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RE: Pietenpol-List: A cold fall flight...In Calif, Too!
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:12 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Great story, Douwe! Mine's not nearly so good: Cold 68 deg Fall day in N.Calif.
.flew into the Sierra foothills, then turned around and came back.One landing.a good one, so need to do more! Besides, too much traffic and mewithout a radio.Gary BootheNX308MB
RE: Pietenpol-List: A cold fall flight...
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 5:14 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com
Nice writeup, Douwe.I find the same thing, after flying a long leg of a cross-country, I tend toland about 3' above the runway. I find it best to make a full pattern toget some turns in to sort of get the feel of the airplane back. Worst is ifI make a straight-in approach. I need to make at least one turn, to haveany chance at a decent landing.Jack PhillipsNX899JPSmith Mountain Lake, Virginia _____
Re: Pietenpol-List: A cold fall flight...In Calif, Too!
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 9:26 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By: Ray Krause
Really enjoying your reports Douwe. Thanks for sharing your experience. Thatbit about flying through the parachutes cracked me up... had me going for a secondas I read that. Ha! The photos look way cool... you have a really neat looking airplane.--------Mark ChouinardWings, Center Section and Empannage and Fuse framed up - Working on Landing GearRead this topic online here:
http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.p ... ___Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: A cold fall flight...In Calif, Too!
Posted: Sat Nov 03, 2012 10:35 pm
by matronics
Original Posted By:> owner-pietenpol-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-pietenpol-li
Beautiful pictures, Gary. I flew to Oroville And then to Corning today. Corning is on 123.00 Unicom ,so I thought about asking those in the pattern at Lincoln if they saw a beautiful Pietenpol flying around! Sounded as though Lincoln was pretty busy today. I will find you someday.RaySent from my iPadOn Nov 3, 2012, at 3:12 PM, "Gary Boothe" wrote:> Great story, Douwe! Mine=99s not nearly so good: Cold 68 deg Fall day in N. Calif. ;-)flew into the Sierra foothills, then turned around and came back. One landinga good one, so need to do more! Besides, too much traffic and me without a radio.> > > > > > > > Gary Boothe> NX308MB>