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News: Going anywhere near Fallon, NV? You can’t trust your GPS

Apr 01 2011

And you thought pilotage was obsolete?

   
FLIGHT ADVISORY – GPS Testing
Notice Number: NOTC2894GPS testing is scheduled in the Fallon, NV. area, which may result in unreliable or unavailable GPS signal.

Please access the below URL link for access to the complete flight advisory:

https://www.faasafety.gov/files/notices/2011/Apr/NSAWC_11-01_GPS_Flight_Advisory_Released.pdf

The NOTAMs discussed in this advisory may change with little or no notice. Pilots are advised to check NOTAMs frequently for possible changes prior to operations in the area. NOTAMs will be published at least 24 hours in advance of any GPS tests.

 

New LED lights on Cessna 61637

Mar 30 2011

The more observant amongst you may have noticed the new look landing and taxi lights on Cessna 61637.

Cessna 61637 gets new landing lights the Teledyne ALPHABEAM

ALPHABEAM

We installed Teledyne ALPHABEAM LED lamps. While they cost $325 each – which is over 15 times more than ordinary incancescent lamps, they supposedly last a hundred times longer. So an investment now should pay off in the longer run. Less downtime due to burned out bulbs, fewer maintenance hours, and fewer cancelled flights.

The lamps give out 170,000 mean candlepower, but draw less that half the current, so load on the electrical system is reduced and heating up should be less too.

If this is successful, we’ll aim to migrate to LED lighting for all our planes, but we’ll have to move slowly as it is not cheap!

For more, click on the picture above to go to Teledyne’s web site.

Comments and observations would be very welcome.

Going Solo: Loren McKechnie

Mar 27 2011

Congratulations to Loren McKechnie who braved rain and winds on a wet day in Salinas to solo his favorite trusty Cessna 172, 968RC while his CFI Tom Conklin watched white-knuckled from the ground.

Well done Loren and Tom!

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