So, there I was....

[Ted_Stryker]

Hey Stef speaking of mythbuster I saw an episode like that might of been the same one. They lifted a little girl off the ground about ten feet. All I remember is that they filled up a pretty descent sized hangar with balloons before it worked.

Somehow the visual that painted reminded me of the time a fire suppression system went off in a hangar with a military jet.  The photo was amazing.... looked like a hangar sized bubble bath with the plane in it   If I can find it again, I'll post a message with it. 

[wbarnhill]

Well... take heart... I heard of a Piper J3 that was flying in Colorado.... took off into a headwind, was able to slow flight it and actually get blown BACKWARDS over the airport... and landed!  No turns needed!!

He was admonished, by the way, for a "non-standard traffic pattern", and told not to do that again.

... no... it wasn't me... maybe it was "Chuck" ? 

Didn't fly backwards, but we've taken the DA-20 up and got slow flight down to about 14kts Groundspeed.  Controls get a wee bit sluggish at that point and the stall horn is a little annoying, but it's fun

[Gulfstream Driver]

Hey, my first trainer was a -C Katana!  UND quit using them because they couldn't take the abuse (and maintenance changed the manufacturer's recommended procedures).  I always thought they were neat planes, though.  Where were you flying one?

[wbarnhill]

Donaldson Jet Center at KGYH (Greenville, SC) has a DA-20-C1 Katana for 80$/hr wet.  After flying it once, I fell in love. 

[fireflyr]

So the boss calls today and say's "want you at Big Bear on the 8th of April for your 135 ride-----your airplanes in the radio shop but we've got a spare with a Garmin 530 yo can do it in"    ------#1, I've never SEEN a 530 but I understand it's close to the 430 in my airplane  #2 ,I'll have to do some GPS approaches (never done one before because I never had a n IFR GPS before)  #3, haven't seen my airplane in 8 months--- why do I get the jitters before a checkride?   SHE######T, what an industry!!!!  RUN AWAY KIDS---GO TO THE JIM NABORS SCHOOL OF TRUCK DRIVING while you got a chance!!!!

[Mike]

If I remember right the Garmin 530 is only bigger than the 430 (and has a compass overlay, whatever it is called).
I don't think you will have a problem.

But I get what you're saying about the business. I just did two 135 checkrides in two completely different helicopters in one day, just because it just happened to work out that way....
(*my head was spinning with all the numbers I had to memorize*)

[Gulfstream Driver]

A Garmin is a Garmin is a Garmin.  Even the glass cockpit works the same as a 430.

[fireflyr]

A Garmin is a Garmin is a Garmin. Even the glass cockpit works the same as a 430.

Having never seen a glass cockpit, I'll take your word on that and I dowlnoaded some poop sheets on the 530 AND I can see it's not much different so it's on to the GPS approaches which oughta be a piece of cake.    Now all I gotta do is remember how to fly an airplane which Ted will tell you is like riding a bike (except for the cards in the spokes)

[C310RCaptian]

The 310 I fly has both a Garmin 530 and 430. If you want to go to Garmins website and download the free trainers for them. If you need help I can help you with them. They are the simplest thing in the world to use. I hate going back and flying something with a Bendix King GPS. To me they are not very user friendly. If you know how to work a 430 the 530 is the same thing. My problem is that I get lazy and couple the autopilot to the GPS. Let it fly the approach and I just work the altitude or if it’s an ILS I just look for the field and land…   wonder if I can install an auto land on the 310???

Pilot: auto land rough….
Mechanic: auto land not installed!!!

[wbarnhill]

(Why we shouldn't always trust the gov't )

An examiner is waiting for his private pilot applicant to get back from his weather briefing.  The briefer lets the pilot know that he should have clear skies throughout his flight.  Soon the prospective pilot is ready to go and they go through the preflight and hop in, start up, and takeoff.  The pilot is doing quite well and the examiner tells the applicant to start his cross country.  The applicant, in accordance with his flight planning, begins climbing to altitude, and promptly flies through a cloud.  The examiner notifies the student of his failure and begins descending.  On the trip back the applicant is completely silent.  As they taxi to the ramp, the examiner just has to ask "Son, why did you do that?"  His response?

"The United States government said that cloud wasn't there, so damnit it wasn't!"

[fireflyr]

OK GIRLS,

I downloaded the 530 Sim from Garmin, figured out how initialize it to STS and am working on loading a flight plan----I did the DP and PYE transition out of STS, then got vectors for the RWY 32 ILS, the LOC comes in fine but I can't get the GS to work---Am getting a bad case of heartburn--How about one of you young computer geek/pilots explaining to this ELDERLY (OK, flyingblind, ELDERLY ) person how to do this--please ----I'm getting frustrated

[Turbomallard]

OK GIRLS,

I downloaded the 530 Sim from Garmin, figured out how initialize it to STS and am working on loading a flight plan----I did the DP and PYE transition out of STS, then got vectors for the RWY 32 ILS, the LOC comes in fine but I can't get the GS to work---Am getting a bad case of heartburn--How about one of you young computer geek/pilots explaining to this ELDERLY (OK, flyingblind, ELDERLY ) person how to do this--please ----I'm getting frustrated

Glideslope is not included on the simulator. 

TM

[Gulfstream Driver]

"Technically," you can't use GPS for a precision approach, unless you have VNAV, which wouldn't be available on the sim.   

Here's a quiz for all the "elderly" people in here.  What is required for VNAV?  How do you know it's available to you?  On what page will you find it in the 530?

[Mike]

Wow, I learned something today!
Mainly that I am not using my GPS to its full capabilities...
All I use it for is the good old "direct to" function, ring up frequencies, and make sure I don't run into any airspace (especially in Nevada where every mountain looks the same but some of them have areas you REALLLLy don't want to fly into, EVER)

just my $0.02.... carry on!

[fireflyr]

Gulfstream, I guess your answer would be the ground based unit for WAAS(even "elderly" people know that one)---however, I'm NOT using the unit to make a GPS approach-I'm tuning the localizer frequency into the VOR reciever which should give me vertical guidance just like the 430 in my airplane does.  The simulator, to be accurate HAS to have a glideslope function.  I'll talk with Garmin tomorrow and find out the real story.