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Fedex cover superscribe11/6/2022 Are you going to swim to your raft with that 30 pounds over your shoulder and then lift it into your raft assuming the raft inflates right side up? No way! You will be just trying to stay afloat yourself. Some of you may even have it in a bag as I do, but it will be like a brick if you jump into the water. You may never fly over an ocean like I do on my circumnavigation of the globe, but you may find that landing next to a beach or in a river is your best bet if you are over some dense forest or a city just like Sully Sullenberger did on his historic water landing on the Hudson River.Įveryone will know to carry a life jacket (double cell if you fly over an ocean) and a life raft, but what about your survival gear? What’s your plan for getting it all out of your plane in the minute you have before your plane sinks? Sooner or later you will fly over some water. Circumnavigating the globe tip #7įlying over rivers, lakes, seas and oceans. The cool thing is if you save these sheets you can see what your engine performance is over the life of your engine. For me, I can text or email my mechanic at either High Performance Aircraft in San Diego or Advanced Aircraft in San Diego for an in flight answer on my Delorme Satellite PLB as I did on my first leg when my landing gear wouldn’t fully retract! If it continues, you might consider making some adjustments in flight to perhaps cool the engine or if the problem can’t be fixed in the air then land. In a very short period of time, you will start to see a trend. If you are flying a turbo you might include (T.I.T.) or Turbine Engine Temperature as well. On this sheet I’ve listed Time, (O.T.) Oil Temperature, (O.P.) Oil Pressure, (C.H.T.) Cylinder Head Temperature, Vacuum, (M.P.) Manifold Pressure and (R.P.M.) Rounds Per Minute. So here is how it works: At the top of a piece of paper (perhaps with penmanship neater than mine) write all of your critical engine readouts each hour. It’s also a way to keep an eye on your engine performance to detect problems before they get to a critical point where the engine fails or is damaged. It’s a low tech way to improve the safety of your flying. Charles Lindbergh did it, ferry pilots do it, I do it, and you might consider doing it yourself.
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