To Wichita and on to Moline (NORDO!)
We began our weekend of flying after work on Friday. Being on crutches with a broken leg meant that Sandi got to do most of the heavy lifting/pushing/pulling. Our first challenge was to see if we could get the crutches in the airplane. The only feasible way was to remove the top portion of the baggage wall and stick the crutches back in the tailcone, making sure they didn't get in the way of any wires or rudder cables. With those secured in place, we loaded up and headed southwest for Colonel Jabara airport in Wichita. We arrived around 8:00 where my Aunt Gwen and Uncle Gary were waiting to pick us up. We had a nice weekend but was limited to what we could do since I'm a 'gimp'.
NORDO! On our way to Wichita, we were picking up a high-pitched whine in our headsets. It was something we have never heard before. I turned down the radios and things to see if that was where it was coming from. It wasn't and I can only surmise that with the upper baggage wall, we were getting some noise from the tailcone area that we wouldn't normally here. Anyway, 20 minutes of flying go by and it comes to mind that the radio had been quiet. We've experienced this before but I glanced down at the radio only to notice that the volume knob was turned down! Ooops... so I turned it back up and just as I did I heard a blind call for 523 Romeo Victor. I replied and it was a United flight with a new frequency for me. I tuned to the new frequency and checked in. No biggie but 2 minutes later a familiar voice come on asking me why we went NORDO! It was Nathan Larson who is a supervisor at the KC ARTCC and a fellow RV-9A flyer. He just happened to be supervising the sector I was flying through and the controller who was trying to raise me grabbed him to let him know some goofball flying an experimental went NORDO on him. Of course as soon as he say the tail numbers he knew it was me. He actually called me cell phone to see if I would answer. After landing in Wichita, I called him on the phone just to make sure I wasn't in hot water or had caused any trouble. (I wasn't/I hadn't) They had only been trying to reach us for a couple of minutes. So lesson learned!
Final approach into Jabara (KAAO)
My Aunt Gwen and Uncle Gary
Beechcraft runway over road.
We departed this morning from Jabara around 10:30 am and headed northeast for Quad-City International (KMLI). We picked up a small tailwind at 7500 with a groundspeed of 155-160kts at 2500rpm. North of Kansas City we climbed up to 9500 to avoid some traffic headed in our direction and picked up 15-20 kts more of tailwind and we were crusing at 171kts with occasional bumps to 175kts. The weather was extremely hazy most of the way up. We landed at MLI and unloaded for the weekend.
Kansas City International - See how hazy it was!
Ground speed of 175kts.
The plan is to depart Tuesday early afternoon or so to make it back to KC in time for some fireworks.
NORDO! On our way to Wichita, we were picking up a high-pitched whine in our headsets. It was something we have never heard before. I turned down the radios and things to see if that was where it was coming from. It wasn't and I can only surmise that with the upper baggage wall, we were getting some noise from the tailcone area that we wouldn't normally here. Anyway, 20 minutes of flying go by and it comes to mind that the radio had been quiet. We've experienced this before but I glanced down at the radio only to notice that the volume knob was turned down! Ooops... so I turned it back up and just as I did I heard a blind call for 523 Romeo Victor. I replied and it was a United flight with a new frequency for me. I tuned to the new frequency and checked in. No biggie but 2 minutes later a familiar voice come on asking me why we went NORDO! It was Nathan Larson who is a supervisor at the KC ARTCC and a fellow RV-9A flyer. He just happened to be supervising the sector I was flying through and the controller who was trying to raise me grabbed him to let him know some goofball flying an experimental went NORDO on him. Of course as soon as he say the tail numbers he knew it was me. He actually called me cell phone to see if I would answer. After landing in Wichita, I called him on the phone just to make sure I wasn't in hot water or had caused any trouble. (I wasn't/I hadn't) They had only been trying to reach us for a couple of minutes. So lesson learned!
We departed this morning from Jabara around 10:30 am and headed northeast for Quad-City International (KMLI). We picked up a small tailwind at 7500 with a groundspeed of 155-160kts at 2500rpm. North of Kansas City we climbed up to 9500 to avoid some traffic headed in our direction and picked up 15-20 kts more of tailwind and we were crusing at 171kts with occasional bumps to 175kts. The weather was extremely hazy most of the way up. We landed at MLI and unloaded for the weekend.
The plan is to depart Tuesday early afternoon or so to make it back to KC in time for some fireworks.
posted by Matthew at 5:11 PM
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