Great pics =) Think what you're needing is a UV filter though.

that instrument is tied into the Loran navigation system. it works sort of like a vor receiver (the two instruments on top of each other on the right side of the pilots instrument panel.....) in this plane however it has only worked correctly for me once so i've never used it since that one time. i'll use the readout on the loran for headings, distances and the like. otherwise i'll use either my hand held GPS or just the VOR's. but i do cross check every instrument with one another.

that light is saying that we are using the Loran navigation system in VFR or Visual Flight Rules. nothing serious here. some may recall however a story that i told here about losing an engine in flight due to my copilot at the time.......that was this airplane that the "oh shit" took place in. in a nutshell my copilot had switched gas tanks for me and he didn't turn the selector handle far enough so the ball valve was shut and the engine quit due to fuel starvation. it didn't take me long to figure it out though.

hey Tim, make some clips of the video where you made it psychadelic (sp?)!!!

I took the hint from NbN and went out on an offer from a co-worker to explore the skies in his 1967 Cherokee Piper. After getting past the bumps, dips, and "slides" the planes goes through while dealing with turbulence at 3000 feet, I have to say that it was an amazing experience! Much more so than a trip on a commercial airliner, too, as we got to fly over places I was familiar with and could point out.

And man, can that little four-seater haul. We cruised from Tampa to Lakeland and back again in around 30min -- twice as fast as any trip down the Interstate.

Must...resist...urge... to get pilot's license... nngh... So expensive.

Pictures coming soon of this fine aircraft and the wonderful trip.

can't wait to see them!

http://fox.org/~vince/log/images/20040420/67cp.jpg

1967 Cherokee Piper -- amazing little plane.

http://fox.org/~vince/log/images/20040420/67cp3.jpg

I felt in good hands with the pilot despite his pre-flight check consisting of an engine stall halfway down the taxiway followed by "whoops, forgot to turn on the fuel". To give him proper credit, it was the smoothest landings I've ever experienced on return.

http://fox.org/~vince/log/images/20040420/67cp4.jpg

Florida -- its a very, very flat place. Pictures would have been better, but the windows were pretty old and had plenty of marks to blur everything up and make dozens of images useless.

But wow, what a time. There is nothing as amazing as flight.

Its going to take me days to shake my craving to invest in a license, now. Damn.

Uh oh, When they say "invest", they've lost their sole to the god of flight.:)

Kitsune, you wouldn't happen to be active military, reserve or retired military, would you? If so, MWR offers reduced lessons (like 50% off) at NAS Jax.

I flew there and also at Norfolk NAS (Chambers Field). Saved a bunch on my license.

Brian

MWR offers reduced lessons (like 50% off) at NAS Jax.

No, I'm not military and its not really the price of the classes I'm worried about. My concern is the plane rental of $180/hour following actually getting the license and the unaffordable life insurance with a policy that reads something like, "We expect this person to die in a plane accident. Just a guess."

With the mandatory hours your have to fly each year to keep the license, I think it gets a bit steep after class is long over with.

A HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DOLLARS AN HOUR?!?!?:eek:

holy hell! i can rent a piper tomahawk or a cessna 150 and/or 152 for $51/hr wet!! for $189/hr wet i can rent a beech bonanza! shop around dude, you can find them much cheaper.

edit: piper cherokee warrior $69/hr, cherokee archer $79/hr piper cherokee arrow $105/hr (i think, haven't flown the arrow since before my divorce, lack of funds) all prices are "wet" aka fuel included

Gag! You must rent from a mighty expensive flight school

I pay $47 for a 152 wet, and used to pay $59 wet for the PA-28 until someone augered in with it. The old military trainer (T-34B) goes for $79 wet and it's rated for simple aerobatics!

Like plthijinx said...shop around!

Brian

My Red Ryder decoder ring won't tell me what "wet" is. Does that mean with fuel included?:)

put your glasses on bruce i just answered that:p just pickin' on ya! yeah, it means fuel included.......

kitsune, an idea just crossed my mind. see if the civil air patrol or CAP has an outfit near you. they're prices are usually pretty reasonable and the people are extremely helpful....

I've heard of CAP before, but isn't that something you have to be pretty young to do? I don't fully understand Civil Air Patrol, but I think its kind of military-like. Do they offer their services to people who aren't interested in joining?

Yeah, I'll have to shop around. This area is great for aviation and there are a dozen schools around. I have a lot of checking to do.