IFR Flights of 13MIKE
by Fred J. Calfior and Douglas W. Miller
FLIGHT |
Takeoff:
"That's nice! I like it when I'm forewarned when to switch to Departure Control. It's no big deal one way or the other. What's important is that you never make your own decision as to when to switch. In this case, if Tower hadn't said anything, you 'd simply stay on Tower frequency until they then tell you to switch. All right! Nice simple straight out departure, so you know vectors are coming our way! Let's roll out, and while that's occurring, check your flaps at ten degrees, fuel, trimmed for takeoff, oil temperature and pressure are greenies, and I can't think of anything else!"
1) Record TIME________________________________
2)Release brakes and taxi onto runway 6
3)Advance power to "FULL"
4)Maintain centerline of runway
5)At 50 knots airspeed, lift nose wheel off runway
6)At 70 knots, ease back on the yoke to establish a 10 degree pitch up attitude
7)Maintain a climb AIRSPEED of 80 knots
8)Raise Gear when there is no more runway to land on
9)At "500" feet above the ground, raise the FLAPS to "0"
** 10) At what MSL altitude were you when FLAPS were raised?
_______________________________________(25 pts)
11)Reduce power to about "2300" RPM at "1000" feet above the ground (AGL)
12)Tune COM to "118.0" (New York Departure)
"Hey, I'm impressed! You remembered to switch perfectly when you reached your cleared altitude! Press on, Watson!"
Climb out:
1) Lower nose to establish a 100 knot climb airspeed
You:
"NEW YORK DEPARTURE, CESSNA 9413MIKE IS WITH YOU, PASSING ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FOR FIVE THOUSAND."
New York Departure:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, NEW YORK DEPARTURE, RADAR CONTACT. TURN RIGHT HEADING ZERO EIGHT ZERO UNTIL RECEIVING CALVERTON, THEN PROCEED DIRECT."
You:
"13MIKE IS TURNING RIGHT ZERO EIGHT ZERO, DIRECT CALVERTON."
2) Turn RIGHT to a heading of "080" (standard rate)
3)Re-center the NAV 1 CDI needle
4)Turn to that heading
5)Track inbound on the centered CALVERTON VOR radial
"Now anticipate your entrance into the clouds, because this will become your common environment from now on. I think of it as being warmed inside a toaster! Okay, falling into a vat of Q-tips! How about you just received the shock of your life and you better get to scanning with a purpose now!"
6)When the altimeter reads "2000" feet, press "P" to pause the simulation
** 7) Record your:
AIRSPEED________________________________(30 pts)
RPM_____________________________________(25 pts)
HEADING________________________________(25 pts)
VSI______________________________________(20 pts)
NAV I DME DIST__________________________(20 pts)
GEAR____________________________________(15 pts)
FLAPS___________________________________(15 pts)
COM FREQUENCY________________________(15 pts)
8) Press "P" to continue the simulation
"Now here is what I call a quiet zone. When flying IFR, you have four stages according to the proverbs of Calfior! They are number one -takeoff. That's quite active and you're busy. Number two is radio madness! You always have to attune your senses to listen to the radio and be assimilating all the chatter that's taking place, plus recognize when you 're being talked to. Number three is the quiet zone. That's when not much is happening, but you should then be planning your next couple of moves ahead in the flight. Number four is approach and landing, when so much is going on that you don't feel you've stopped juggling until wheels are on the deck!"
Level off:
1) Begin to level off when the altimeter reads "4900" feet
2) Maintain "5000" feet
3) Reduce power to about "2200" [2400] RPM
4) When established, press "P" to pause the simulation
** 5) Record your:
NAV 1 CDI POSITION______________________(30 pts)
HEADING for centered NAV 1 CDI_____________(30 pts)
NAV 1 DME DIST__________________________(25 pts)
CALVERTON VOR's IDENT
__________________________________________(5 pts)
6) Press "P" to continue the simulation
New York Departure:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, CONTACT BOSTON CENTER ONE TWO FOUR POINT FIVE."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, SWITCHING ONE TWO FOUR POINT FIVE. SEE YOU!"
7) Tune COM to "124.5" (Boston Center)
You:
"BOSTON CENTER, CESSNA 9413MIKE WITH YOU AT FIVE THOUSAND."
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, IDENT."
You:
"13MIKE, IDENT."
8) Press the IDENT button (simulate)
**
"All that the IDENT button does is supply some vitamins to our radar image on the controller's scope, so that they know we are we! Pretty soon, we should have station passage, which means we've passed overhead of Calverton VOR. Station passage occurs when the ‘TO’ flips to ’FROM’ on the OBI. How many miles will we go outbound on our new radial?_____________________________________(5 pts) See? You just keep thinking ahead, just like in a chess game. "
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, RADAR CONTACT."
Course change 1:
1) When the DME on NAV 1 reads "0.4" [0.8], turn left to a heading of "002"
2) Set NAV lOBS to "002"
3) Track outbound on the CALVERTON VOR 002 radial that your NAV 1 OBI is displaying
4) When the NAV 1 DME DIST reads "5.5", press "P" to pause the simulation
** 5) Record your:
NAV 1 CDI POSITION___________________(40 pts)
HEADING______________________________(35 pts)
ALTITUDE_____________________________(25 pts)
AIRSPEED_____________________________(15 pts)
COM FREQUENCY_____________________(10 pts)
NAME OF INTERSECTION YOU'RE ALMOST
AT___________________________________(5 pts)
6) Press "P" to continue the simulation
**
"What is the name of the next intersection off of this Calverton radial?___________________________________________________(5 pts) By the way, we're over the Atlantic Ocean, I mean Long Island Sound now!"
Course change 2:
1) When the NAV 2 CDI needle is 2 dots RIGHT of center, start your LEFT turn to a heading of "284"
2) When your heading indicator reads "295", start to roll out
3) When wings are level, press "P" to pause the simulation
** 4) Record your:
NAV 1 DME DIST________________________(30 pts)
VSI____________________________________(25 pts)
ALTITUDE______________________________(20 pts)
BRIDGEPORT VOR's IDENT_______________(15 pts)
5) Press "P" to continue the simulation
6) Track inbound on the BRIDGEPORT VOR 104 radial
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, CONTACT BOSTON CENTER ONE THREE THREE POINT TWO."
You:
"ROGER, CESSNA 9413MIKE, BOSTON CENTER ONE THREE THREE POINT TWO. GOOD-BYE!"
7) Tune COM to "133.2" (Boston Center)
You:
"BOSTON CENTER, CESSNA 9413MIKE AT FIVE THOUSAND."
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, ROGER."
**
"A lot of times, you are transitioning through different sectors of a Center's jurisdiction. A castle wall looking rectangular box in the low altitude enroute charts shows you approximately where those sector transitions are. What is the name of the remote site which is in this sector of Boston Center? (mistakenly labeled ‘New York’)
________________________________________(5 pts)
How many miles is it from this latest turnoffto Bridgeport VOR?
________________________________________(5 pts)
Based on your cruise winds and a computed true airspeed of about one hundred and thirty knots, how long will it take to arrive at Bridgeport from the turnoff?_____________________________________(5 pts) Start jazzing up yourself for the approach and landing phase of this flight, because soon you'11 feel you're in the swamp up to your rear end with alligators and otters (OTTERS?)!"
Course change 3:
1) When the NAV 2 OBI flips from "TO" to "FROM", turn RIGHT to a heading of "288"
2) Set NAV 2 OBS to "288"
3) Track outbound on the BRIDGEPORT VOR 288 radial
"Before you get too close to Westchester County Airport, I'd suggest you excuse yourself from Boston Center temporarily and get some ATIS information. Because pretty soon, they'll want to flag you over to Approach Control, and I first would like to know what the deck is over the airport. It'd be fun to show you what it takes to cancel an IFR clearance and finish up this flight with a visual entry to the traffic pattern. ATIS frequency will be one one eight point six."
You:
"BOSTON CENTER, CESSNA 9413MIKE WOULD LIKE TO SWITCH OFF THE FREQUENCY FOR A MOMENT."
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, APPROVED AS REQUESTED. REPORT BACK ON."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE."
4) Tune COM to "118.6" (Westchester County ATIS)
"WESTCHESTER COUNTY AIRPORT, INFORMATION LIMA, ONE FOUR FIVE FIVE ZULU WEATHER, ESTIMATED CEILING TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED OVERCAST, VISIBILITY FOUR, TEMPERATURE FIVE EIGHT, DEWPOINT FOUR SEVEN, WIND ONE ZERO ZERO AT NINER. ALTIMETER THREE ZERO TWO NINER. ALL ARRIVING VFR TRAFFIC CONTACT TOWER ON ONE ONE NINER POINT SEVEN. ALL ARRIVING IFR TRAFFIC CONTACT NEW YORK APPROACH ON ONE TWO SIX POINT EIGHT. ILS RUNWAY ONE SIX IN USE. ADVISE ON INITIAL CONTACT YOU HAVE INFORMATION LIMA."
5) Set ALTIMETER, set HI, and check FUEL
"I like it! I like it! Altimeter setting is given, and you've automatically made it so and verified that your magnetic compass is lined up with your heading indicator. You've just received two important frequencies from ATIS - one one niner point seven Tower and one two six point eight Approach. When you feel it's appropriate, after we're passed over to Approach, let them know we'd like to get below that twenty five hundred foot deck, cancel IFR, and proceed visually. All right! Quit gabbing Professor Calfior! I know!"
6) Tune COM to "133.2" (Boston Center)
You:
"BOSTON CENTER, CESSNA 9413MIKE IS BACK WITH YOU."
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, ROGER."
7) Tune NAV 1 to "116.6" (CMK)
8) Set NAV 1 OBS to "348"
Boston Center:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, CONTACT NEW YORK APPROACH ONE TWO SIX POINT FOUR."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, SWITCHING ONE TWO SIX POINT FOUR. THANKS FOR YOUR HELP."
9) Tune COM to "126.4" (New York Approach)
You:
"NEW YORK APPROACH, CESSNA 9413MIKE IS WITH YOU AT FIVE THOUSAND, ONE TWO MILES WEST OF BRIDGEPORT."
New York Approach:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, NEW YORK APPROACH, SQUAWK FOUR FOUR SIX SEVEN, AND IDENT."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, SQUAWK FOUR FOUR SIX SEVEN. IDENT."
10) Set XPDR to "4467" (and simulate pressing the IDENT button
New York Approach:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, RADAR CONTACT. EXPECT RADAR VECTORS TO INTERCEPT THE FINAL APPROACH COURSE INBOUND FOR THE ILS RUNWAY ONE SIX APPROACH WESTCHESTER COUNTY."
You:
"NEW YORK APPROACH, CESSNA 13MIKE WOULD LIKE TO DROP DOWN BELOW THE OVERCAST LAYER FOR A VISUAL TO RUNWAY ONE SIX. WILL CANCEL IFR WHEN FIELD IS IN SIGHT."
New York Approach:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, HAVE YOUR REQUEST! OVER RYMES, TURN LEFT HEADING TWO FIVE ZERO, THEN DESCEND AND MAINTAIN TWO THOUSAND. REPORT FIELD IN SIGHT."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, AT RYMES, TURN LEFT HEADING TWO FIVE ZERO, THEN DESCEND AND MAINTAIN TWO THOUSAND. REPORT FIELD IN SIGHT."
"Now see what your constant thinking activity did for you? You had set Carmel's frequency up on the VOR, and it's easy now to wait until RYMES intersection happens. Otherwise, now you'd have to tap dance a little, quickly set up the frequency and radial, and become breathless trying to do a hundred yard dash to catch up with the eight ball!"
Enroute Descent:
1) When your NAV 1 CDI is centered, turn LEFT to a heading of "250"
2) Reduce power to about "1500" [1800] RPM
3) Set CARB HEAT "ON"
4) Establish a "1500" FPM rate of descent
5) Descend to and maintain "2000" feet
6) When below the clouds, and the field is in sight:
You:
"NEW YORK APPROACH, CESSNA 13MIKE, FIELD IN SIGHT. CANCEL MY IFR."
New York Approach:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, RADAR SERVICE IS TERMINATED. SQUAWK ONE TWO ZERO ZERO. CONTACT TOWER ON ONE ONE NINER POINT SEVEN. GOOD DAY!"
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, GOOD BEING WITH YOU!"
"From my point of view, it looks like we are five to six miles from the field. Let's circle right here, get set up, call Tower and take our time, because we don't want to encroach upon the Class C airspace without establishing radio communications."
7) Make a 360° standard RIGHT turning series of circles until radio contact and clearance from Tower
8) Set XPDR to "1200" (VFR code)
9) Tune COM to "119.7" (Westchester County Tower)
10) Select GEAR "DOWN"
You:
"WESTCHESTER COUNTY TOWER, CESSNA 9413MIKE, SIX NORTHEAST WITH INFORMATION LIMA FOR LANDING."
Westchester Tower:
"CESSNA 9413MIKE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY TOWER, ENTER LEFT BASE RUNWAY ONE SIX. REPORT A TWO MILE LEFT BASE. FULL STOP OR TOUCH AND GO?"
You:
"FULL STOP. WILL REPORT TWO MILE LEFT BASE."
"Boy, isn 't that nice of them! Rather than drag this thing (Oh, sorry 13 MIKE! How could I ever have allowed myself to call you a 'thing'!) to a left forty five position, they're helping expedite us to the field. Now you can descend down to some altitude that'11 seem comfortable for a base entry. Your choice!"
11) Turn RIGHT and establish a LEFT BASE to runway 16
12) When airspeed is "90" knots, continue descent to "1200" ft.
** 13) What heading is an established LEFT BASE?_____(30 pts)
Approach:
1) Set FLAPS to first notch (10 degrees)
2) Try and maintain a 400 ft per minute descent on your Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI)
3) When runway 16 is at your 11 o'clock position:
You:
"WESTCHESTER COUNTY TOWER, CESSNA 13MIKE TWO MILE LEFT BASE."
Westchester County Tower:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, NUMBER TWO. FOLLOW MOONEY SHORT FINAL, RUNWAY ONE SIX. CLEARED TO LAND."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE IS CLEARED TO LAND."
4) Set FLAPS to second notch (20 degrees)
5) When runway 16 is at your 10 o'clock position, start a "90" degree LEFT turn to establish your FINAL leg
6) When established on the FINAL leg, set FLAPS to third notch (30 degrees)
7) Airspeed should be 70 knots
"You're in a beautiful position to land. Plant that approach end of runway one six on your windscreen right where you see it best, about an inch or two from the bottom lip. Now keep that perspective and allow the runway to get bigger and bigger and bigger!"
8) When you are 10 to 20 feet off the runway, reduce power to about "1000" RPM and start to slowly pitch the nose of the aircraft up to slow your descent and establish a touchdown attitude
9) When you are five feet off the runway, hold the nose of the aircraft up and allow the airspeed to SLOWLY bleed off. Your aircraft will settle onto the runway while you follow the centerline
10) After touchdown, reduce power to idle
11) Apply die brakes
Westchester County Tower:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, TURN LEFT SECOND INTERSECTION. CONTACT GROUND EXITING THE RUNWAY."
You:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, SECOND INTERSECTION."
12) Taxi the aircraft off the active runway to the LEFT
13) When the aircraft has stopped, set CARS HEAT to "OFF"
14) Set FLAPS to "0"
15) Tune COM to "121.8" (Westchester County Ground)
You:
"WESTCHESTER COUNTY GROUND, CESSNA 9413MIKE ON BRAVO. REQUEST TAXI TO THE TERMINAL."
Westchester County Ground:
"CESSNA 13MIKE, WESTCHESTER COUNTY GROUND, TAXI TO THE TERMINAL."
You:
"13MIKE TO THE TERMINAL."
"For an introduction into the IFR arena, I am exceedingly impressed with the way you stayed cool, calm, and in control. I'll help you tie down 13 MIKE and we'11 debrief at the restaurant over a nice cup of hot chocolate and some jelly beans!"
** 16) Record the TIME____________________________(5 pts)
TOTAL POINTS POSSIBLE FOR THIS FLIGHT 645
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