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Trans-Texas Leg 1: Harlingen to Corpus Christi

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:21 am
by Jakemaster
Well, I just finished the first leg of my new flight thingy.  I plan on flying around texas, starting in Harlingen and going around the border on a bunch of flights until I wind up back in harlingen.

Right now, I think that I'm gonna stick with the turbo commander, but I might switch planes for one or two legs.

Leg 1: Valley Intl, Harlingen-----> Corpus Christi Intl.  

94nm

Departing harlingen, be back eventually!
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A passenger took this pick on departure, I'm gonna make money for fuel by letting people fly on board.
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En Route
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Well, I tuned Corpus and requested to land 31nm out, got straight in aproach(thank gad!!) But as I neared the airport this mooney request to land 2.5 nm out.  The tower was nice and let me go first, but I got a bit close, just to teach the mooney pilot his lesson.
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Parked and secured after a pretty crappy landing, need some more practice in this plane.
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Next leg: Corpus Christi-------> Scholes Intl at Galveston

Re: Trans-Texas Leg 1: Harlingen to Corpus Christi

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 10:27 am
by TSC.
Great pics Jake,

That Turbo commander looks sweet. Good luck on your round trip, are you using 'real world weather'??

Cheers,

TSC.

Re: Trans-Texas Leg 1: Harlingen to Corpus Christi

PostPosted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:11 am
by Jakemaster
no, Im not using real world weather.  Especially because the weather in texas sux right now.  Its been raining here for a week.

Re: Trans-Texas Leg 1: Harlingen to Corpus Christi

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 1:36 am
by Colonel_M00RE
Great Plane jake, hope you do well on the trip.

Remember: A good landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is one they let you use the plane again.  ;D

Re: Trans-Texas Leg 1: Harlingen to Corpus Christi

PostPosted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:33 am
by exnihilo
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Cool, hauling the oil tycoons and ranchers around, eh?  Love the Commander, one of the best planes out there!

Funny, with my work in avionics development (weather radar), we're about to head out to "tornado alley" to do some data collection on thunderstorms (we'll be flying in a Citation), and we could well be doing some real buzzing about Texas in search of that same weather!