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Safe on Deck

By lex, on July 16th, 2009

In Hanford, California with Cardinal 217AF.

It’s freakishly hot.

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July 16th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Flying

13 comments to Safe on Deck

  • Quartermaster
    July 16, 2009 at 6:58 pm

    Just watch that density altitude. Come home safe!

  • FbL
    July 16, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    Well… I was gonna ask an old sailor out to lunch since I was gonna be down your direction tomorrow. So much for that… :P

    What’s that over the cockpit? The aviation equivalent of an auto sunshade?

  • bc
    July 16, 2009 at 7:17 pm

    My last trip in we stayed 10m SW of Hanford Muni at the Tachi Palace. I’m not big on casino action but it was a nice, new, clean, within-per-diem room with one of the best value breakfast/dinner deals I can remember. Hope your next trip is safe and fun. Hanford. How not to sell homeporting, close-loop detailing.

  • AW1 Tim
    July 16, 2009 at 7:44 pm

    So Cap’n,

    Are you referring to the local temps or the Cardinal?

  • BDA
    July 16, 2009 at 10:34 pm

    Chilly’s COC?

  • Curtis
    July 17, 2009 at 1:40 am

    Now that’s an uglee plane. :)

  • Glenn Cassel AMH1(AW) Retired
    July 17, 2009 at 5:35 am

    Aw, it’s just July in the Central Valley. When I was an Argonaut at Lemoore, we didn’t have those neat flight line shelters to keep the sun off.
    So was lunch at Chinese Alley?

  • dc cat
    July 17, 2009 at 7:40 am

    Can you smell the Harris Ranch when you are flying? I know the stench is overpowering near Coaling Station “A”, on I-5.

  • Adam
    July 17, 2009 at 9:03 am

    Have fun while you are here. It is RIDICULOUSLY hot right now.

    • FbL
      July 17, 2009 at 12:26 pm

      Checked weather.com… hah! 106 is nothing! I was recently reminiscing about moving to a town in AZ the week the highs were 120+. ;)

      It’s payback for his complaint about it being 79. The poor dear… :P

  • Gmac
    July 17, 2009 at 12:14 pm

    Well….. I hear it’s a ‘dry’ heat out ya’ll’s way.
    Come visit here and enjoy the balmy 98 degree, 70% humidity clime and discover the finer attributes of air conditioning and sweet ice tea.

  • ChrisP
    July 17, 2009 at 9:01 pm

    Lex,
    If’n you’d ever pulled the floor in that thing and looked at the mechanism that swings the gear, you would be afraid. Tiny reed switches and magnets (Proximity switches, Cessna calls them), really crap gears, and HOPE! Having repaired them and flown them, I’ll never retract that gear again. There’s no telling when they might be “Down and Locked” the next time.
    The cardinal could use some more power, and better gear, but they are a fun airplane.
    Too many failure points for the main-gear.

    Good luck to you, sir!
    May all your landings be happy ones.

    ChrisP
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