T-28 Pilot Report
Flight: 785
Date: 020616 (Sunday)
Flight Time: 22:23:14 23:15:16 UT
Pilot: Charles Summers
Controller:
Location:
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Takeoff |
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FM test |
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FM test |
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Cells developing to north, looking to different target than planned |
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Go to 340 radial, 40 nautical miles away from CHILL |
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Right wing deicer, turn heat on |
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340 heading, going to 15,000 ft, just turned high blower (12,000 ft.) |
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Asked to go to at least 16,000 ft. |
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Best target at |
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Request to get to 17,000 ft. to 18,000 ft. to be able to get into the thunderstorm |
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Heading looks OK |
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Heading 330, 17,000-18,000 ft. |
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Looks to be centered toward thunderstorm |
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Heading 330, 130 knots, 18,000 ft. in cloud |
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Going through weather at this time |
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Back in cloud, heading = 330, 18,000 ft. |
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Not much out here |
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90 to the left to the radar largest echo |
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Nothing in this cloud, no ice, just little bit of rain (little ice encountered) |
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Heading = 215, 140 knots |
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This cloud may have something in it; heading 170, 18,000 ft. |
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Light ice |
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P-static |
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Ice, still getting p-static |
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Stop p-static |
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Goes toward |
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Seeing particles on the counter |
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Stays in cloud as much as he can |
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Out of cloud |
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Left turn, heading 120 |
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Back in cloud, 130 heading, 18,000 ft. |
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Out of cloud, light ice, going back to 17,000 ft., getting some rpm here. |
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Out of weather |
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No echo close to |
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Charlie goes back to |
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Heat off |
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FM test on |
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Approaching |
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Charlie asked Andy to call hangar to watch his landing |
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Landed |
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Blinking light |
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Computer off |
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