tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24599909551687367592024-02-07T02:33:36.058+00:00From Up ThereA pilot diary showing the views and life From Up There!Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-60054491953777115812015-02-12T19:08:00.002+00:002015-02-12T19:15:51.882+00:00Trip to Serra da EstrelaOn Christmas Day a small break after lunch was enough for a quick flight to Serra da Estrela. :)<br />
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Leiria -> Coimbra -> Barragem da Aguieira -> Serra da Estrela -> Coimbra -> Leiria</div>
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-79979763887688877082015-02-10T19:04:00.000+00:002015-02-10T19:04:36.674+00:00Trip to Portas de Rodão<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
On Christmas Eve I planned a flight to visit a beautiful place that I heard talk about: Portas de Ródão.</div>
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This place was near the border with Spain and the planned route was:</div>
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Leiria -> Serra de Aire e Candeeiros -> Santarém -> Montargil Dam -> Avis -> </div>
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Vila Velha de Rodão -> Vila de Rei -> Leiria</div>
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<span id="goog_74641057"></span><span id="goog_74641058"></span><br />Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-29655529778439349592014-11-28T13:20:00.001+00:002014-11-28T13:20:53.251+00:00Practicing emergencies and landings<span style="font-family: inherit;">I did this short flight to practice emergencies, different landing configurations. I took my brother as my copilot (non-pilot) to give him a small idea the kind of things we train.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">- simulated engine failure at 1000' on our way to our house for a fly-by</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- engine fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- wing fire</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- 2 Simulated engine failures on the pattern circuit. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Go-around</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Landing with 10/20/40 deg of flaps</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Auto-critic</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's been a while since I practice emergencies and go-around so this flight was mainly to test my proficiency on this. I like to critic myself in every flight and on this one I point out the following:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- I didn't had a problem with the memory items for the engine fire and wing fire </span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- On the first simulated engine failure on the circuit I didn't had enough energy to reach the runway because I extended too much the downwind. I should had executed an immediate turn on the runway direction. Nevertheless I recognized the situation quickly and in a real situation I had decided to land in a field before the runway. On the second try I arrived with more energy but nothing I couldnt dissipate on the ground (80 mph instead 70mph).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">- Because of this high energy I executed a Go-Around with flaps 30. I didn't lost altitude but pitched up to much and let the airspeed drop to 60mph. I recover quickly by droping the nose and selecting flaps 10. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-86026769732206175512014-09-29T23:30:00.000+01:002014-09-29T23:32:15.834+01:00MEP/IR Revalidation exam<div style="text-align: justify;">
Almost one year after I had finished my commercial pilot course (17 July) it was time to revalidate my Instrument Rating (IR) and Multi-Engine Piston class (MEP). Each one is valid only one year, if this deadline is crossed more training (money) is needed before the checkride (exam). </div>
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The last time I flew an instrument approach was on my exam. So a few days before my checkride I started refresh my memory reading the theory (procedures, systems, procedures, malfunctions,...). </div>
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Then I installed the Flight Simulator to practice NDB, VOR and ILS approaches. It's cheaper to practice at home in the computer than in the air where things happen quickly and there is no "pause" button to think what to do next. :)</div>
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I was planning to fly from my hometown aerodrome (Leiria, LPJF) to the place where I was going to do the exam (Santarém Aerodrome, LPSR) but it was foggy at my hometown, so car trip it is.</div>
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To set things more interesting, three new things for me: aerodrome, airplane (Grumman GA-7 Cougar) and the examiner. I studied the airplane POH well (Pilot Operating Handbook) and watched some youtube videos about the LPSR approaches.</div>
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The exam started with my first brake failure! As soon as we started moving I did the normal brake check, for my surprise I didn't have any brake force, zero, nil, nada, none!!!That's the reason why during my training my instructors gave me a "lecture" every time I forgotten to do the brake check as soon as the plane started moving! Thanks! Back to the problem, I initially even thought that I was doing something wrong, misplaced my feet or the brake system was different!! Then the examiner did the brake check on his side and it was fine. We checked it on more few times and we decided to continue the exam with brakes been actuated by the examiner. The rest of the flight was uneventful! We did some instrument approaches at Montijo airbase (LPMO) and some circuits at LPSR (one of them with a simulated engine failure).</div>
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-34204155892404697392014-09-13T17:38:00.002+01:002014-09-13T17:38:27.780+01:00C150: Fying to CoimbraFlight to Coimbra aerodrome (LPCO) to practice crosswind touch & goes. In our way back to José Ferrinho aerodrome (LPJF) I practiced stall recoveries and steep turns. Even let my passenger hold the controls for a few minutes, teaching him how to climb, descent and trim the airplane.<br />
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I finally found the right setup to record the cockpit audio, so in this video you can listen some of the communications. I didn't want to spend too much euros so instead of buying those cables available on the internet (around 40eur) I chose to buy some connectors (4 eur) and made my own adapter!<br />
Most of the ATC communication is in english except when in the aerodrome frequency.<br />
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A flight over Vieira beach and Pedrogão beach with a lot of people enjoying this nice day.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Should I fill the tanks or not??</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It's better to fill! As we say: "The only time we have too much fuel is when we are on fire!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Last look at the approaches we are going to do. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Listening the ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service) to check the runway in use and meteorology.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Short Final runway 35</td></tr>
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-69340950753686658272014-02-01T14:30:00.000+00:002014-02-01T14:42:41.170+00:00Baptism flightsI have been doing some baptism flights lately and one of the things that I have noticed on the videos is the facial expressions. Some are more discrete than others but at the end they all have happy faces :). Some had already flown on commercial flights (big jets) but the small planes are a different world! The sensations are more intense and you are able to see the world closer and slower.<br />
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As soon as the airplane leaves earth below there is a new world to discover and it's a very pleasant feeling to see the happiness in their faces, it kinda reminds me of the way I felt the first time I also flew.<br />
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-32092229752761712432013-11-13T18:07:00.000+00:002014-02-13T15:03:08.990+00:00Commercial Pilot exam: Debriefing<div style="text-align: justify;">
The exam was a few months ago but it was a day that I'll not forget easily. So here is the report.</div>
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The D day arrived, it was time for me to demonstrate correctly all the things that I been training for the last 2 years.</div>
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A long day was waiting for me. The exam was scheduled for 15h00 but before that I had my last training flight in the morning, just to complete all the hours necessary. </div>
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The weather wasn't great (at least if you want calm winds and clear skies for your final exam) but I always love to have some clouds :). In Portugal is typical to have a low layer of clouds along the shoreline during the summer and that week was no different! </div>
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Here is the METAR reports for that day at Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, Porto:</div>
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170900Z 33004KT 260V060 4000 BR OVC004 18/17 Q1020=</div>
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<b>170930Z 32004KT 290V360 6000 BKN005 20/18 Q1020=</b></div>
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<b>171000Z 34004KT 260V050 7000 FEW007 21/18 Q1020=</b></div>
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171030Z 29006KT 8000 FEW008 21/19 Q1020=</div>
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171100Z 29006KT 240V320 6000 SCT008 21/18 Q1020=</div>
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171130Z 29006KT 250V340 6000 SCT006 20/18 Q1020=</div>
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171200Z 30007KT 260V340 8000 BKN006 20/18 Q1020=</div>
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171230Z 30007KT 260V350 7000 BKN004 20/18 Q1020=</div>
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171300Z 29005KT 240V360 7000 BKN004 19/17 Q1020=</div>
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171330Z 29005KT 240V330 8000 BKN004 BKN007 19/17 Q1020=</div>
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171430Z 31006KT 260V350 8000 BKN005 19/17 Q1020=</div>
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171600Z 29005KT 250V320 7000 SCT003 OVC005 19/17 Q1019=</div>
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For those who can not decode this cluster of numbers here is a resume.<br />
At 0930Z, 10h30 local time, the wind was calm with a visibility of 6 Km and cloud base at 500 feet (broken), temperature 20ºC.</div>
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At 1500Z, 16h00 local time, the visibility was 8 Km and the cloud base was 400 feet (overcast).</div>
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The minimums for an ILS CAT1 approach at Porto is 351 feet (200 feet above ground level). So the weather was really close to the minimums!</div>
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In my training flight (morning) I flew twice the ILS CAT1 approach until the minimums. The cloud base for that time was around 500 feet. You can see the video of the last approach below.</div>
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=fDbm0Bq3KDo">Last instruction flight from ATPL course 1/11 aka "Haboobs"</a><br />
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After the training flight, a pause to eat something quickly and then start planning the flight exam. Always in a rush! </div>
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After checking the Porto METAR I was expecting a lower cloud base than in the morning flight but still above the minimums. If it was below minimums the Plan B was to fly to Vigo airport, Spain.</div>
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The plan A was to takeoff from Vilar de Luz, Maia, ask Porto Approach for 2 ILS approaches then fly to Viseu where I should do rest of the exam.</div>
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Check one last time that all the paper work is done and time to go sit with the examiner. He explained what he was looking for me to do during the exam and did some questions about the velocities V1/V2/VMCA, the ASDA (Accelerate Stop Distance Available) distance and how we can reduce this distance, some emergencies like a vacuum pump failure, what is the critical engine and P-factor and what effects has during the takeoff roll.</div>
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Briefing completed! Time to go to the airplane, Piper PA-44 Seminole, but before that a last check on the METAR just to make sure the weather still above minimums!</div>
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<i>Battery ON... Magnetos ON... </i><i>Fuel Pump ON... </i><i>Primer and Starter ON... Engines running!</i></div>
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During the instrument setup for the departure I forgot to setup the NAV2 accordingly, the first small mistake. During the take-off roll a simulated engine failure was done successfully and we continue the take-off direct to Famalicão at 2000 feet as per Porto Approach instructions.<br />
We requested an ILS approach which was granted with "<i>CS-DGN, cleared to final ILS17, expedite"</i>. We climbed to 2400 feet and increased our airspeed. There were some big jets coming to land, it's better if you rush if you don't want to get in a hold!</div>
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At the localizer interception, power reduced, check airspeed, landing gear down, flaps down, trim the airplane! This all happened faster than I usually do because of the excessive airspeed that I was flying but I manage to get the airplane establish on the ILS well! :)</div>
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<i>"Porto Approach, CS-DGN establish ILS 17, request another approach after this one"</i></div>
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I never had an approach with such low cloud base and which better time to have one than on your final exam! :) Even the air controller was worried (I think more than me! :)) because just before I made the callout <i>"100 to minimums"</i> the controller asked if we had the approach lights in sight. Which we answer <i>"Negative!"</i> </div>
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A few seconds later, approach lights in sight, minimums and go-around turning right to the sea getting ready for another approach. The downwind leg was flown at slow airspeed, 80 kts, to give time for the big jets to land. Then:<br />
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Just as I was intercepting the localizer my examiner pulled back the throttle of one engine. I continue the localizer interception while doing the procedures for one engine failure! I had a little trouble to find the right trim setting but after a few moments I got it. Nevertheless, in the last 1-2 nm of the approach I started deviating from the glideslope and ended up arriving at the minimums 1 dot above glideslope.<br />
Go-around turning left this time to heading 090 and climbing FL060 (Flight Level) direct to Viseu VOR (VIS). During the climb I was asked to climb at different airspeeds.</div>
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At cruise, partial panel was simulated and I calculate the winds aloft. At some point during the cruise I felt an engine was quitting to work! I quickly set mixtures rich, prop forward, throttle forward and checked the fuel pressure decreasing on the right engine! I checked the fuel selector and it was in the OFF position. Returned it to the ON position and the engine started to run again smoothly! One more emergency completed successfully :)</div>
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After this I did the basic maneuvers as the 45deg bank turn, clean configuration stall recovery, stall turn, approach to stall recovery in landing configuration, VMCA (Minimum control speed in the take-off configuration) demonstration and the unusual attitude recovery. </div>
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Then it was time for one more emergency, this time was a loss of oil pressure on the right engine. I did all the memory items to shutdown the engine (Identify, Throttle idle, Mixture OFF, Prop Feather, Fuel Selector OFF, Cowl flap close) and then run the checklist to secure the engine.<br />
IMPORTANT: Before switching any button or handle I confirmed with the examiner that was the correct engine. You don't want to shutdown the other engine also!<br />
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It was time to do the restart engine procedures (it take more time to start than normal) and do an ADF holding and VOR approach to Viseu aerodrome. There was some turbulence to make the things more challenging. </div>
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It was time for another emergency, engine failure after take-off! Procedures done to simulate a feather engine (2000 RPM, 15' MP) and continue with a Single-Engine circuit followed by a SE Go-Around. One more single-engine circuit for a touch and go. Once again, to increase the challenging, the crosswind intensity was greater than I had experienced in that airplane, until that day!</div>
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And because this is all about emergencies (most of it), time for a landing gear problem. I selected gear down and the three green lights that are suppose to light are OFF. Run the checklist for manual extension of the landing gear and magic happens: 3 green lights ON! :)</div>
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At this point I was so tired, thirsty, with a little headache and a little airsick that I just wanted to land the damn airplane! So I was glad to hear the examiner saying <i>"It's time for you to take me home!"</i> But I knew I had to keep focus because the day was not over!</div>
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So direct to Vilar de Luz, during the cruise I relaxed a little (maybe 3 min) then was time to prepare the descent and approach (GPS approach). I arrived high (very high!!) on final. One more thing to be tested, can I make the landing or not? Power idle... airplane dirty (landing gear down and full flaps)... 70kts... 1500-1700fpm rate of descent until short final. Resume normal airspeed and rate of descent and touchdown.<br />
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The eagle has landed safely and successfully! :) </div>
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-23607250110102663482013-11-04T18:40:00.000+00:002013-11-11T10:53:04.065+00:00My Parents baptism flightThis was a flight that I was trying to make for some time. Finally, all conditions lined up and it was time for all the family enjoy a flight trip. :)<br />
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My mother gets motion sickness easily so I thought the flight should be on a calm day and she would be sitting in the front seat. But after take-off I decided to push the limits a little higher. I did some steep bank turns, quick climbs and descends. She withstand all that better then some pilots! :)<br />
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My plan was to go to Nazaré to see the big waves at Praia do Norte. There been some surfers trying to beat the record established of 30m wave by Garret McNamara.<br />
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Plane: C172<br />
Route: LPJF (Leiria) -> Arroteia -> Sismaria -> Pedrogão -> Nazaré -> LPJF (56 nm)<br />
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Here are some photos (credits go to my brother :)) and the video that resumes the flight.<br />
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So this short flight, a promise done lot of time ago to my brother, was enjoyable as much as it could be.<br />
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As I hadn't flown for a while in a single engine airplane (3 months) and in this runway, I thought it was a good idea to do 3 touch and go first with an instructor to refresh my "internal sensors" :). Then the instructor goes out and my brother comes in, the other two passengers were already inside the plane.<br />
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We departure from runway 02 at LPJF direct to Arroteia, where my passengers live, then to Sismaria where I live, another thing that I wanted to do since some time ago. The next waypoints were along the coastline of Portugal.<br />
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The landing was on the last minutes of sunlight, with a great low pass from an another pilot just to close the nice flight.<br />
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I hope all passengers enjoyed the flight! :)<br />
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Route: José Ferrinho Aerodrome (Leiria, LPJF) -> Arroteia -> Sismaria -> Praia Osso da Baleia -> Pedrogão -> Praia da Vieira -> LPJF<br />
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<br />Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-79244075618670881562013-09-05T21:21:00.000+01:002013-11-12T20:01:27.739+00:00F-16 Monte Real ABDuring my few days of holiday I made a small visit to the Airbase Nº5 - Monte Real, Portugal, to see my favorite airplane in action: F-16<br />
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<br />Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-3074677998871906742013-06-26T19:24:00.000+01:002014-02-18T22:57:34.495+00:00First night flight - 21/05/2013<div style="text-align: justify;">
After about 2 month without flying I thought it was better to re-study some procedures before my first night flight. So I refreshed my memory about scan flows, airplane systems, VOR and ILS approaches, NDB tracking. I also studied a little about night flying (emergencies, illusions).</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: justify;">Looking for the Boavista Avenue, Porto (right side) on VOR approach for runway 35 of Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport</td></tr>
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It was a busy night with a lot of traffic. We were doing approaches between the comercial airplanes (TAP, Ryanair, Luftansa ...). The controller just asked if we could do an approach before the next traffic arrive in 6 or 7 min and we accepted every one we could doing shorter downwind legs. Other times we were vector to the sea and hold for the traffic to pass.<br />
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<br />Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-73127951918876621212013-05-28T20:57:00.001+01:002013-11-12T20:01:37.686+00:00X8 UAV <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
I haven't flown much in this months so I don´t had much to talk. I will soon start the night flying instruction, I'll try to post some pictures and videos. </div>
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Meanwhile, here is a video about airplanes but a little different from the others that I usually fly. This is an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that I have been testing at work. It is a RC airplane that we bought and install some equipment (wifi communication, ArduPilot, video camera).</div>
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This video shows some of the test flights that we have done in a week at Sesimbra (near Lisbon). The take-offs and landings are manual but we are working to make them autonomous too.</div>
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This post is about one of my first ILS approaches that I have done on Porto airport. It was a great flight, passing through clouds and flying low along the shoreline.</div>
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Non-pilots may be asking what the heck is an ILS approach? </div>
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I'll try to explain the basics behind this system.</div>
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ILS stands for Instrument Landing System and helps the pilots bring the airplane to near the runway or in some cases to do an automatic landing in poor visibility.</div>
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This system is divided in 2 parts:</div>
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<b>- Localizer: </b>This gives horizontal guidance, telling the pilot if is left or right of the runway centerline.</div>
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<b style="text-align: justify;">- Glide slope: </b><span style="text-align: justify;">This gives vertical guidance, telling the pilot if he is below or above the glide path. This glide path normally has a slope of about 3 deg. The glide path antenna is located at the point of touchdown.</span><br />
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The instrument that I use in the airplane to guide me to the runway is like this one:</div>
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The goal is to maintain the lines perpendicular (try to see this in the video). The easy way to fly this is "turn to the needle". Here are some examples:</div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">For practice, normally, I do this approaches under the hood (can not see the outside) and I can only look out when I'm at the "minimums" (point where I have to abort the landing if I can not see the runway). This point is about 200 feet/60m of height.</span><span style="text-align: justify;"> </span></div>
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-59710346850606414612013-02-27T20:32:00.001+00:002013-11-05T15:31:53.705+00:00TODO Before each flightIn this post I'll enumerate the things I have to do before I seat in the airplane. Some of the things can be done on the day before, to save some time on the flight day.<br />
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When I arrive the first thing to check is the airplane that I'll fly and respective folder that contains all the airplane documentation (Property register, Airworthiness License, Radio License, Weight&Balance) and are valid. Check any past problems unresolved and resolved. How many hours until next inspection. </div>
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Then I'll check if the airplane has the fuel needed for the flight. Normally, we depart with the tanks full.<br />
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This is like the newspaper of the pilots :D (updated daily). We check it to see if any airspace reservation is active, if any airport is closed, if any navigational system is inoperative, if there are gliders or parachutes on our route, basically anything out of normal that can affect the flight.</div>
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Check the wind forecast (direction and speed) for the altitude that I plan to fly, any significant weather on the region (turbulence, ice, cumulonimbus). The altitude of 0ºC is important too because in case there is clouds at a temperature below 0ºC there is the likelihood of ice formation which our airplanes are not certificate to operate in this conditions.<br />
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Here I make the the school flight process (type of flight, time, instructor name, airplane,...) and check if the center of gravity is within the limits and not overweight. <br />
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Last leg from this flight: Vigo -> Porto (Sá Carneiro)</div>
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As the other legs, this one also included an ILS approach, to runway 17 at Sá Carneiro airport. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Turning to final on ILS RWY17 approach</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esposende</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The place with more greenhouses per m2 that I have seen so far!</td></tr>
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Second leg of this trip: Santiago de Compostela -> Vigo</div>
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We followed an ILS Z RWY20 approach with PIVON as the Initial Approach Fix (IAF). We hold a few minutes over the Vigo VOR (VGO) doing some laps, to give the passenger (me) a little time to enjoy the landscape (kidding :)).</div>
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Next stop: Porto :)<br />
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It makes one year today since I took off for the first time at the commands of an airplane. Actually this was my second flight, the first time was about 2 years ago, just a month before starting the pilot course, but it was a totally different experience. It was as passenger in a B737. In a C152 the sensations are more intense. I still have in my memory the first seconds after I lift off from the ground. The small plane with a little engine and a wing wandering around in the air, shaking a little with the turbulence, and being able to look out the front window and see a different view of the world. </div>
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To mark this date, I chose to make a movie that shows some of the best moments, from my course starts until I had a Private Pilot License (PPL).</div>
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I planned to show a little of some of the places that I flew by under a 15min max time. But soon I realize that if I had chosen not to pass this limit I had have to let out a lot of places. So I chose to let go the limit because my primary goal was to be a "memories" video.</div>
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Moments included in the video:<br />
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<li>Starts with some footage from the theory phase;</li>
<li>Pre-Flight;</li>
<li>First-solo flight;</li>
<li>Simulated engine failures;</li>
<li>Area solo flight (Famalicão);</li>
<li>300nm solo flight (Bragança and Coimbra)</li>
<li>Shoreline flights;</li>
<li>Finish with a landing from my area solo flight.</li>
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In the image below you can see the movie's route that I followed. Its like a small tour in Portugal :).</div>
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Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-8681331112774889922013-01-16T22:04:00.000+00:002013-11-05T15:31:53.721+00:00Trip to Vigo and Santiago de Compostela - Part 1<div style="text-align: justify;">
I'm starting a new phase of my course where I will be flying on low-enroute airways (it's like highways in the sky ;)).</div>
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I was backseating in this flight, just enjoying the landscape and get a little familiarization with the procedures.<br />
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The plan was to takeoff from Maia on VFR (Visual Flight Rules) direct to RELVA waypoint to catch the A5 airway and change to IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) before crossing the border to Spain on TURON waypoint. From there direct to Santiago VOR to do an ILS approach and then another ILS approach at Vigo airport. Then if traffic permitting another ILS approach at Sá Carneiro airport (Porto).</div>
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As I have a lot of photos from this flight I choose to separate this post in three parts.<br />
Part 1 - Leg from Maia to Santiago<br />
Part 2 - Leg from Santiago to Vigo<br />
Part 3 - Leg from Vigo to Porto<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing by Vigo airport, on our way to Santiago VOR.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Passing overhead the TGV line to Santiago de Compostela at 10000 feet.</td></tr>
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We were doing the ILS Z Rwy 17 approach. It starts overhead the airport following the opposite course for landing.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Santiago airport</td></tr>
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After 8nm from the airport we done a 45º/180º procedure turn to the left. This turn is needed to perform a course reversal to establish the aircraft inbound on the final approach course</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">On the outbound leg of the procedure turn with Santiago airport in the background </td></tr>
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For the procedure turn we turn left 45 deg and fly that heading (outbound leg). At 10nm from the airport (VOR) we turn right 180 deg and maintain that heading until we intercept the final approach course.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Encoro de Vilagudin.</td></tr>
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Just finishing the outbound leg of the procedure turn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Watch the reflection of the contrail on the water.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Intercepting the final approach course.</td></tr>
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We made a low approach just 4-5 feet of the ground.<br />
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Still tune for part 2 - Vigo Approach. ;)<br />
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<br />Ricardo Gomeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01897045598974786451noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2459990955168736759.post-73692941690837630472012-12-19T18:20:00.001+00:002013-11-05T15:31:53.716+00:00Cold daySome nice pictures that I took during a training flight to Viseu via Amarante.<br />
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Departure at 1000Z</div>
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Vilar de Luz RWY 36 SID (Standard Instrument Departure):</div>
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Climb straight ahead on runway 36 until 1500', turn right to intercept and follow radial 090 from PRT VOR until Amarante then right turn to Viseu.</div>
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After passing Serra de Montemuro we catch a downdraft while trying climb to 6500ft from 5500ft. Instead of climb we were descending 200ft/min. </div>
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After a few seconds the plane started climbing 500ft/min. The Plan B if this hadn´t happened was to turn right to a valley to deviate from high ground and clouds. </div>
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<span style="text-align: justify;">If we take as reference the International Standard Atmosphere (ISA) model that says that the temperature at sea level is 15ºC and decreases about 2ºC/1000ft then at 6000ft the temperature should be +3ºC but actually are -2ºC. So we say that the temperature is ISA -5.</span><br />
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After leaving Viseu we climbed to 5500ft direct to PG NDB (near Francelos, Vila Nova de Gaia) to fly a VOR approach to Porto Airport.<br />
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