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Flight Log for 15-Aug-10

Flight Info
Flight #: 385 Flight Date: 15-Aug-10 Call Sign: N6329T Plane Type: C T182T
Pilot:Mark Shashek


Flight Times
Solo: 2.0 PIC: 2.0 High Perf: 2.0 Complex: 0.0
SEL: 2.0 Day: 2.0 Night: 0.0 Cross Country:0.0
MEL:0.0



Right Seat:0.0


Instruction
Pre / Post: 0.0 Flt Training: 0.0 Instructor:


Instrument
Simulated: 0.0
Actual: 0.0
Inst Appr: 0


Weather
Scattered clouds from 2,000 to 3,300 feet. Strong wind from the north, northeast at 8 to 12


Remarks, Procedures, Maneuvers
A little sightseeing and practice touch and gos without anyone else in the plane.


Observations
Downtown, Regional, County, and Creve Coeur airports


Description of Flight

Today I am flying around St Louis, just for fun.

Airport Information
Airport IDName/CityFrom TownRunway(s)SizeElvTPA
SUS Spirit of St Louis
St Louis, MO		 17 W 8L/26(R)
8(R)/26L		 5,000 x 75
7,485 x 150		 463 1,300
CPS St Louis Downtown
Cahokia, IL		 1 E 05/23
12L/30(R)
12(R)/30L		 2,799 x 75
3,800 x 75
6,997 x 100		 413 1,213
ALN St Louis Regional
Alton, IL		 4 E 11/29
17/35		 8,098 x 150
6,499 x 100		 544 1,344
SET St Charles County-Smartt
St Charles, MO		 9 NE 09/27
18/36		 2,000 x 75
3,800 x 75		 437 1,237
1H0 Creve Coeur
Creve Coeur, MO		 4 NW 16(R)/34 4,500 x 75 463 1,263
SUS Spirit of St Louis
St Louis, MO		 17 W 8L/26(R)
8(R)/26L		 5,000 x 75
7,485 x 150		 463 1,300
Elv = Airport Elevation above Sea level
TPA = Traffic Pattern Altitude above Sea Level
(R) = Right Traffic Pattern

This will be my first solo flight since Jun 09. Just going out to do some sightseeing and practice touch and gos without someone in the right seat.


Here is the Radio information for my flight.

Radio Information
ContactFrequency
SUS Ground 121.70
SUS Tower 124.75
CPS Tower 119.92
ALN Tower 126.00
SET 122.70
1H0 122.80
SUS Tower 124.75
SUS Ground 121.70

Weather Brief

I called flight service and got my VFR flight briefing.

He was hard to hear. Slow and Gravelly voice.

Comments
No weather alerts
Under influence of Low Pressure system over the area
Showers in Southern IL and Southern MO, moving east

Current Weather

 Winds Visibilty Clouds Temps Alt
SUS 360 @ 9 10 Few 2,700 / Scattered 5,500 28/?

Pilot Reports (Pireps)
None

Terminal Area Forecast

 Times Winds VisibiltyClouds
SUS between 1500 & 0100 Zulu NW @ 10 6 Scattered 5,000

Winds Aloft
Location 3,000
SUS 350 @ 12

Temporary Flight Restrictions (TRFs)
None

Notice To Airman (NOTAMs)
SUS - RAA Unavailable
CPS - 12L/30(R) first 2,800 closed, Day time ops only
ALN - CVM NDB OTS
SET - None
1H0 - None

When I got to the airport, I took my blood glucose (BG) reading. It was way high, 278.
The FAA wants me to check my BG before and during my flying. If it is greater than 100 and less than 300, I am ok to fly. At least according to the FAA.
My doctors and I want my BG between 80 and 180.
Since the reading was so high, I gave myself an extra insulin infusion.
I checked my BG again, 10 minutes later and it was already down to 220 and descending.

It was a nice day to fly. There were some scatterd clouds and a light wind from the north.

Looking at the Sky

Sky01
Looking west
Sky02
Looking north from the hold short line

Highway 64

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From over the Chesterfield, MO Mall, looking east

CBC Highschool

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A football game in progress

Missouri Baptist Hospital

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Construction in progress

It was a little hazy as I was headed for St Louis Downtown Airport.

Looking towards Downtown St Louis, MO

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Downtown_St_Louis02

I did 3 touch and gos here. There was other traffic in the area and the pattern but Tower kept us separated and I didn't have any problems.

St Louis Downtown Airport (CPS) at Cahokia, IL

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Approaching from the southwest
St_Louis_Downtown_Airport02
On final for runway 30Left
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On downwind for runway 30Left
St_Louis_Downtown_Airport04
Hangars at the airport

Looking towards Downtown St Louis, MO

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Before turning final for runway 30Left
Looking_towards_Downtown02
Departing Spirit to the northeast
Looking_towards_Downtown03
On the way towards Edwardsville

Flying past Glen Carbon, you can see the Mall area and Cassens car dealership.

Glen Carbon, IL

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Downtown_Glen_Carbon02

After flying out towards my house, I turned back towards the airport and did 3 more touch and gos.

St Louis Regional Airport (ALN) at Alton, IL

St_Louis_Regional_Airport01
Approaching from the east
St_Louis_Regional_Airport02
On final for runway 35
St_Louis_Regional_Airport03
On final for runway 35
St_Louis_Regional_Airport04
On downwind for runway 35

Looking back towards the North and the Mississippi River

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On the way to Smartt Field

I approached from the southeast and after checking the weather, decided to use runway 36. It is longer and the wind was from 320 at 9.
I did 3 touch and gos. There was a Biplane passing by as I went around for my last t&g.

St Charles County Airport-Smartt Field (SET) at St Charles, MO

St_Charles_County_Airport01
Approaching from the southeast
St_Charles_County_Airport02
Approaching from the southeast
St_Charles_County_Airport03
On downwind for runway 36
St_Charles_County_Airport04
On final for runway 36
St_Charles_County_Airport05
On final for runway 36

BiPlane leaving the area

BiPlane_Leaving_the_area01
Yellow, over the Barge

This airport closed July 1. I use to fly out of here when LangaAir closed at Alton.
The flight school here, St Charles Flying Service, has moved to St Charles County Airport.

St Charles Municipal Airport (3SQ) at St Charles, MO - CLOSED

St_Charles_Municipal_Airport01
St_Charles_Municipal_Airport02

It is 12.7 miles from Smartt field to Creve Coeur Airport but I flew a bit wider to be able to enter a left downwind for my touch and gos on runway 34.
I reported 8 to the northwest, inbound for touch and go on 34. There was another plane inbound ahead of me.
I spotted him and said I was number 2 and had him in sight.
I turned base when I he was passing me on final.
I turned final just before he touched down. Unfortunately, he landed long and had to roll down to the second exit. I executed a go around, full power, partial flaps retracted, climbed back up.
I went around and did my 3 touch and gos just fine. You always have to be ready to not land.

Creve Coeur Airport (1H2) at Creve Coeur, MO

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Approaching from northwest
Creve_Coeur_Airport02
On final for runway 34
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On final for runway 34
Creve_Coeur_Airport04
On final for runway 34

Creve Coeur is only 7.8 miles from Spirit of St Louis Airport so as I took off from Creve Couer and climbed up to 2,000 feet, I was already thinking about Spirit.
When I was at about 1,400 feet and would have been turning downwind, I called Spirit Tower and said I was airborne off Creve Coeur, inbound for touch and gos, with Delta. Tower told me to make straight in for 26Right.
I did 2 touch and gos then told Tower the next would be to a full stop, parking at Air Associates. Tower cleared me to land.

Spirit of St Louis Airport (SUS) at Chesterfield, MO

Spirit_Of_St_Louis_Airport01
On final for runway 26Right
Spirit_Of_St_Louis_Airport02
On downwind for runway 26Right

Looking at the sky to the west

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I ended up doing 14 touch and gos and 1 landing today, visited some of my "old" airports and was comfortable flying by myself again. All in all, a nice flight.


Here is the airport weather information from my flight.

Weather Information

 124.80
SUS		 121.45
CPS		 128.00
ALN		 118.07
SET		 STL
125.02
STL		 124.80
SUS
Time: 10:49 / 10:55 11:06 11:24 11:53 12:15 12:28
Rpt: A / B Q X
K D
Time: 14:54 / 15:54 15:52 15:55 16:52 16:15 16:54

Wind: 010 / 350 330 360 320 350 330
Speed: 11 / 11 11 8 9 8 10
Gust: 18 / -





Vis: 10 10 10 10 10 10
Clouds: 1,900 Broken / 2,400 Scattered2,000 Broken2,000 Scattered3,300 Few2,900 Scattered 2,800 Broken

Temp: 29 / 31 28 31 32 32 31
Dew Pt: 23 / 33 24 25 23 23 23
Alt: 2995 / 2997 2997 2996 2997 2999 2998
Runway: 26L / 8R 30L 35 36 34 26R
Comment:






Here is the inflight weather information for my flight.

Inflight Weather Information
TimeAltitude Temp Air SpeedGround Speed Heading
10:53 0 89 F/32 C 0 0 0
11:25 1,800 78 F/26 C 127 120 048
12:10 0 84 F/29 C 0 0 0
12:14 1,500 78 F/26 C 124 131 225
12:46 0 93 F/34 C 0 0 0

Here is the waypoint information for my flight.

Waypoint Information
From/ToDistanceHeadingTime
Take off SUS
11:00
SUS –> CPS 23.910311:14

CPS –> ALN 19.801511:43

ALN –> SET 18.127712:04

SET –> VPEDZ 12.6214
VPEDZ –> 1H0 3.811612:20
Total Miles 16.4

1H0 –> SUS 7.824012:36

Grand Total Miles 86.1
1:36

Because of my diabetes, the FAA wants me to monitor my blood sugar 30 minutes before flight, during, and 30 minutes before landing.

Here are my readings.

Blood Sugar Readings
Time Reading Comments
08:32 139 Before Breakfast
10:27 279 30 minutes before flight
10:30 220 30 minutes before flight
11:29 165 during flight
12:25 120 30 minutes before landing


Airport Times and Information
AirportFrom To Touch
& Gos		Landings Go Arounds
CPS 11:14 11:22 3 0 0
ALN 11:43 11:51 3 0 0
SET 12:04 12:11 3 0 0
1H0 12:12 12:30 3 0 1
SUS 12:36 12:44 2 1 0
5
14 1 1

15

Landing Info
Route of Flight:SUS-CPS-ALN-SET-VPEDZ-1H0-SUS
Landings:15 / 0 = 15

Day/Night=Total

Times
To Plane:10:31
Start:10:48
Taxi:10:54
Takeoff:11:00
Open Flight Plan:00:00

Land:12:44
Shutdown:12:45
Close Flight Plan:00:00

Time Calculations
Running Time:01:57
Start to shutdown
Flight Time:01:51
Taxi to Shutdown
Air Time:01:44
Takeoff to Landing

Hobbs Out:470.6
Hobbs In:472.6
Total Hobbs: 2.0

Tach Out:419.0
Tach In:420.8
Total Tach: 1.8

Fuel Out:35.0/35.0
Fuel In:20.0/15.0
Total Fuel:15.0/20.0

35.0 Gallons

Weather
WX Time:10:49
Rpt:B
Rpt Time:14:54

Wind Direction:350
Strength:11 Knots
Gusts:0 Knots

Visibility:10 miles
Clouds: Scattered 2,400

Temp:31 C
Dew Point:23 C

Altimeter:2997

Advisories:

Runways:8L
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Displayed on: 08-24-2010 @ 11:13:40
Created By: Mark Shashek