✈️October 30, 2024🛩️
Have been flying the Piper Aztec. The Cessna 414A is stuck in the shop with maintenance issues. Hope to get it back soon. The Aztec annual inspection was yet again a bunch of repairs. Rebuilt nose gear, two new cylinders on left engine, exhaust leaks on right...and so many more repairs. The Aztec is 1970 and the 414A is 1980; so called legacy aircraft. The downtime on these old birds can be frustrating. Am in the process of obtaining a new aircraft, but that will be a while.
A couple of weeks ago, I parked the Aztec outside overnight at Boeing Field. It is usually hangared. It happened to rain that night. Everything looked OK during my pre-flight inspection. On my takeoff roll, water came out of the panel and at about 1500ft, I set the autopilot before entering a cloud deck. No autopilot. I rolled that thought up like a ball of paper and mentally threw it over my shoulder into the back of the plane. In other words, I put the issue of not having an autopilot out of my mind and transitioned to instrument flying. This is done by scanning your basic instruments. At the same time, the pilot must manage the engine and other aircraft systems, all while communication with ATC in a busy terminal area.
I flew in the clouds for an hour and shot an approach into Astoria. The key was to chill in the hand-flying instrument mode. Another factor that helped was my practice of shooting every 3rd or 4th instrument approach in actual instrument conditions, by hand. I did this to stay proficient in case my auto pilot conked out. And guess what? It happened. My advice to fellow pilots is to keep your skills up!
The tech says too much water damage on the control unit and I am ordering a new replacement.
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You know the music, you know the artwork, now turn up the volume on your watch game with the Special Edition Nirvana Collection. Four extremely unique analog watches get the full Grunge treatment with features such as a bent case design, a fuzzy sweater style leather band, and hits of their iconic designs throughout. This truly is a collection like no other.
🗝️October 21, 2024🪭
A collection of the illustrations and designs by American artist Tim Gabor. Presented is a loose timeline and evolution of his style and techniques From the mid 70s to 2024. Tim has illustrated album covers by Foo Fighters, Giants in the Trees, 3rd Secret and many others. Here is a link to Amazon for the paperback.
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