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ASI MESSAGE
MOVING UP, DOWN, OR SIDEWAYS
A STUDIED APPROACH TO TRANSITIONING TO OTHER AIRPLANES
BY RICHARD G. MCSPADDEN, JR.
I'M FLYING RIGHT SEAT IN A BEAUTIFUL BEECHCRAFT BARON
IN CROWDED SOUTH FLORIDA AIRSPACE FOR A MID-WEEK
LUNCH FLY-OUT. JOHN COE, THE PILOT/OWNER FLYING THE
BARON, IS AN A&P/IA WITH TWO STEARMAN REBUILDS UNDER
HIS BELT AND A COUPLE THOUSAND HOURS FLYING THEM.
He picked up the Stearmans after flying Pitts Specials in
competition aerobatics on his days off from flying with UPS,
where he's logged more than 20,000 flight hours. But none
of that experience comforts John on this flight. He is in his
newly acquired Baron with dual Garmin G1000 displays,
which John and his wife, Diane, bought in Southern California
and ferried back to Wellington, Florida (FD38), just a few days
before our flight.
Both John and Diane, also a UPS captain with more than
18,000 hours, insisted on a checkout and an instrument
proficiency check in their new Baron. They alternated pilotin-command legs for the ferry trip home and kept the CFI
on board for half the trip. They again alternated legs for
the remainder of the flight home, which included flying in
instrument conditions and some approaches in low ceilings,
breaking out near minimums. Both decided they wanted more
time, more training, and, most important, more proficiency
with the new panels before flying hard IFR single-pilot.
On our flight, John was a bit timid in the Baron. He's used to
mastering his work. The Garmin displays, though, are new to
him. He had about 80 percent of the interface and controls
down, but he had to think a few seconds longer to update flight
plans, add an amended clearance, or proceed direct to a fix
with an altitude restriction.
FD38 to Bartow, Florida (BOW), is barely 100 miles. Miami
Center was busy. The controller was short with pilots
who miscued. My instinct was to forget picking up an IFR
clearance and head in VFR using ADS-B for traffic avoidance
and pick our way under and around the scattered to broken
clouds at around 5,000 feet.
But this busy flight was exactly the scenario John wanted.
A complicated situation for GA IFR flying: Launch out of a
nontowered field adjacent to restricted airspace and while
hand-flying a complex, high-performance twin, pick up a
clearance airborne, modify on-board navigation, set and
confirm autopilot, and work radios-all in a new airplane
with unfamiliar avionics. Add in flying single-pilot in
instrument conditions and it becomes a heavy task that
demands proficiency. John wanted the practice while in visual
conditions with an experienced pilot in the right seat-a
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2
Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter—Vol. 10, Issue 2
CFI Notes
CFI Notes: Letters
CFI Notes: Did You Know? There I Was…A Cirrus, a Cruise Ship, and the USCG
Standards Dissected—ACS Basics
Safety Seminar: Difficult Decisions—What Would You Do?
Collected Wisdom: Tricks of the Trade
CFI News
CFI Tips: Beyond Teaching "To the Test"—How To Ramp Up Your Instruction
ASI Message: Moving Up, Down, or Sideways
Real Pilot Story: Powerless Over Paris
Safety Spotlight: Scalable Safety Framework
Point/Counterpoint: Keep Spinning the Whiz Wheel or E6B No Mo?
Chart Challenge: The Art of the IFR Chart
You Can Fly: 2019 AOPA FlightTraining Service Experience Survey Now Open
Safety Quiz: Density Altitude
CFI Tools: Weather or Not—Thunderstorm Challenge
Chief's Corner: Mentoring—A Different Perspective
Safety Tip: Marshalling Signals
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI-to-CFI Newsletter—Vol. 10, Issue 2
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI Notes
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI Notes: Letters
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI Notes: Did You Know? There I Was…A Cirrus, a Cruise Ship, and the USCG
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Standards Dissected—ACS Basics
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 6
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 7
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 8
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Safety Seminar: Difficult Decisions—What Would You Do?
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Collected Wisdom: Tricks of the Trade
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI News
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 12
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 13
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 14
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI Tips: Beyond Teaching "To the Test"—How To Ramp Up Your Instruction
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 16
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 17
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 18
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - ASI Message: Moving Up, Down, or Sideways
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 20
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Real Pilot Story: Powerless Over Paris
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 22
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Safety Spotlight: Scalable Safety Framework
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Point/Counterpoint: Keep Spinning the Whiz Wheel or E6B No Mo?
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 25
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 26
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Chart Challenge: The Art of the IFR Chart
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 28
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - You Can Fly: 2019 AOPA FlightTraining Service Experience Survey Now Open
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Safety Quiz: Density Altitude
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 31
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - CFI Tools: Weather or Not—Thunderstorm Challenge
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Chief's Corner: Mentoring—A Different Perspective
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 34
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - 35
CFI-to-CFI Newsletter - Volume 10 Issue 2 - Safety Tip: Marshalling Signals
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