December 27, 20223 yr Sometimes you don't want to fly, but you need to. Join me on an air ambulance flight from Tacoma Narrows to Orcas Island, WA. The Kodiak is well equipped for the mission - but some precaution must be taken due to a line of storms between KTIW and KORS. Untitled-1 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-2 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-3 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-4 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Here's the line, air traffic shows a gap in the precip even though my nexrad doesn't quite agree. We'll go with their gap as it's slightly more updated than mine. Untitled-5 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Finally, some hints of blue sky above Untitled-6 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr I still need to make a solid turn to the west to avoid another buildup Untitled-7 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Moderate rain for most of the flight Untitled-8 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A small break in the weather... Untitled-9 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr But we have another line of precip as we progress towards CVV, the iaf on the RNAV 34 KORS Untitled-10 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr A curtain of virga Untitled-12 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr With these massive south winds we elect to circle to land ry 16 at KORS Untitled-14 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr The approach has LP mins and the G1000 adds the +V so we have vertical advisory glide path during the approach Untitled-15 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr In the downwind Untitled-16 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Heck of a quartering crosswind on final Untitled-18 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Leads to a bit of a balloon on my part and partially off centerline landing Untitled-19 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr But we have made it safe and sound Untitled-20 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr Untitled-21 by Ryan Butterworth, on Flickr | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 28, 20223 yr Super cool shots Ryan. I would fly in any weather except thunderstorms as long as the plane is IFR, it's my favorite type of flying. Jack Sawyer
December 29, 20223 yr What a flight, Ryan !! And super shots ! Any attempt to stretch fuel is guaranteed to increase headwinds My specs: AMD Radeon RX6700XT, AMD Ryzen 9 5900X, 32GB RAM, 34" monitor, screen resolution: 2560x1080
December 31, 20223 yr Very nice series, Ryan...! Liked your Medivac theme...and glad you made it safely through the murk with your special transport...!
December 31, 20223 yr Author On 12/27/2022 at 4:15 PM, Chunk said: Two of my favorite airports, and I my house is a stone’s throw from KTIW. Well then you live in a beautiful area! I'd love to make it out this way someday! On 12/27/2022 at 4:19 PM, John F said: Exciting flight! Yes actually - always love flying in this weather On 12/28/2022 at 8:03 AM, Jack_Sawyer said: Super cool shots Ryan. I would fly in any weather except thunderstorms as long as the plane is IFR, it's my favorite type of flying. It can be very awesome On 12/29/2022 at 6:53 AM, bernd1151 said: What a flight, Ryan !! And super shots ! Thanks 1 hour ago, P_7878 said: Very nice series, Ryan...! Liked your Medivac theme...and glad you made it safely through the murk with your special transport...! Yep the kodiak is a great option for medivac. | My Liveries | FAA ZMP | PPL ASEL | | Windows 11 | MSI Z690 Tomahawk | 12700K 4.7GHz | MSI RTX 4080 | 64GB 6000 MHz DDR5 | 500GB Samsung 860 Evo SSD | 2x 2TB Samsung 970 Evo M.2 | EVGA 850W Gold | Corsair 5000X | HP G2 (VR) / LG 27" 1440p |
December 31, 20223 yr 15 minutes ago, ryanbatc said: Well then you live in a beautiful area! I'd love to make it out this way someday! If you ever do, beers are on me at the Hub!
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