Since I bought N2969Q last November, I have refurbished it inside and out, as well as upgraded the avionics. Though it's a six seater, the two center seats will be removed for the trip for extra room.
During the trip, our position will be tracked via satellite using the Spot locator beacon, and our position will be shown on the map above and updated about every 10 minutes while we're in flight. If you see our track diverge from our planned route, it most likely means we're diverting around bad weather.
Although we have an itinerary, it will probably change due to unpredictable weather. Not even airliners fly through thunderstorms, and if a thunderstorm prevents us from landing at our planned airport or blocks our route entirely, then we'll have to adjust our plans.
Another great piece of technology is the Garmin GPSMAP 496. Having the downlinked NEXRAD weather radar and airport conditions available in the cockpit will help immensely in dealing with the weather.
2 comments:
Very Cool have a great safe trip, I am going to do the same in my 79 Dakota which i purchased a year ago. Seems the SPOT is a great safety feature
Arthur
Los angeles
Awesome! Seems like forever and a day ago that you took me and the pmc gang for burritos in Watsonville. I bet you have some good eats planned on this trip, huh? :)
Congrats on the new toy, Mr. Aviation!
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