[flytaos] IMC Club at KLAM this Saturday!
- From: Marc Coan <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: undisclosed-recipients:;
- Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2018 19:48:03 -0600
Hey Pilots!
What something to do this weekend? EAA Chapter 179 (Albuquerque) will be
holding a special fly-out to the Los Alamos Airport for our next IMC Club
meeting. That would be *9:30-11:00am this Saturday, 6/16, in the airport
terminal*. Hopefully, the winds and weather will cooperate for those flying
in, but we will still hold the meeting regardless of weather. All pilots
are welcome; you do not need to be an EAA member.
If you're not familiar with IMC Club, *it's "organized hangar flying"* for
instrument pilots, instrument students and any pilot who likes talking
about small airplanes or just listening to other pilots' perspectives.
Each month, we present 1-3 video scenarios produced by EAA. The scenarios
are short; less than 5 min. in most cases. Each scenario ends with, *"What
would YOU do?"* We then discuss what we would have done, based on our
experiences. (Summaries of each scenario are posted at the end of this
message.)
Meetings begin with an EAA-provided Question of the Month. This month's
question is, *"What is a diverse vector area?"* (See attachment of an
example.) If you don't know the answer, then come to the meeting!
Typically, we have 15-20 pilots in attendance. They come from all walks of
life: Airline, ATC, FAA, Cargo, Air Ambulance, ex-Military, and GA. It's
the perspectives of such a diversity of pilots that make the discussions
interesting! *You are guaranteed to learn something*, or your money back
(OK, there is no charge, but if there was...).
*WINGS program Advanced Credit* will be offered to all participants who
register first at FAASafety.gov:
https://www.faasafety.gov/SPANS/event_details.aspx?eid=83591
Seating is limited to 25. Coffee will be provided.
Note: The next IMC Club meeting will be Double Eagle on July 21 (but we're
getting some pressure to skip that one due to OSH beginning the following
week). Then, for August, we'll be flying up to Taos, KSKX, on August 18 at
Taos Aviation Services. Meetings always begin at 9:30 and wrap at 11:00.
Check out the scenarios below, then plan your flight to KLAM for this
Saturday. (If you're not familiar with arrival procedures and restrictions
at KLAM, see the attachments. Bonus: I just found a video of flying a Remos
LSA into LAM on Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kvmVF9cjeAj. A
student recorded it with me as instructor, but I don't remember the flight
whatsoever! However, it's the best one I could find online. Note CTAF is
123.00. One-way airport: Land on 27, takeoff on 9 unless tailwind component
10 kts. Contact me if you need help planning your flight to LAM.)
See you there!
Marc Coan, CFII,
IMC Chapter Coordinator
Santa Fe
marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx
PS: Please distribute this email. EAA Chapter 691 and NMPA notification
especially helpful!
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THIS MONTH'S SCENARIOS
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Title: *Where Are My Glasses?*
Aircraft: Airplane of your choice
Destination: Little Rock, AR (KLIT) (not relevant)
Weather: Dark, with scattered clouds (not relevant)
Scenario: You recently replaced your prescription eyeglasses; you can
barely read the eyechart without them, let alone say, an Aspen PFD. You are
on the last vector for the ILS 4L. Suddenly, one of your eyeglass lenses
pops out! You are unable to find it while flying around. Your depth
perception is very affected. *What would you do? Has anything like this
happened to you?*
Bonus: Marc will tell his story of flying from the Bahamas to Ft.
Lauderdale Intl., to St. Petersburg, to Memphis, to Lawrence, KS, mostly at
night, all after his eyeglasses (20/200 vision) were stolen in the Bahamas.
Fortunately, he was only 19, knew everything, and only used up 3 of his 9
lives during this trip.
Title: *Would You Like Some Ice with That? *
Aircraft: 1981 Cessna 182 w/GNS430W, Cessna 300 roll control autopilot with
STEC 30 altitude hold module.
Departure: Waukegan, IL (KUGN)
Destination: New Garden Airport, Toughkenamon, PA (N57)
Weather: It’s the beginning of May. There is no frontal activity or precip.
A deep low north of the route should provide strong westerly tailwinds.
There is an Airmet Zulu (icing) along the entire route. Freezing levels are
forecast for 5000 ft. MSL. Departure weather is 3000’ ovc, with 4000-5000
overcast over Indiana and Pennsylvania. The Area Forecast calls for tops to
10,000, but clearling over central and eastern PA. ADDS icing tool shows
light icing at 7000, trace to negative icing at 9,000, negative icing at
11,000 through IN, OH, and western PA.
Scenario: You have flown this 5-hour route several times previously. This
time, you have already been delayed for two days due to severe weather
enroute. Today’s your mother’s 98th birthday. You plan to depart IL VFR
under the clouds and pick up an IFR clearance at Ft. Wayne, IN for the rest
of the trip. For that portion, you expect 9000 (hopefully, to be on top),
and are ready to climb to 11,000 as necessary. 40-50-kt. Tailwinds will cut
an hour off the flight time. The clouds should dissipate well before the
time to start descent into N57. Over Ft. Wayne, you receive your clearance
and climb to 9000. Clouds are broken, and you are able to climb through a
hole to reach your altitude with only a trace of airframe ice. In that
area, bases are at 4500’, and tops to 7500’. When tops increase to 9000’,
you climb to 11,000’. You see light ice on the airframe. You try to climb
to 13,000’, but the airplane is unable to climb higher than 11,000’. Ice is
now accumulating rapidly. *WHAT WOULD YOU DO?*
Bonus #1: The Area Forecast has been discontinued. What should you use in
its place? What is now an “official” forecast source for alternate weather
planning at airports without TAFs?
Bonus #2: What is the FIRST thing every pilot should do when they encounter
airframe icing?
Bonus #3: The Flight Path Tool. What and where is it?
Attachment:
KLAM_Arrival_Diagram.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
Attachment:
Diverse Vector Area.png
Description: PNG image
Attachment:
KLAM-Chart-Supplement.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
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