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| Subject: | Re: Great Flight - Bad Freq's |
So, how did your Lycoming Engine Run?
John Grosse
> FLYaDIVE <mailto:flyadive@gmail.com>
> April 28, 2013 10:03 PM
> Gang:
>
> Maybe this is slightly related to the FAA inspector and the POH issue.
> Saturday, I had a Great Flight out to Nantucket (KACK) for the
> Daffodil Festival. But it did not start out that way.
> I was flying out of Solberg (N51) in NJ. They have a VOR right on the
> field that has been down for maintenance for a while and there is a
> RCO for NY TRACON either in the VOR building or very close by. Well, I
> tried about 6 times while on the ground to contact NYAPCH... Three
> times on each radio - No luck - Then I tried once more, after I got to
> pattern altitude - No luck - So I changed frequency to 132.8 - No
> luck, of course I tried a few times on each Comm. Then switch
> frequencies to 126.4 and 127.8 - NO LUCK! While all of this radio work
> was going on I slowed down the plane and stayed at 2500' so as not to
> bust the NY Class B. I was flying with Susan and she suggested I
> contact Morristown (KMMU) since, we were getting close to their
> airspace. GREAT SUGGESTION! When I contacted them I explained I could
> NOT raise NY APCH on any of the frequencies, they told me to
> "stand-by". . . . . . . . . . They said, try 120.4, now that frequency
> is NOT on my Cheat Sheet of 10 frequencies. I gave them a call and
> BINGO! Not the fuel - ATC Answered. I Requested my heading and an
> altitude of 5500' - They cleared me into Class B, on my heading and to
> my requested altitude.
>
> So, what went wrong with the other four frequencies and the 19 times
> of trying to contact them?
> And how does this relate to the POH issue?
> It was suggested that the FAA is protesting the obama Budget Cuts -
> This could be their own version of the Blue Flu or an obama Backfire.
> Now, we all pick on the FAA at some point or another. But, if this is
> what is truly happening, the FAA could use our help and it is time
> that us GA pilots stand behind the FAA. Matter of fact, we should do
> something. If this is the way it is NOW before the tower closings it
> will only get worse once the towers are closed... Flight Following
> FORGET IT! Remember the Pay As You Go proposal that was voted down? If
> the towers close, how do you think they will get the money to reopen
> them? PAY AS YOU GO! ! !
> So, who should I call, who should I be writing my letters to?
>
> *Barry*
>
> *PS: GANG - Put that frequency on your Cheat Sheet.*
>
> *VOR (SBJ) - Still Down - They are transmitting voice and radial
> signal - But, there is NO Morse Code. You know what that means!*
>
> *Chopd Liver*
>
> *"The reason Benjamin Franklin was such a great inventor was
> everything lay before him. The reason why we don't have great
> inventors today is, everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel"*
>
> *
>
>
> *
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| Subject: | Re: Great Flight - Bad Freq's |
Hi John:
The engine ran GREAT - 2.5 Hrs each way and not a hiccup. I could
not believe this, but CHT on all cylinders never got above 340 F and that
was during take-off, in cruz I was seeing only 304 F.
Yup, very happy with the engine ;-)
*Barry*
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:57 PM, John Grosse <grosseair@comcast.net> wrote:
> grosseair@comcast.net>
>
> So, how did your Lycoming Engine Run?
>
> John Grosse
>
> FLYaDIVE <mailto:flyadive@gmail.com>
>> April 28, 2013 10:03 PM
>> Gang:
>>
>> Maybe this is slightly related to the FAA inspector and the POH issue.
>> Saturday, I had a Great Flight out to Nantucket (KACK) for the Daffodil
>> Festival. But it did not start out that way.
>> I was flying out of Solberg (N51) in NJ. They have a VOR right on the
>> field that has been down for maintenance for a while and there is a RCO
for
>> NY TRACON either in the VOR building or very close by. Well, I tried abo
ut
>> 6 times while on the ground to contact NYAPCH... Three times on each rad
io
>> - No luck - Then I tried once more, after I got to pattern altitude - No
>> luck - So I changed frequency to 132.8 - No luck, of course I tried a fe
w
>> times on each Comm. Then switch frequencies to 126.4 and 127.8 - NO LUCK
!
>> While all of this radio work was going on I slowed down the plane and
>> stayed at 2500' so as not to bust the NY Class B. I was flying with Susa
n
>> and she suggested I contact Morristown (KMMU) since, we were getting clo
se
>> to their airspace. GREAT SUGGESTION! When I contacted them I explained I
>> could NOT raise NY APCH on any of the frequencies, they told me to
>> "stand-by". . . . . . . . . . They said, try 120.4, now that frequency i
s
>> NOT on my Cheat Sheet of 10 frequencies. I gave them a call and BINGO! N
ot
>> the fuel - ATC Answered. I Requested my heading and an altitude of 5500'
-
>> They cleared me into Class B, on my heading and to my requested altitude
.
>>
>> So, what went wrong with the other four frequencies and the 19 times of
>> trying to contact them?
>> And how does this relate to the POH issue?
>> It was suggested that the FAA is protesting the obama Budget Cuts - This
>> could be their own version of the Blue Flu or an obama Backfire. Now, we
>> all pick on the FAA at some point or another. But, if this is what is tr
uly
>> happening, the FAA could use our help and it is time that us GA pilots
>> stand behind the FAA. Matter of fact, we should do something. If this is
>> the way it is NOW before the tower closings it will only get worse once
the
>> towers are closed... Flight Following FORGET IT! Remember the Pay As You
Go
>> proposal that was voted down? If the towers close, how do you think they
>> will get the money to reopen them? PAY AS YOU GO! ! !
>> So, who should I call, who should I be writing my letters to?
>>
>> *Barry*
>>
>> *PS: GANG - Put that frequency on your Cheat Sheet.*
>>
>> *VOR (SBJ) - Still Down - They are transmitting voice and radial signal
-
>> But, there is NO Morse Code. You know what that means!*
>>
>> *=93Chop=92d Liver=94*
>>
>> *"The reason Benjamin Franklin was such a great inventor was everything
>> lay before him. The reason why we don't have great inventors today is,
>> everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel"*
>>
>>
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