Cross Country Flights

[jamnww]

I hope to make it to at least Key West, or someone else in the caribbean

Did Key West in a TH-57, that is one uncomfortable flight, ended up being right at the 12 hour crew day with all the gasups and crew swaps. Oh yeah and we went into IMC enroute and the HAC got Vertigo down by the keys... Good times. No really, it was a great trip.

 

[phrogpilot73]

Rather than recant the tale of my Advanced cross country, I will merely point you to the June 2001 Issue of Approach magazine. It's pretty well detailed there.

 

[MasterBates]

Key West. Got it..

The only Naval aircraft I have ever flown with effective/legal anti-ice was the T-44.

60s have rotor deice, but it was never installed. 44s you checked on each flight. And it works.

 

[phrogpilot73]

The Phrog has a whole deice system, all the wiring and switches are still in place, it's just been disabled. There is engine anti-ice, however - the EAPS screens have nothing to prevent ice buildup. You're supposed to remove them below a certain temp with visible moisture - but that precludes doing CALs. The result? No flying in anything close to icing conditions...