X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:51:14 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.67] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.12) with ESMTP id 3512739 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:41:33 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.86.89.67; envelope-from=colyncase@earthlink.net DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=TTbKqiQ6nOjxWhRafiA2wsoDWhS+CDoL/Zy9bi30zhsTRyLVCddpr9gZAsR+3i98; h=Received:Message-ID:From:To:References:Subject:Date:MIME-Version:Content-Type:X-Priority:X-MSMail-Priority:X-Mailer:X-MimeOLE:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Received: from [216.57.118.63] (helo=ccaselt3) by elasmtp-scoter.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1LbmI5-0002Aa-Tk for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:40:58 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <030301c99620$ed2c67c0$0c8d020a@nvidia.com> From: "Colyn Case at earthlink" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: [LML] Re: Ryan 9900B X-Original-Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 20:40:51 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0300_01C995F7.03D80800" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.3138 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3198 X-ELNK-Trace: 63d5d3452847f8b1d6dd28457998182d7e972de0d01da9405710fd468abfa499fa406952d5a25016350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 216.57.118.63 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C995F7.03D80800 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I have a gtx330 in my cessna too. It's a marvelous device which includes direction of flight information. Way better than nothing when it's working. It's the most effective advertisement for active tcad there is. episode 1: I'm flying from Sacramento to Palo Alto just at the end of = the tis "dead zone" and up shows this target at 10 O'clock. I look over = and there's this mooney speeding right into me. I dive. The target = disappears from the screen off my 4 O'clock. I guess I was just lucky = that day. episode 2: crummy marginal vfr day, same location. Norcal drops me = from flight following but I stay on the freq. As I'm approaching the = coastal hills West of Livermore I hear approach calling traffic to some = dc-9. "Cessna 10 O'clock, 2 miles" and I'm watching the 330 and I see = this target cutting along the ridge and he's descending. I look up and = all I see is cloud where he should be. 500 feet higher now, he's still = descending. I'm just below the cloud bases. I wonder where he is. If = that's him, he should be coming into view at my 12 = O'clock.....right......about.....NOW. and there he is 12 o'clock, same = altitude, half a mile. Passenger windows all lit up. episode 3: 4 miles out from KPAO, tcad shows climbing traffic, opposite = direction. As we approach each other it appears he's 1 mile at my 1 = o'clock 400' low. I'm thinking about pulling up. ...but then I see = him for real, above me 12:30. sometimes that little delay matters. ------=_NextPart_000_0300_01C995F7.03D80800 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

I have a gtx330 in my cessna too.

It's a marvelous device which includes direction of flight=20 information.

Way better than nothing when it's working.

It's the most effective advertisement for active tcad there = is.

episode 1: I'm flying from Sacramento to Palo Alto just at = the end of=20 the tis "dead zone" and up shows this target at 10 O'clock. I look = over=20 and there's this mooney speeding right into me. I dive. The = target=20 disappears from the screen off my 4 O'clock. I guess I was = just=20 lucky that day.

episode 2: crummy marginal vfr day, same location. = Norcal drops=20 me from flight following but I stay on the freq. As I'm = approaching the=20 coastal hills West of Livermore I hear approach calling traffic to some=20 dc-9. "Cessna 10 O'clock, 2 miles" and I'm watching = the 330=20 and I see this target cutting along the ridge and he's descending. = I look=20 up and all I see is cloud where he should be. 500 feet higher now, = he's=20 still descending. I'm just below the cloud bases. I wonder = where he=20 is. If that's him, he should be coming into view at my 12=20 O'clock.....right......about.....NOW. and there he is 12 = o'clock,=20 same altitude, half a mile. Passenger windows all lit = up.

episode 3: 4 miles out from KPAO, tcad shows climbing = traffic,=20 opposite direction. As we approach each other it appears he's 1 = mile at my=20 1 o'clock 400' low. I'm thinking about pulling = up. =20 ...but then I see him for real, above me 12:30. sometimes = that=20 little delay matters.

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