Keith103November 5, 2019, 8:38pm
The following text is a response to AC1600's post on this forum asking for suggestions in planning for a 500 mile cross-country on the MiniMax.
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Sterling Silver
May 17, 2017, 8:33pm
Just a caution: pre-arranged overnight accommodations can create pressure to get to the next planned stop, even though you have encountered a 30 mph head wind along that leg. The only solution that I can come up with is to plan flying days shorter than daylight days. "Get Home Itus" (or is it Itis?) is a sneaky thing, and has contributed to the deaths of a lot of experienced airplanes, especially if they belonged to doctors or lawyers.
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Call it prescient ?
Just a few months after this post, a Cessna 210 crashed in Indiana, with a doctor (possibly 2 doctors) on board. It was the last flight of the day and the pilot was trying to make it home that day, but the engine quit. The only airport within gliding distance on a dark night had shuttered only a few days before, with no way to turn on the runway lights.
https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/deadstick-landing-in-the-dark/#.XcHaF5pKhnI
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Sterling Silver
May 17, 2017, 8:33pm
Just a caution: pre-arranged overnight accommodations can create pressure to get to the next planned stop, even though you have encountered a 30 mph head wind along that leg. The only solution that I can come up with is to plan flying days shorter than daylight days. "Get Home Itus" (or is it Itis?) is a sneaky thing, and has contributed to the deaths of a lot of experienced airplanes, especially if they belonged to doctors or lawyers.
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Call it prescient ?
Just a few months after this post, a Cessna 210 crashed in Indiana, with a doctor (possibly 2 doctors) on board. It was the last flight of the day and the pilot was trying to make it home that day, but the engine quit. The only airport within gliding distance on a dark night had shuttered only a few days before, with no way to turn on the runway lights.
https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/article/deadstick-landing-in-the-dark/#.XcHaF5pKhnI
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