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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II  Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 13:44 |
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Username Protected wrote: Mark, mine is panel installed in the Apex, but the XM never, never drops off. When I had the baron xm receiver in the Mooney, it seemed to drop off coming over lakeland......could never figure out why. Antenna visibility. If your XM antenna is not externally mounted, there will be headings where it is completely shaded by the fuselage.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 13:45 |
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Username Protected wrote: Mark, mine is panel installed in the Apex, but the XM never, never drops off. When I had the baron xm receiver in the Mooney, it seemed to drop off coming over lakeland......could never figure out why. Antenna visibility. If your XM antenna is not externally mounted, there will be headings where it is completely shaded by the fuselage.
perfecto explanation.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 14:27 |
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Username Protected wrote: Mark, mine is panel installed in the Apex, but the XM never, never drops off. When I had the baron xm receiver in the Mooney, it seemed to drop off coming over lakeland......could never figure out why. Antenna visibility. If your XM antenna is not externally mounted, there will be headings where it is completely shaded by the fuselage.
True and I was on one of those headings...North. That's why ADS-B can be superior. Northerly headings.
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 15:38 |
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Username Protected wrote: Hats off to that crew. Mark, Based on the radar pictures you posted, I'm not sure I would praise the crew...
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 15 Jun 2017, 15:48 |
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Username Protected wrote: Hats off to that crew. Mark, Based on the radar pictures you posted, I'm not sure I would praise the crew...
Fair enough. How about "hats off to the crew for not wrecking that beautiful machine despite a possibly dubious decision to land!"
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 10:50 |
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Username Protected wrote: Short final into TEB this morning in the Bravo. Nice. How many hours are you at in the 500 series?
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 10:51 |
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Username Protected wrote: Almost 300 now. Damn. And I was your first. So proud. 
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 10:54 |
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Username Protected wrote: Almost 300 now. Damn. And I was your first. So proud.
Yup I'll never forget my first!
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 24 Jun 2017, 10:56 |
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Username Protected wrote: Damn. And I was your first. So proud. Yup I'll never forget my first!
Ha. You can't. There is a YouTube video out there of that flight. 
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Post subject: Re: Flying the Citation II Posted: 27 Jun 2017, 11:30 |
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