you were supposed to land at Monett and were busy blogging and overflew the airport at 8000 ft.....and NORAD scrambled 2 F16's to intercept before you acknowledged ATC instructions to "ident" OR..it was very windy ..... or ...
Here's the answer - The "red" light just above the altitude selector (bottom left hand corner) is the vacuum pump failure indicator. On my F33A, the artificial horizon is vacuum driven. I had to cover the instrument using a scrap piece of paper and a stick of chewing gum.
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you were supposed to land at Monett and were busy blogging and overflew the airport at 8000 ft.....and NORAD scrambled 2 F16's to intercept before you acknowledged ATC instructions to "ident" OR..it was very windy ..... or ...
ReplyDeleteI hope that 8000 ft was GL based on your IAS.
ReplyDeleteKnots is reading 0
ReplyDeleteHere's the answer - The "red" light just above the altitude selector (bottom left hand corner) is the vacuum pump failure indicator. On my F33A, the artificial horizon is vacuum driven. I had to cover the instrument using a scrap piece of paper and a stick of chewing gum.
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