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Originally Posted by Reerun_KC
Flying hard IFR to mins in a middle of snow/ice storm in up state PA to mins.
Controller :. N****. You're a little high on GS
Reerun :. Because inverted.
Controller : um say what?
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I came in late to DDC in an Archer II years ago. I had left earlier than I wanted to beat weather in, but the weather developed about 6 hours sooner than predicted. Called flight service on the radio and they assured me there was no ice around my destination.
Anyway, my friend Josh was with me right seat and tells me that ice is building on the wing.
Butt starts to pucker slowly. We are 10 miles from DDC and ATC is giving me vectors for the ILS 14. Ceilings are about 3-400 feet. Well, ice builds, and ATC tells me I am clear for the full ILS14 DDC. I reply "no, I am going to intercept direct ILS 14 inbound."
"there is no radar coverage Piper 9****".
"We are accumilating ice on the wings, I don't want to risk it and do the full."
He helped me as much as he could. Credit to him for not be a regs prick.
I caught the inbound course just as the GS came in, and I proceed to shoot a perfect ILS (I did notice a loss of airspeed had more nose up...), land, swing the plane into the open hanger with engine running. The lineman pulls a large chunk of ice off the wing and says,"holy shit notorious".
I reply,"I know. I prefer ice in my drinks instead of on my wings". I hop in my car and crank the stereo to come down from the rush. JFC my ass didn't unclamp for a week. Got to love faulty weather reports.
This was all done without GPS or autopilot. Your boy has skills back in the day.