Yesterday's instrument approaches - video

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Yesterday's instrument approach workout and it was a mental workout!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChXbsb-gUc

ILS approaches over at HKS Hawkins Jackson MS and VOR Alpha back to
Madison.

True workout which I only made it on top of the overcast for a
blissful 30 seconds and the entire flight other then take off and
landing was in solid IMC.

Amazing when a little light turbulence is tossed in how much it adds
to the workload.

Winds at 2000 feet were running 20 knots, and on the surface was
running 5 to 10 knots, which made for harder tracking of the
localizer. I really can appreciate that need to be knocking out
approaches once a week as it had been three weeks since I had done
approaches and I really felt rusty. Again could have been conditions
upping the anti while IMC but I was really whipped mentally.

The approaches once I broke out in VMC, I went visual and didn't
maintain glide slope down to the middle marker, as I needed the
"break" of scanning at the gauges, so yes, my approaches will be below
VASI / PAPI indications once I knew I had the runway made.

I included times "edited out" so one can get a feel how much in gaps I
cut out which in the full scheme of things wasn't that long on my
descents..

[Ross]

wrote:
> Yesterday's instrument approach workout and it was a mental workout!
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RChXbsb-gUc
>
> ILS approaches over at HKS Hawkins Jackson MS and VOR Alpha back to
> Madison.
>
> True workout which I only made it on top of the overcast for a
> blissful 30 seconds and the entire flight other then take off and
> landing was in solid IMC.
>
> Amazing when a little light turbulence is tossed in how much it adds
> to the workload.
>
> Winds at 2000 feet were running 20 knots, and on the surface was
> running 5 to 10 knots, which made for harder tracking of the
> localizer. I really can appreciate that need to be knocking out
> approaches once a week as it had been three weeks since I had done
> approaches and I really felt rusty. Again could have been conditions
> upping the anti while IMC but I was really whipped mentally.
>
> The approaches once I broke out in VMC, I went visual and didn't
> maintain glide slope down to the middle marker, as I needed the
> "break" of scanning at the gauges, so yes, my approaches will be below
> VASI / PAPI indications once I knew I had the runway made.
>
> I included times "edited out" so one can get a feel how much in gaps I
> cut out which in the full scheme of things wasn't that long on my
> descents..

I had a IFR flight over the last weekend and on the way home on my 2
hour flight I requested 6000'. The tops were 5500' to 5900' all the way.
I had a beautiful flight JUST above the undercast for most of the flight
until I started my decent. Did I say how beautiful the sight was. Clear,
bright and smooth above.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

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On Oct 15, 7:51*am, Ross > wrote:

> I had a IFR flight over the last weekend and on the way home on my 2
> hour flight I requested 6000'. The tops were 5500' to 5900' all the way.
> I had a beautiful flight JUST above the undercast for most of the flight
> until I started my decent. Did I say how beautiful the sight was. Clear,
> bright and smooth above.

My favorite kind of flight Ross!

Knowing I am bathed in sun kissed sunshine and the folks below are in
dreary weather :-)

Hope you got pics or maybe a video! Camera priceless for shots like
you describe!

[Ross]

wrote:
> On Oct 15, 7:51 am, Ross > wrote:
>
>> I had a IFR flight over the last weekend and on the way home on my 2
>> hour flight I requested 6000'. The tops were 5500' to 5900' all the way.
>> I had a beautiful flight JUST above the undercast for most of the flight
>> until I started my decent. Did I say how beautiful the sight was. Clear,
>> bright and smooth above.
>
> My favorite kind of flight Ross!
>
> Knowing I am bathed in sun kissed sunshine and the folks below are in
> dreary weather :-)
>
> Hope you got pics or maybe a video! Camera priceless for shots like
> you describe!

I didn't, but I need to start taking more pictures. I had a flight a
couple of months ago that I was in and out of a lot of clouds and took
some photos of the in-between. Not much to see "in" the cloud.

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI

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On Oct 17, 8:24*am, Ross > wrote:

> couple of months ago that I was in and out of a lot of clouds and took
> some photos of the in-between. Not much to see "in" the cloud.

Yeah, only object of photographic interest inside a cloud is the
wing :-)) especially since I sit on top of the wing.

[Ross]

wrote:
> On Oct 17, 8:24 am, Ross > wrote:
>
>> couple of months ago that I was in and out of a lot of clouds and took
>> some photos of the in-between. Not much to see "in" the cloud.
>
> Yeah, only object of photographic interest inside a cloud is the
> wing :-)) especially since I sit on top of the wing.

I sit under the wing. But, lets not go there. :)

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Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI