Flights of 13MIKE

by Fred J. Calfior and Douglas W. Miller

PREFLIGHT

note:	Set ZOOM to "1.0"
	Set TIME to "10:00"

"Well, Professor Miller -1 guess it's time for me to go to work! Thank you forgiving my student your excellent presentation and briefing. I'm Professor Calfior. I'm anticipating a great, maybe even an outstanding flight with you. I'd certainly enjoy having you fly the entire circuit with me until we get back to Meigs Field in Chicago. Anyway, let's get the local airport information before we start to taxi, from the UNICOM operator here on the field. It's on 122.7. "

Instruments:

1) Tune COM to " 122.7" (Lansing UNICOM)

You:

"LANSING UNICOM, CESSNA 13MIKE IS ON THE RAMP AND WOULD LIKE SOME NUMBERS BEFORE TAXIING."

Lansing UNICOM:

"13MIKE, WHAT I'VE GOT IS GARY'S ALTIMETER SETTING OF 30.02. I SHOW WINDS FROM THE NORTHEAST AT 020, ABOUT SEVEN OR SO KNOTS. RUNWAY 36 IS THE RUNWAY IN USE FOR TAKEOFF IF YOU DON'T MIND TURF!"

You:

"THANKS A LOT, UNICOM! YOU'RE A BIG HELP, TURF WILL BE GOOD PRACTICE. ENJOY YOUR DAY!"

"Well, good! Let me watch you set up your instruments in accordance to what we pre-briefed the flight to be, and then we'll taxi out to 36. "

2) Set "Altimeter"

3) Set "DG"

4) Set XPDR to "1200" (VFR code)

5) Tune NAV 1 to "112.3" (JOT)

6) Set NAV 1 OBS to "266" in the upper window

7) Tune NAV 2 to "112.3" (JOT)

8) Set NAV 2 OBS to "330" in the upper window

9) Set the DME to "NAV 1" and "DIST"

10) Check CARB HEAT is "OFF"

11) Check GEAR "DOWN"

12) Turn STROBE "ON"

13) Check LIGHTS "OFF"

"Excellent! The advantage of having two VORs, obviously, is so that we don't have to juggle so much going from one radial to another! Stay on this frequency and simply let traffic know that we're taxiing to runway 36. It's a good communication habit to get into. "

You:

"LANSING TRAFFIC, CESSNA 13MIKE IS TAXIING TO RUNWAY 36."

TAXI -

"Runway 36 is behind you. Make a left turn and taxi down to the runup area for runway 36. Hold short of the runway and perform your runup. See Figure 5.1.

Figure 5.1. Taxi to runway 36

RUN UP -

1) Set brake (hold down to prevent aircraft from moving)

2) Advance power to about "1700" RPM

**      3) Select CARB HEAT "ON", record RPM drop_____ (5 pts)

4) Select CARB HEAT "OFF"

**      5) Select "LEFT" Mag, record RPM drop_______ (5 pts)

6) Select "BOTH" Mags

**      7) Select "RIGHT" Mag, record RPM drop_________ (5 pts)

8) Select "BOTH" Mags

9) Reduce power to idle

10) Set FLAPS to first notch (10 degrees takeoff configuration)

"All right! You've already called Kankakee's Flight Service Station on the phone to activate our fight plan, so all that's left to do is to clear this approach end, and make sure nobody's coming in. Let traffic know we're taking the active for takeoff. "

You:

"LANSING TRAFFIC, CESSNA 13MIKE IS ROLLING ON RUNWAY 36 FOR TAKEOFF. WESTBOUND DEPARTURE."

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