Recent content by jonguy

Re: The conversation The worst example I ever saw of a nasty controller was at Farmingdale, LI, several years ago. Trying to get out IFR on a miserable, hazy summer afternoon, an incoming Piper messed up his initial call to the tower and set the controller into a tizzy. All of a sudden, none...

Re: 2010 cog fly-in location Good point, Jay, about flying approaches to Stennis and either landing or flying VFR to Diamondhead. I'm not convinced about flying below 500ft between the airports if the weather is much below that, but one could just put down at Stennis if it came to that...

Re: 2010 cog fly-in location Thank heavens we're staying south this time -- it's a shame, but Boyne was just too wet and cold! Maybe we should try to limit ourselves to airports with fuel and instrument approaches, just to keep everyone safe. I agree Jekyll Island is nice and very reasonable...

Re: Iceland Fly In Yikes, I'd love to do that, but not until I can get the engine overhauled. Flying so much overwater at 2200TT doesn't sound very prudent to me...

Re: MS Fly-in Just a couple weeks too early for us -- we're headed to Hattiesburg for Thanksgiving this year (instead of Xmas). Hope all y'all have a great time.

Re: The "8 Knot Mod" Here is my input. This was flying at 8000ft, 128KIAS, -8C, ~2900lbs. Hope this helps... Cheers, Jon

Re: The "8 Knot Mod" Jim, Just flew quite a bit the past weeks, with different loadings and different altitudes, but all cases looked just like the photos shown in the thread. My typical trim is about 2-3 nose down in a 145KTAS cruise. I will do a photo and record details the next time I fly.