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 Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:00 am Post subject: Great Flight - Bad Freq's |
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So, how did your Lycoming Engine Run?
John Grosse
| Quote: | FLYaDIVE <mailto:flyadive(at)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!*
*“Chop’d 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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BARRY CHECK 6
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| Posted: Mon Apr 29, 2013 10:47 am Post subject: Great Flight - Bad Freq's |
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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(at)comcast.net> wrote:
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grosseair(at)comcast.net>
So, how did your Lycoming Engine Run?
John Grosse
FLYaDIVE <mailto:flyadive(at)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
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