Alphabet Challenge 14 KNYL - KONT
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2015 9:00 am
Pilots,
Another trip back out across the desert. A few things worth mentioning. http://peaware.pilotedge.net/flight.cfm?id=87119
Lessons Learned:
Novel Taxi: MCAS YUMA is a giant airfield. The default scenery doesn't do it justice and a bunch of taxiways were not labeled. Having previously landed on 21R I was on the West side of the field near what MUST have been Z3 - a teeny weeny little alley of a taxiway. Ground wanted to give me 17, but I wanted the BIG runway so I asked for an intersection takeoff of 21R Via "E28" and Z3. Problem was Ground said there was no E28 and no way to get to 21R without going on 17. So I said, "That's what I want to do". It was a bit of a novel call for me once I got there, "Yuma Tower, King Air 3298s holding short of 21R ON 17" but I guess it must happen other places, I've just never held short on a crossing runway before. Anybody know what/where E28 is since ground told me it didn't exist??
Departure Procedure: By now you are certainly looking for these every time now in the A/FD & takeoff mins. The main thing here is not to fly into Mexico which is disorientingly WEST of the field and not just South (don't worry up is still up and down is still down . Also, make sure you don't fly over the school and disturb the kids. Something I did read and guess at is "Diverse Departure Authorized". What exactly is a Diverse Departure and how do I get to do one? I'm guessing you have to be strapped into an F/A-18 to do it justice...
Dare to Dream: Leaving Bard, BZA, I thought I'd be proactive and ask to cut the teeniest of corners at IPL along my filed route -- like shaving 3 miles off the route. ATC told me to standby...and in the time I waited and motored on I was esssentialy on top of the VOR so I told him, hopefully keeping the crushing disappointment out of my voice, "Disregard". Fortunately he did NOT disregard but came back with the surprise instruction to fly HDG 280 direct PDZ! Wow! Talk about asking for an inch and getting a mile! Whoo hoo. I flew the HDG for quite a long way - wisely deciding to dial up Julian (JLI) as it was an intermediate point and of course 280 took me direct to JLI though I wasn't cleared as such so I didn't technically track the radial DIRECT (I promise). Closer to JLI I picked up PDZ and was given a "Cleared direct PDZ". I am a bit old school in my flight planning it would seem, and I always use Airways. Part of this is being uncertain just what the reception ranges of these VORs are (even though I do have GPS on board I try not to use it). I wonder what you and our ATC friends can share with me about "Optimal Flight Path Planning" in SOCAL-- of course the TEC Route system would make one believe that the airway is highly preferred to filing DIRECT. I look forward to seeing the routes you file.
ATC Instruction: I really enjoy the calmer moments on PE when ATC goes the extra mile and gives me some informal training. This controller,who shall remain nameless since I don't know his name but certainly recognize his voice, is one of my favorites for overall professional demeanor. He took the initiative to review/discuss the GPS routing/intercept criteria with me when clearing me into KONT approach. He also oh so graciously said, "He must have kept me too high for the approach and asked me if I wanted to continue it" which was a very nice way of critiquing my oh -so-typical screaming in fast and high approach habit. I DO enjoy a plane that can descend easily at 1500-2000 ft per minute with approach flaps and 120kts. So I dove and slowed and landed in 1500 ft or so of the runway. How DOES one live in an airplane without BETA? Pity the poor poor pistons
Enjoy the flight!
Todd
Another trip back out across the desert. A few things worth mentioning. http://peaware.pilotedge.net/flight.cfm?id=87119
Lessons Learned:
Novel Taxi: MCAS YUMA is a giant airfield. The default scenery doesn't do it justice and a bunch of taxiways were not labeled. Having previously landed on 21R I was on the West side of the field near what MUST have been Z3 - a teeny weeny little alley of a taxiway. Ground wanted to give me 17, but I wanted the BIG runway so I asked for an intersection takeoff of 21R Via "E28" and Z3. Problem was Ground said there was no E28 and no way to get to 21R without going on 17. So I said, "That's what I want to do". It was a bit of a novel call for me once I got there, "Yuma Tower, King Air 3298s holding short of 21R ON 17" but I guess it must happen other places, I've just never held short on a crossing runway before. Anybody know what/where E28 is since ground told me it didn't exist??
Departure Procedure: By now you are certainly looking for these every time now in the A/FD & takeoff mins. The main thing here is not to fly into Mexico which is disorientingly WEST of the field and not just South (don't worry up is still up and down is still down . Also, make sure you don't fly over the school and disturb the kids. Something I did read and guess at is "Diverse Departure Authorized". What exactly is a Diverse Departure and how do I get to do one? I'm guessing you have to be strapped into an F/A-18 to do it justice...
Dare to Dream: Leaving Bard, BZA, I thought I'd be proactive and ask to cut the teeniest of corners at IPL along my filed route -- like shaving 3 miles off the route. ATC told me to standby...and in the time I waited and motored on I was esssentialy on top of the VOR so I told him, hopefully keeping the crushing disappointment out of my voice, "Disregard". Fortunately he did NOT disregard but came back with the surprise instruction to fly HDG 280 direct PDZ! Wow! Talk about asking for an inch and getting a mile! Whoo hoo. I flew the HDG for quite a long way - wisely deciding to dial up Julian (JLI) as it was an intermediate point and of course 280 took me direct to JLI though I wasn't cleared as such so I didn't technically track the radial DIRECT (I promise). Closer to JLI I picked up PDZ and was given a "Cleared direct PDZ". I am a bit old school in my flight planning it would seem, and I always use Airways. Part of this is being uncertain just what the reception ranges of these VORs are (even though I do have GPS on board I try not to use it). I wonder what you and our ATC friends can share with me about "Optimal Flight Path Planning" in SOCAL-- of course the TEC Route system would make one believe that the airway is highly preferred to filing DIRECT. I look forward to seeing the routes you file.
ATC Instruction: I really enjoy the calmer moments on PE when ATC goes the extra mile and gives me some informal training. This controller,who shall remain nameless since I don't know his name but certainly recognize his voice, is one of my favorites for overall professional demeanor. He took the initiative to review/discuss the GPS routing/intercept criteria with me when clearing me into KONT approach. He also oh so graciously said, "He must have kept me too high for the approach and asked me if I wanted to continue it" which was a very nice way of critiquing my oh -so-typical screaming in fast and high approach habit. I DO enjoy a plane that can descend easily at 1500-2000 ft per minute with approach flaps and 120kts. So I dove and slowed and landed in 1500 ft or so of the runway. How DOES one live in an airplane without BETA? Pity the poor poor pistons
Enjoy the flight!
Todd