Real debonair emergency tonight!

[Francois_Dumas 10]

Wow! Scary story.... I don't like big thunder clouds too much ;-) Certainly not when all kinds of things around you give up on you !! :-eekGlad you made it safe to home base, Geoff !! :-waveAlso glad to see you reckon FS 'training' helped.... that made the $ 70 more than worth it I believe ;-) :-outta Francois :-wave[table border=0 cellpadding=10 cellspacing=0][tr][td valign=bottom" align="center]"At home in the wild"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:avsim.com/alaska/alaska_051.htm|Don's Alaskan Bush Charters]"Beavers Lead the Way"[/td][td valign=bottom" align="center][link:www.avsim.com/vfr_center/mainpages/vfr_flights_main_page.htm]VFR Flight Center]"Looking Good Outside"[/td][/tr][tr][td valign=top" align="center]http://avsim.com/hangar/air/bfu/logo70.gif[/td][td valign="top" align="left" colspan=2]http://www.fssupport.com/images/moose2.gif[/td][tr][/table]________________________Francois A. "Navman" DumasAssociate Editor &Forums AdministratorAVSIM Online![/bemail: fdumas@avsim.com________________________

[Guest]

Glad you sorted out the problem.It's good to tell ones own stories about real aviation, as it may help another who might get into a similar situation. I'm doing my PPL in the UK, and every bit of knowledge helps.Will

[Guest Jeff S KDTW]

Nicely done, Geoff. I'm glad everything worked out for you. Considering your daughter's abilities, I bet it was nice to have two pilots in the front seats at that time. :-)Take care and give the deb a pat for me. ;-)Regards,http://home.earthlink.net/~snyders2000/deb.jpg

[Geofa 108]

Parking fees are usually nominal-in this case $6 a night. The trip was 3 1/2 hours each way-so burning 12 gallons/hr=84 gallons. Fuel at $2.50 or so=$210 round trip. Of course this is not the hourly rate of the aircraft which includes maintenence, hangar, annual, new engine in the future which I usually estimate to be $75/hr.Just looked up the commercial fair-$137 roundtrip-hard to ever beat that!http://members.telocity.com/~geof43/geofanim2.gif

[ShezA 176]

Sounds not too bad. I guess the thrill of owning and flying the a/c will pay for the extra costs.Shez

[brucek 38]

I'm glad it worked out, Geoff. Sounds like you had some CRM there as well! I've still to experience my first emergency, not something I'm looking forward to, but it's just a matter of odds and time, I'm sure!Bruce.BJC, Jeffco, CO

[Geofa 108]

Thanks Bruce. For some reason in my 13 years of flying I have had my fair share-I am actually getting pretty good at it-lol.One thing I've learned-fly the airplane and take them one at a time!http://members.telocity.com/~geof43/geofanim2.gif

[Guest]

Wow, and to think I jsut saw this thread for the first time. Either way, its good to know you got out of it okay!Scott

[Guest]

>One thing I've learned-fly the airplane and take them one at a time!Glad you are alright Geof. As a pilot and Air Traffic Controler, that is what I've seen separate the "men from the boys, wheat from the chaff." :) Stay ahead of the aircraft, scope/pattern. Take things one thing at a time. I used to tell my tower trainees, "...work em one at a time. Thats how they land!"Best,bt