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Re: San Juan Islands
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Typical San Juan Islands view.]]>Charles Brown2024-02-23T20:48:40-00:00DFW Ops
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Learned a few things:
-- In an MU-2 you sit lower than almost any other airplane. So most of what you see is a sea of concrete. Also, the engines and tip tanks hide crossing taxi traffic.
— 170 knots is plenty on approach; if you can do that until you're 3 miles from the airport, you're golden with Approach and Tower.
— There is no set routine for light planes. They get mixed in with jets on an ad hoc basis, use the same runways and taxiways.
— Even though all approaches were being conducted visual, they gave me a waypoint on in IFR approach. They spelled it out and gave me plenty of time to enter it.
— It's kinda fun landing on a runway that is 6x the MU-2's landing field length. : ) So many choices!!!
— Surprisingly…. after I turned off, the Tower guy said "stay with me for taxi" (i.e., don't contact Ground). He gave me progressive taxi, which helped. I figured out that Ground Control is much busier than Tower, who basically handles only landing traffic and only on one runway.
— When I *did* get handed off to Ground, she was so busy that she didn't even give me a chance to read back my clearance before she started talking to the next plane. As a result, I failed to give way to another airplane that I didn't even hear her mention, and got chided for that.
— Departure was very smooth, it was a short taxi and a short wait with only one United jet waiting for departure ahead of us. "Caution wake turbulence", but the MU-2 was well above the jet's vortices and they turned us off the runway heading immediately.
-- Taxiway markings on a giant sea of concrete are a little different. This is taxiway WG hold short line at runway 18L.
]]>Charles Brown2023-11-04T23:02:40-00:00San Juan Islands
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Charles Brown2023-08-12T22:05:11-00:00Gunnison report
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The FBO (AvFlight) is okay but not very well organized. They waive the handling fee if you buy 140 gallons, but it's $8.50/gal, yuck. They're open 6am-6pm but occasionally no one's there because they're helping out with a commercial flight arriving/departing the main terminal.
Why Gunnison? It's not the town itself, but it's 1 hop from my Dallas home, 20F cooler due to altitude, good hikes nearby, and since it's not a "destination", there are cheap rooms and cars available at the last minute. The Black Canyon of the Gunnison national park is 60mi west, a must-see with nice hikes and spectacular views. Crested Butte is 20mi north, that's the "destination" that's always booked up... but a fairly short drive to get to those hikes, bike rides, and restaurants.
Gunnison is a serious challenge in winter, starting with altimetry corrections due to the extreme cold.
Charley Brown N50ET K model / -10 / 5 blade]]>Charles Brown2023-07-23T14:42:57-00:00Southwest US
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This year we are considering an August trip to Taos, NM and, possibly Moab, UT, but we understand it could be quite hot in Moab in August. Colorado Springs is also a possibility.
I welcome any thoughts or suggestions regarding those or other destinations.
Thanks.]]>Dale C. Eisenman2017-02-05T17:10:07-00:00KSUS - N11SJ
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As a means of making it easier to find other MU-2 Members, I asked Dave Klain if I could make a suggestion to all of you. Here is the suggestion: In Trips/Pireps, post a new Topic that includes your airport identifier and tail number and a way of getting in touch with you (if you are ok with being contacted). By doing this, it will make it easier for all of us to reach out to one another. SO.... I'm going to start.
I am based at KSUS and I am the new owner (as of Nov 20, 2015) of N11SJ, which is a 1974 K Model.
I'd love to connect with anyone coming through KSUS for a fuel stop or for a few days. Depending on when you come through, I may have hangar space for you.
I have no connections in Telluride however Durango, where I live 1/2 of the time has a great airport, better weather and hangar space available. It is also at 6640 MSL v. Telluride at 9200 MSL. It is only a two hour drive to Telluride. KDRO might be a reasonable option.
The manager at KDRO is Charlie Johnson (970) 259-7400. Use my name.
Scott Dann
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Headed to Telluride in one week for skiing. I know that a few of you have been there and happy to hear any operational tips. Of interest, the localizer approach has lower minimums than the GPS/RNAV which has a glideslope. Both approaches are basically descents into VFR conditions. According to FBO, we are number four on the waiting list for a hangar……..any connections for getting a roof over the airplane at KTEX?
Dave]]>Dave Klain2015-02-02T16:30:18-00:00Chicago Trip Report/PIREP
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From: Mu2list [mu2list-bounces@mailman.mu-2aopa.com] On Behalf Of Dave Klain [dave@klain.net] Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2015 11:52 PM To:mu2list@mailman.mu-2aopa.com Subject: [MU-2 list] Chicago Trip Report/PIREP
Appreciate all the tips and suggestions on a Chicago visit. Also got a very generous offer from an Ken Sutton to use his hangar while his bird was up for maintenance. We had a lot of last minute permutations but ended up going and took a rain check on Ken’s offer as we didn’t want to have to rent a car. Having considered Midway (yes convenient, but the fees were really, really insane) and because we had flexibility in our sked and didn't want to rent a car, we flew into Gary, IN (KGYY). Two FBO's on the field. We used Bessie Coleman Aviation which is a CAA FBO with unbelievably low fuel prices. They have a new building and a big canopy you taxi under (can accommodate anything up to an including Gulfstreams) so you don't have to load/unload in the rain, etc.
Linemen were great and after asking about a ride to the train, we were immediately offered one. Literally a 4 minute drive from the airport (actually next to the airport, but on the other side). Train is the South Shore Line. Check that you have the right schedule as they are different on weekdays and weekends. Gary Airport is a "flag stop" meaning you need to flag the engineer down. Not as hard as the website makes it out to be. There is a button in the shelter that says "activate train signal". Push it about 5 minutes before the train is supposed to arrive. A blue light starts flashing on a pole near the track and visible to the train. When the train approaches, step out on the platform so they can see you (apparently if they don't see anyone, they won't stop as kids sometimes hit the button and run off). Light stops flashing after 10 minutes.
Ticket price for us was $6/person (kids under 13 are free except during weekday rush hour). Conductors only accept cash. The train takes about an hour and pulls directly into Millennium Station (under Millennium Park) in downtown Chicago. It's a one block walk from there to an "L" station if you want to keep taking the train or you can grab a cab as you exit the station.
Getting around Chicago we used cabs and Uber. Very convenient and easy and beat the high parking fees we would have paid with a rental car. You simply don't need a car there.
When we left, we went back to Millennium station and bought the tickets. Note that the station also services Metra and the South Shore Line trains are NOT listed on the Metra schedule boards and you can't buy the tickets from their machines (which are in the main station hall). Instead walk back out to the train platforms where you arrived. There are machines there take credit cards. Then just go to the platform for the train you want and let the conductor know you are getting off at Gary airport as they will not stop unless you tell them.
Call B. Coleman aviation when you are at the East Chicago train stop (one before Gary airport) and they'll send a line guy out to pick you up. I had called them when we got on the train to confirm our departure but they requested the call from East Chicago as that is their tripwire to send a guy to the station. He was there waiting for us, 5 minutes back to the airport and we were ready to go.
FBO Fees? $20/night parking fee (outside, we did not need the hangar). They had told me that if the weather got bad the night before my departure, they would move the plane into the hangar free of charge which was incredibly friendly. We were there two nights and as we pulled up to the airport, I didn't see my plane. Line guy told me there was a bit of frost on it that morning so they pulled it in so that it would melt off (no charge) and left it there so I could preflight inside if I desired. It's service like this that makes it easy to recommend this FBO to anyone headed to the Chicago area.
I know that Midway is a bit more convenient (L train to downtown is 25 minutes vice the hour train ride we had) but we saved over $400 in landing and parking fees by using Gary. Obviously everyone's tolerance is different, but unless I was really pressed for time I would definitely use Gary when flying to visit Chicago.
Total expenses?
$20 parking fee x 2 - $40
Train tickets in and out of the city for the family - $36
A weekend in Chicago as my son visited his number one school choice (DePaul) and daughter got to experience one of the world’s great cities -- Priceless!
The icing on the cake? A great tailwind on the way home that had me record the highest ground speed in cruise/level flight I’ve ever in my MU-2…. Unless things change, looks like DC-Chicago may become a regular run for the Klain family….
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