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CAVU and I'm Grounded!
ARRRRGHH!
Just took possession of a '67 172 on Monday. Aside from work obligations and IFR weather in the DFW area the past week, I was really really really looking forward to this morning (Sat) to take my first flight alone in the new bird. Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!! Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one slipped by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there. *sigh* Oh well; that's the joy of aircraft ownership, I guess..... Carl |
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Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it
suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!! Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one slipped by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there. *sigh* You grounded your plane on a VFR day because the transponder hasn't been checked in 24 months? Turn the stupid thing off and go fly! (I'm REALLY grounded. The weather here is CAVU, my plane is fully fueled and 30 seconds away -- and the danged hotel is full... I can't get away for NUTHIN'...) :-( -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Your hotel is full and you're complaining??? :-)
congrats Jay... I would like to come up in May..stay in the Fairchild Suite, of course. If that's booked, I guess I'll settle on the Mustang Suite. I'll give you a call when I know my schedule. don N690FA |
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"Jay Honeck" writes:
Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!! Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one slipped by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there. *sigh* You grounded your plane on a VFR day because the transponder hasn't been checked in 24 months? Turn the stupid thing off and go fly! (I'm REALLY grounded. The weather here is CAVU, my plane is fully fueled and 30 seconds away -- and the danged hotel is full... I can't get away for NUTHIN'...) That's not grounded. You've just got the wrong priorities. Now me, I was grounded for several weeks getting some things taken care of on the plane while we had typical early spring Northern California weather: absolutely clear (probably 150+ miles viz), temps high 60s, gentle breezes. You could see the snow on the Sierra peaks and all the way over to the coast ranges. If the only thing wrong with the plane was some paperwork, screw it...I would have been flying. |
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Can't do that around here Jay... inside the 30nm ring of a ClassB airport..
BT "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:PHr2c.66520$PR3.1084780@attbi_s03... Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!! Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one slipped by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there. *sigh* You grounded your plane on a VFR day because the transponder hasn't been checked in 24 months? Turn the stupid thing off and go fly! (I'm REALLY grounded. The weather here is CAVU, my plane is fully fueled and 30 seconds away -- and the danged hotel is full... I can't get away for NUTHIN'...) :-( -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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I'm confused, did the transponder quit working just because the 24 month
checkup is up??? If it was working, who's going to know that it hasn't been checked? You can fly it to a place to get it checked out/signed off. "BTIZ" wrote in message news:tZy2c.16109$id3.4319@fed1read01... Can't do that around here Jay... inside the 30nm ring of a ClassB airport.. BT "Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:PHr2c.66520$PR3.1084780@attbi_s03... Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!! Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one slipped by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there. *sigh* You grounded your plane on a VFR day because the transponder hasn't been checked in 24 months? Turn the stupid thing off and go fly! |
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I'm confused, did the transponder quit working just because the 24 month
checkup is up??? If it was working, who's going to know that it hasn't been checked? Precisely my point. Unless the original poster has some new device that disables his transponder at 24 months, he can fly it forever, and who the heck would know? And, unless he's flying IFR, who the heck would care? Trust me -- ATC will let you know if your transponder isn't working. (Heck, they got to know us well, before we finally replaced ours. "Oh, it's you guys again. Third digit still not working?") -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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BTIZ wrote: Can't do that around here Jay... inside the 30nm ring of a ClassB airport.. When you fly and your transponder/encoder is out of date just tell the controller to disregard the little flashing icon next to your tag that tells us you are not legal. |
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LOL...
"Newps" wrote in message news4I2c.497447$I06.5339939@attbi_s01... BTIZ wrote: Can't do that around here Jay... inside the 30nm ring of a ClassB airport.. When you fly and your transponder/encoder is out of date just tell the controller to disregard the little flashing icon next to your tag that tells us you are not legal. |
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"Jay Honeck" writes:
Going over the logs once again last night (about the 4th time...) it suddenly hits me - there's no record of a 24 month transponder check!!! Grounded!!! Of all the checks we did on the pre-purchase, that one slipped by. Shame on me. And it is one heckuva beeeyoutiful day out there. *sigh* You grounded your plane on a VFR day because the transponder hasn't been checked in 24 months? Turn the stupid thing off and go fly! If it's installed, it's gotta be checked every 24 months. Of course, you could: a) Remove it (tools needed: 3/32" Allen wrench qty 1) or b) Label it "INOP" Then, go fly the sucker outside of the areas that require a transponder. -jav |
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