Bob & I, along with my son Tyler finally went and retrieved our Westwind II (Nomadic One) from Dallas. Been away for 10 months getting maintenance done, an Aux tank install, and a few other things. She’s now home in ILG! - ThreadSky

stevenomadic.bsky.social • 15 days ago

Bob & I, along with my son Tyler finally went and retrieved our Westwind II (Nomadic One) from Dallas. Been away for 10 months getting maintenance done, an Aux tank install, and a few other things. She’s now home in ILG!

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sierra84.bsky.social•15 days ago

I love Bob's airliner-ferry-pilot videos! I also always loved the looks of the Westwind, but then again I am an Aero Commander fan.

stevenomadic.bsky.social•13 days ago

Check out our YouTube channel: @ cockpitcasual

travelbuddha.bsky.social•14 days ago

What sort of range does it have now with the aux tank installed?

stevenomadic.bsky.social•13 days ago

It’s only another 100 GAL but ends up adding about 45-60 min at altitude. So probably about 2300-2400NM depending on winds

jsprankle7.bsky.social•15 days ago

I hope there will be an new episode featuring the west wind someday

bnickeson.bsky.social•15 days ago

Dude, you gotta give us a heads up so we can catch you on #SkyCards

stevenomadic.bsky.social•14 days ago

Just learned about it!

jasonrosewell.bsky.social•15 days ago

Steve I know you guys have crazy hours and flying a jet is nbd. But I remember watching your video with the Westwind and it looked challenging. Do you just hop in and go after all that time or do you review in some way?

stevenomadic.bsky.social•15 days ago

Watched some videos last night that I made as a refresher, reviewed some manuals, sat in the cockpit for an hour with Bob refreshing our minds. It’s a bit of a handful, but not particularly complicated - just analog with no Autothrottle, a rudimentary autopilot and a Universal UN-Lw FMS.

jasonrosewell.bsky.social•15 days ago

Nice! Cool that you have your own videos to review. Now I want to go back and watch it again 😅

stevenomadic.bsky.social•15 days ago

It’s the raw videos from that cockpit casual - I have about 3 hours of footage in all phases and different angles because I knew I’d want to use it as a refresher

jasonrosewell.bsky.social•15 days ago

Yeah, makes sense. What a great tool for reviewing!

stevenomadic.bsky.social•15 days ago

It’s fast, heavy, and squirrelly on the takeoff and landing roll. And the low-rider makes for an interesting flare