I finally got a chance to use my new headset! One word, amazing! The quiet nearly put me into a daze on our way up to Palm Springs [KPSP]. One downfall, I need to readjust my auditory senses to a much quieter airplane. For example, on one of the final legs to land, it sounded as if the engines were at idle long before they needed to be, they were so quiet. I had to double check my manifold pressure to verify they weren’t.
So, we flew to Palm Springs, for 10 night take offs and landings at a tower controlled airport. The pattern work was quick and straight forward. It seems like I have not had a chance to do a lot of direct pattern work in the past month, this was a nice refresher. On the seventh landing we turned base and we’re pointed directly at a 737 on final for the parallel runway, oh for fun. After my tenth landing, I was feeling comfortable enough to test out some tunes with the new headset, prior to our flight back home. Oh wow! Flying over the Californian mountains at 10,500’ at night listening to Stairway to Heaven puts a whole new perspective on music. For those of you wondering, the music mutes anytime ‘any’ communication is made, be it from ATC, the co-pilot, myself, traffic avoidance, etc. This will be a nice feature in my up and coming cross country flights.
The flight back on FlightAware.com.
I did my first ever full approach through IMC (Instrument Metrological Conditions) into home base [KMYF]. In other words, I got to fly through the marine layer (CLOUDS) on the ILS approach, completely in the soup. The effects from the NAV lights offered a new sensory experience. A lot of fun! 3.5 hours of flight time.
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