Saturday, 30 December 2017

Leg 102 - LRCL - LHUD

LRCL (Cluj, Romania) - LHUD (Csongrád, Hungary)

Departure
METAR LRCL 302030Z VRB02KT 8000 NSC M02/M04 Q1017
Flight Plan ... LRCL REBLA  VASIS  GITMU  INVED LHUD (178 nm)
Cruise Alt... 8,000 ft
Fuel = Full - 87 USG
PAX = Pilot + 1 (dear wife and copilot Marg), 100 lb cargo
Hobbs 198.4 hrs
Block Time 1100 Local
Flight 1110 Local
Depart Rwy 26

Arrival
Left hand visual Rwy 18
METAR LHUD 302145Z 15009KT CAVOK M00/M04 Q1017
Fuel = 69 USG
Flight 1335 Local
Block Time 1340 Local
Hobbs 200.0 hrs (woot!)


Summary
Fuel used = 18 USG
Hobbs Time = 1.6 hrs
Distance = 178 nm
Cumulative Distance = 25,264 nm
Country Count = 66 done, 127 to go

Journal Notes
- Refuel and top up oil on arrival.
- AME says "like new".
- much nicer flight.. beautiful country
- In RW, dang it's cold!  -25C again, plus a whack of snow.  Still on vacation.  Marg and I shoveled after she painted the half-bath. If I don't fly in the next two days... Happy New Year!

Friday, 29 December 2017

Leg 101 - LUKK - LRCL

LUKK (Chisinau, Moldova) - LRCL (Cluj, Romania)

Departure
METAR LUKK 300100Z 23005KT 200V280 0700 R08/0400V1800D FG SCT001 06/06 Q1008
Flight Plan ... LUKK POGAV Y572 REBLA LRCL (218 nm)
Cruise Alt... 10,000 ft
Fuel = Full - 87 USG
PAX = Pilot + 1 (dear wife and copilot Marg), 100 lb cargo
Hobbs 196.5 hrs
Block Time 1015 Local
Flight 1019 Local
Depart Rwy 26

Arrival
Right hand visual Rwy 07
METAR LRCL 300230Z 08002KT 9999 OVC045 01/M01 Q1011
Fuel = 65 USG
Flight 1205 Local
Block Time 1210 Local
Hobbs 198.4 hrs
Summary
Fuel used = 22 USG
Hobbs Time = 1.9 hrs
Distance = 218 nm
Cumulative Distance = 25,086 nm
Country Count = 65 done, 128 to go

Journal Notes

- Refuel and top up oil on arrival.
- AME says "great shape".
- hard departure.. hard IMC
- In RW, dang it's cold!  -25C.  On vacation for a week... could get used to this.  Marg and I went shopping for a new toilet at Home Depot.  Exciting!  LOL  The new year is just around the corner.  I need to do more of these as the weather is usually nicer than flying in Canada.

Friday, 8 December 2017

Leg 100 - UKLI - LUKK

UKLI (Ivano-Frankivs'k, Ukraine) - LUKK (Chisinau, Moldova)

Departure
METAR UKLI 082000Z 00000MPS CAVOK 02/02 Q1009 R28/090070
Flight Plan ... UKLI IVF N195 BUKOV SCV P133 ISI P133 KIV LUKK   (214 nm)
Cruise Alt... 5,000 ft
Fuel = Full - 87 USG
PAX = Pilot + 1 (dear wife and copilot Marg), 100 lb cargo
Hobbs 194.8 hrs
Block Time 1114 Local
Flight 1119 Local
Depart Rwy 10


Arrival
ILS Rwy 26
METAR LUKK 090000Z 20002KT 4400 BR FU NSC M01/M02 Q1012
Fuel = 66 USG
Flight 1250 Local
Block Time 1253 Local
Hobbs 196.5 hrs

Summary
Fuel used = 22 USG
Hobbs Time = 1.7 hrs
Distance = 214 nm
Cumulative Distance = 24,868 nm
Country Count = 64 done, 129 to go

Journal Notes
- Leg 100!!!
- Refuel and top up oil on arrival.
- AME she is "like new".
- very obscured inbound on the ILS
- In RW, it's been a while!  I've been distracted by the VRS Superbug, then FSX died with a Windows 10 update, so I bit the bullet and moved entirely over to P3D V4.  Very nice!  Family is well, and Marg had some minor eye surgery today.  Weekend!!