Alphabet Challenge Leg 13 KMYF - KNYL
Posted: Tue Feb 03, 2015 11:57 am
Pilots,
This was a fun little flight as I anticipated flying the arc-tastic ILS/LOC 21R Approach into Yuma. I made not one but TWO gross heading errors on this flight that really embarrassed me...http://peaware.pilotedge.net/flight.cfm?id=87085
Lessons Learned:
Write Legibly: For some of us this is harder than you might think...But what has writing got to do with flying? Plenty if you hear, write and readback, "Cleared to Yuma via Fly Heading 270, MZB..." but mis read your own handwriting when setting up your radios prior to calling ground for taxi and set the heading bug to 220."... this gets you scolded by tower for executing perfectly (wrong) departure. Doh
Can Dead Men Vote Twice At Elections? Probably not, but I seem perfectly capable of screwing up headings a second time. This time I somehow got it into my head that V66 was "due east" out of San Diego to Yuma and, I am embarrased to say, dialing in radial 090 and motoring along...for quite a long way before SOCAL asked me if I was trying to join V66? "well Duh, I thought proudly, I have got that needle absolutely centered." The turn left 050 and join the airway instruction did sorta burst that bubble. San Diego Variation is about 13E, V66 Radial 076, you do the math to solve this riddle By the way, at least this definitively proves I'm not following along with the GPS..so there's that
EDIT: I remember now how this 090 CRS happened. After the Departure Heading mistake, switched to SOCAL who gave me DIRECT MZB. Hit the Direct Button on the A/P which happened to be 090. Flew the 2 NM to MZB ... and forgot to redial 076 (probably due to the above...). Good thing I wasn't North of MZB when given DIRECT or I might be bobbing on a raft in the Pacific.
Tacans Are Terrific! Ok, I was very excited to fly this approach - and Keith had already clued me in on it's little tricks, viz. that the FAC requires you to tune the TACAN to get the DME...And that DME freq FYI doesn't appear on the approach plate! (evil!) I was so pleased with myself for staying right on 7 miles all the way along the arc that I let myself get surprised by the Lead in Radial and turn to FAC. Nothing earth shattering. Just watch out for it.
Enjoy your flights!
Todd
N3298S
This was a fun little flight as I anticipated flying the arc-tastic ILS/LOC 21R Approach into Yuma. I made not one but TWO gross heading errors on this flight that really embarrassed me...http://peaware.pilotedge.net/flight.cfm?id=87085
Lessons Learned:
Write Legibly: For some of us this is harder than you might think...But what has writing got to do with flying? Plenty if you hear, write and readback, "Cleared to Yuma via Fly Heading 270, MZB..." but mis read your own handwriting when setting up your radios prior to calling ground for taxi and set the heading bug to 220."... this gets you scolded by tower for executing perfectly (wrong) departure. Doh
Can Dead Men Vote Twice At Elections? Probably not, but I seem perfectly capable of screwing up headings a second time. This time I somehow got it into my head that V66 was "due east" out of San Diego to Yuma and, I am embarrased to say, dialing in radial 090 and motoring along...for quite a long way before SOCAL asked me if I was trying to join V66? "well Duh, I thought proudly, I have got that needle absolutely centered." The turn left 050 and join the airway instruction did sorta burst that bubble. San Diego Variation is about 13E, V66 Radial 076, you do the math to solve this riddle By the way, at least this definitively proves I'm not following along with the GPS..so there's that
EDIT: I remember now how this 090 CRS happened. After the Departure Heading mistake, switched to SOCAL who gave me DIRECT MZB. Hit the Direct Button on the A/P which happened to be 090. Flew the 2 NM to MZB ... and forgot to redial 076 (probably due to the above...). Good thing I wasn't North of MZB when given DIRECT or I might be bobbing on a raft in the Pacific.
Tacans Are Terrific! Ok, I was very excited to fly this approach - and Keith had already clued me in on it's little tricks, viz. that the FAC requires you to tune the TACAN to get the DME...And that DME freq FYI doesn't appear on the approach plate! (evil!) I was so pleased with myself for staying right on 7 miles all the way along the arc that I let myself get surprised by the Lead in Radial and turn to FAC. Nothing earth shattering. Just watch out for it.
Enjoy your flights!
Todd
N3298S