Sounds like fun – thanks for letting us know. I may fly down for the meeting…
if anyone in Taos wants a ride, let me know.
Hal Hayden
O: (928) 541-0770
C: (928) 710-7701
From: flytaos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:flytaos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On ;
Behalf Of Marc Coan
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 7:48 PM
Subject: [flytaos] IMC Club at KLAM this Saturday!
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<mailto: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?
