Kansas weather

[billbill1]

Topeka set an all time high yesterday, 66 degrees. This morning-it's 15 degrees and the ground is covered with snow (still snowing). It's supposed to be snow and ice all weekend long.

 

[Thomas]

Dang...talk about doing almost 180.
NH looks to be but another above temp weekend...still no snow.

 

[Jagmandave]

Yep, don't like the weather in Kansas - just wait a few..............

Here in KC we've got about a 1/4" of ice down and the snow has just started coming down.

My brother's supposed to fly into the Downtown KC airport tomorrow in a biz jet, hope things improve by then..........

 

[scott_vt]

Dang...talk about doing almost 180.
NH looks to be but another above temp weekend...still no snow.

Afternoon Thomas,
Looks like we may get a little bit of snow and sleet tonight and then again on Sunday night. I can remember years that we had 3 or 4 ft on the ground by this time

 

[Jagmandave]

Parts of Kansas and Mo really got hammered with ice and sleet yesterday and today, the roads are treacherous - I've decided to just stay home for the rest of the weekend..........

My brother had no trouble getting here, landed just as the sleet really started coming down. Before they can leave tonight for London tho, they'll have a pretty hefty bill for de-icing ...........

 

[cp1969]

Compared to the rest of the cost for the trip to London, the de-icing will be chump change.

 

[billbill1]

I haven't stuck my head outside since I got home Friday morning and don't intend to until I go to work on Sunday night. Some good college basketball and Pro football kept me entertained today. St. Louis and around I-44 got hammered from what I heard.

 

[Jagmandave]

My other brother, who lives in St. Louis was visiting MU at Columbia on Friday, and when it came time to leave, he said the roads west were better than those going east, so he came on into KC.

My brother (the pilot) took off without incident last night and the flight to London was uneventful, so that's the good news. The sleet had already let up so the de-icing was minmal. apparently the jet was so clean and waxed the sleet hardly stuck to the wing! Here's a pic when they landed yesterday........

 

[jinman]

If I had to fly into icing, a GV would sure be a good choice. How long has your brother flown for Wells Fargo? Do you know where he trains? I'm at CAE SimuFlite in Dallas, but he may train with FlightSafety.

Nice looking airplane!

 

[Jagmandave]

He flies for Kaiser Air, not Wells Fargo, Jinman. Altho, Wells may have been (or still is) one of their clients...........
The plane was beautiful, I'll try and upload one or two more pics I took on Sat. I don't know where he got his rating for the G5, but I know it took a week of training. He says it's the sweetest flying plane he's ever driven!

The first pic is another shot as they landed and taxied in. There was a limo waiting for the client (of course!) Those engines look huge, they're Rolls Royce 710's I believe.

Second pic is an interior shot, that's my youngest brother - he's the senior pilot.

Third is a shot of the seating on the interior - very comfy. After the client left the flight attendant (yes, it flies with one!) made up two berths for them to sleep on the overnight to London.

 

[jinman]

He flies for Kaiser Air, not Wells Fargo, Jinman. Altho, Wells may have been (or still is) one of their clients...........
The plane was beautiful, I'll try and upload one or two more pics I took on Sat. I don't know where he got his rating for the G5, but I know it took a week of training. He says it's the sweetest flying plane he's ever driven!

The first pic is another shot as they landed and taxied in. There was a limo waiting for the client (of course!) Those engines look huge, they're Rolls Royce 710's I believe.

Second pic is an interior shot, that's my youngest brother - he's the senior pilot.

Third is a shot of the seating on the interior - very comfy. After the client left the flight attendant (yes, it flies with one!) made up two berths for them to sleep on the overnight to London.

All Gulfstreams are nice, but the GV and now the G550 are the top of the heap. We've taken lots of photos of Mark Cuban's airplane (owner of the Dallas Mavericks) to use in our training programs.

I just did a quick N-Number search and found the informatiion I posted. It shows Wells Fargo as the trustee, so they may just be leasing the plane to Kaiser Air. There are lots of possibilities.

FAA's N-number Site

The Rolls-Royce BR710 was an upgrade to the Tay engines in the GIV. You have to see them hanging off the aft fuselage to really appreciate how big they are. Even so, the airplane's range is 6500 nmi. A very impressive airplane for those who can afford the best. For me, it's just a thrill to see the inside of our GV simulator. Talk about a video game...

A lot of the GIVs and GVs have a flight attendant. It just seems to fit with the level of service their owners demand.

 

[Jagmandave]

Thanks for the link.......

It appears Wells owns it and leases it, but I don't know the details.......

It was a thrill for me to be able to walk around inside it after the client was whisked off in the limo, and I would love to be the one being ferried about in it!

I'm very proud of my lil bro, he did it the hard way, paying for all his training and rides till he got far enough along to be hired by this firm. Getting this long term assignment has to be a real plum, since it upped his rating and made him senior pilot both!

I think he's been flying for them about 5 years now, before that he flew for a Dubai sheik for a while in a startup airline in the mideast and then worked for McDonnald Douglas before that.....

Anyway, they got off the ground before the weather got too horrible, from there on it was no problem. he says the G5 flys so fast and so high icing is not a problem in transit........

 

[mjarrels]

Just when I'm trying to convince my inlaws living in the Phillippines that Americans are not rich... you post pictures of a private jet... wife shows a video of our driveway being paved (nicer driveway than any road here)... What next? Home depot exit 210 million = a BBJ, and flight time for a few years? I can't win!

mark

 

[Jagmandave]

Some Americans are rich.........

Some Phillipino's are rich also............

But, I know what you mean........