---------------------------------------------------------- LycomingEngines-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Mon 04/29/13: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 11:00 AM - Re: Great Flight - Bad Freq's (John Grosse) 2. 11:47 AM - Re: Great Flight - Bad Freq's (FLYaDIVE) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 11:00:54 AM PST US From: John Grosse Subject: Re: LycomingEngines-List: Great Flight - Bad Freq's So, how did your Lycoming Engine Run? John Grosse > FLYaDIVE > 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"* > > * > > > * ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:47:15 AM PST US Subject: Re: LycomingEngines-List: Great Flight - Bad Freq's From: FLYaDIVE 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 wrote: > grosseair@comcast.net> > > So, how did your Lycoming Engine Run? > > John Grosse > > FLYaDIVE >> 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"* >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lycomingengines-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/LycomingEngines-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lycomingengines-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lycomingengines-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.