Good job.
I find that having satellite weather on board makes Angel Flights a lot
less stressful. You may want to investigate WxWorx or some other
solution to help you miss the rough stuff.
Yesterday I flew the second leg of an AF from Houston to Fairhope, AL.
The first leg was flown by a C-414 who handed me 3 pax and 50 lbs.
(hah!) of luggage that, according to the mission sheet, totaled 530 lbs.
Expecting this load, I had fueled up to only 30 gal. of fuel departing
Baton Rouge. Density altitude was 2,100', so I used the longer runway
for the max. gross takeoff. Takeoff acceleration was noticebly
sluggish, but ROC was ok--500 FPM.
The patient sat in the right front seat so I let her fly the airplane
most of the way to Fairhope. She was thrilled. She has now added
flying lessons to her list of things to get done. It really gives your
heart a tug to see how some of these folks want to pack as much life as
possible into the short time they may have left.
--
Dan
C172RG at BFM
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