Where I'll be in the next few days...lunch anyone??

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 10:47 am

Hey fellas,

Tomorrow (Wed, 29th) I'll be in Ames, IA all day long...

On Monday the 4th, I'm gonna be in Indy (THOMAS!!) ALL DAY LONG at Eagle Creek...

Anybody gonna be around for lunch? Maybe a flight in a certain C170???

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:21 pm

Well Chad you'll be in the right state tomorrow but about 1 1/2 hours from me. If you ever get to Iowa City or Cedar Rapids let me know.

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:44 pm

Hey Chad don't you ever deliver any planes to Minneapolis?!?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 9:31 pm

N200PF wrote:Hey Chad don't you ever deliver any planes to Minneapolis?!?

I might be in Rochester on Friday...it's just a drop off I think.

tshort · Post by **tshort** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 11:23 pm

Monday looks good from a schedule standpoint now ... if the weather is good we could do lunch. If the weather is no good we could still do lunch / stop by the shop (I can come by in the car).
Will keep in touch!

Thomas

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:57 pm

We're flying up to ELO (Ely, MN) for some dog sledding on Friday and Saturday... Can't take the RV yet so the Aero will have to do. I wonder how it will feel after flying my last 5 hours or so in the RV-6!

I hope I can still land a tri gear!!!

- Peter

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:10 pm

Dog sledding???

Dude, you're in to some odd sports...

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:49 pm

We do that so our friends won't think building a plane is wierd...

By the way, curling, dog sledding, ski-joring and ice boating are just part of winter in Minnesota. If you don't do something in the winter you'll wake up in a padded room when the ground finally thaws!

Be sure and post some pics from your trip Chad!!! What are you flying?

- Peter

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 10:20 am

Ahh...that makes more sense now...

I missed a GREAT shot yesterday! On our way in to Ames, IA, we were being vectored for the ILS RWY 1, and we popped out of a layer at 3,000 feet, and there was another layer at about 700 feet. There are three 2500ft towers just south of the IAF, and they were sticking up out of that low cloud layer. We made a nice arcing right turn right over the top of them, and the view I had out the co-pilot's side was AWESOME!! As soon as it was too late to think about it, I thought of my camera.

Oh well, I hope describing it gave a decent mental picture. I'll try to remember to take some pics on the next trips. I'll get some of the airplane too...it's a King Air 200.

N200PF · Post by **N200PF** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 2:48 pm

With the Proline 21?

NICE BIRD!!! That will be tough duty Chad!

- PEter

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:14 pm

No Proline 21 in this one. It's OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLLLLDD. Tenth 200 built. It's a 1974 airplane with a B200 wing put on it in 1983. It's nice, but old. Flies great though!!

Here's a couple pics of her...

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:51 pm

Chad that thing rocks. I bet you are grinning ear to ear everytime you pull back on the yoke and launch that beast off the runway. I used to jump out of one of those when I was a active meat missile.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:55 pm

Yeah, it's a grin machine...as long as no one is on board! We're pretty conservative with climb rates and bank angles with pax. BUT, on the empty legs...well...let's just say it's fun...

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:01 pm

THIS one is the REALLY FUN rocket ship!!

bmurrish · Post by **bmurrish** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:02 pm

So I take it that is one of your companies permanent planes. How many hours PIC do you get to log in it a month? Are you guys hiring?

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:04 pm

Not many as PIC. I'm an SIC on the King Air for Part 135 (charter) trips, and SIC Part 91 on the Lear 35. I do log PIC time on about half of the trips, but the majority of the time is SIC.

jimrobinette · Post by **jimrobinette** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 10:34 pm

Chad,

This is what I did most of my advanced training in, about 85 hrs worth. Sweet bird to fly and an awesome instrument trainer. We also got to fly some form in 'em which was a balst!

Take care,

Jim

[quote="cjensen"] Tenth 200 built. It's a 1974 airplane with a B200 wing put on it in 1983. It's nice, but old. Flies great though!!
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captain_john · Post by **captain_john** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 7:35 am

The Pilatus in the background looks pretty fun too!

Chad, you do have a fun job!

You gotta love it!

CJ

JohnR · Post by **JohnR** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 9:53 am

Nice Chad! Thanks for sharing.

cjensen · Post by **cjensen** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 1:50 pm

captain_john wrote:The Pilatus in the background looks pretty fun too!

Chad, you do have a fun job!

You gotta love it!

CJ

You better believe it!! I DO love my job!!

The Pilatus is ours too (managed). It's nice, but it flies like a truck! Heavy controls, and slooooooooow roll rate.