak up say boo and barely squeak past, no this thing could blow right through. Yep even with all that drag on the airplane. Stalls were a pain as this airplane could almost hang on its props!

Aircoupe

Brent — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:42:20 GMT

Aircoupe

My first solo aircraft...really fun

Broken Tailwheel

Brent — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:41:03 GMT

Broken Tailwheel

I did this one day...too hard of a landing...my first five were good though

Taylorcraft BC-12D

Brent — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:38:50 GMT

Taylorcraft BC-12D

My 2nd solo aircraft after Aircoupe

Cessna 310 In Farmington NM USA (KFMN)

Brent — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:34:46 GMT

Cessna 310 In Farmington NM USA (KFMN)

MESA AIRLINES Beechcraft 1900 In Farmington NM USA (KFMN)

Brent — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 05:36:44 GMT

MESA AIRLINES Beechcraft 1900 In Farmington NM USA (KFMN)

Picture taken off the back of my fuel truck

OfficeSuite Windows Vista

Ken G — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 02:20:39 GMT

OfficeSuite Windows Vista

Office Suite Test on Windows Vista.. Motherboard Meltdown!