Uber Thnkr

Aug.16
2

Okay Google … How Do I Build a Simulator …

Posted by in Electronics, Flight Simulator Project, Flying, X-Teensy Radio

As a pilot, it is my responsibility to be current in all of the tasks required for the safe operation of an aircraft. To ensure that this happens safely and consistently, the FAA put together criteria that must be met in order to be considered legal and current. These requirements get even more stringent when dealing with instrument flying. When you are flying in bad weather conditions, and you only have your instruments to guide you, being current in your knowledge of your flying platform and operating within the national airspace…read more

Feb.09
2

Oh good, it’s not on fire …

Posted by in Flying, Hack ALL the things, Stuff and Things

Working with electronics has always been a passion of mine. It’s something I’ve shown interest in from a very young age. I would take apart broken toys (and some not very broken ones) and use the parts to build new and interesting things. My parents weren’t always very happy with what I built, as apparently I didn’t have much regard for my own safety. I remember building an air conditioning unit from old computer cooling fans, a large liquid detergent bottle and loads of ice. It worked quite well but my…read more

kjj
Jan.05
0

Headin’ West – Day Four

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

Woke up and had a look at the weather only to find something rather annoying. There was a band of Bad weather (mostly low clouds) between my destination and me. It was forecasted to be clear at the photo site but I’d still need to get there. Figuring that I should at least attempt to get close so that I would be nearer to the site, I prepared the plane and was airborne shortly after. As I continued in the flight I found that the weather was exceptionally clear and…read more

Headin’ West – Day Three

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

Author Note: Sadly I lost all of the pictures I took during this mission so the following posts will sadly not be accompanied with many pictures if any. Additionally these post were originally written several months back. I am only getting to post them now. Woke up this morning ready to head to north east Iowa (sort of) and found nothing but storms … storms everywhere. Seeing that I wouldn’t be able to do anything over there I realized I would be stuck until tomorrow. By this point after two…read more

Jan.05
0
Jan.05
0

Headin’ West – Day Two

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

Author Note: Sadly I lost all of the pictures I took during this mission so the following posts will sadly not be accompanied with many pictures if any. Additionally these post were originally written several months back. I am only getting to post them now. Woke up bright and early and prepared to do another long day of flying. To be honest I’m not much of a coffee person (never really could stand the taste … love the smell though) but this morning was definitely a coffee morning. My host…read more

Jan.01
0

Headin’ West – Day One

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

Author Note: Sadly I lost all of the pictures I took during this mission so the following posts will sadly not be accompanied with many pictures if any. This post was also written a while ago and I’m only just getting to post it now. For some time now our boss had spoken about the prospect of having some clients out in the Nebraska area. We were pretty excited, as neither Shane nor myself have flown out in that area before. However as with many things, life got fairly busy…read more

Jul.03
0

Hey I can see Canada from here … No wait … That’s Michigan

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

For some reason one of our more anticipated routes had been eluding us for weeks. It was one of the longer ones and would take us all the way up into central Wisconsin. However it seemed as though the weather was conspiring against us in every way possible. It would either be really bad here and we couldn’t leave (our aircraft are only legal to operate under Visual Flight Rules or VFR so we can’t go into clouds or low visibility conditions. That aside taking pictures from inside of a…read more

Jun.02
2

Fly ALL the routes …

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

(Note: Due to various things coming up and this post being delayed, this post refers to events occurring on May 24,2013) It’s become a routine now where we sit on the ground for a few days due to terrible weather, and then fly the living daylights out of the one or two days that we have great weather. Today was no different. We’d been kept on the ground by several days of thunderstorms and low ceilings and were now finally given one great day. I think “great” might even be…read more

May.15
4

Storm Runners …

Posted by in ACRE, Flying

Early Wednesday morning, filled with excitement, we prepared to head off on our first non-training survey route. After our usual commute to the airfield, we got started on our pre-flight of the plane and the equipment. At random we would get these showers of rain that were very light and would last anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds. Seeing that storms weren’t expected to start building till late afternoon we thought nothing of it and continued our preparations. As we were finishing up I suddenly heard the faint rumble of…read more

May.15
4