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fordm2003(at)yahoo.com
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 Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject: I flew today |
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Well, I made it up today. I took a half day off in order to take advantage of this nice weather. Ive been watching the weather and the wind was forecast to die down to about 5 mph around 3pm, but it didn't. Not in Wausau anyway.
After preflight and engine warm up I headed out to runway 30.
I announced and was rolling on 30, then ping, I see a little cowling fastener pop off. I immediately aborted the take-off and back taxied. I taxied the plane off the runway, shut it off and parked the plane off the taxiway in the snow.
Dang.
Luckily, I only had to walk the first 1/10th of the runway when I happened to look back for traffic and saw a metallic glimmer. I had already passed that tiny fastener, but not by much.
Whew.
Well, I fastened it back in the cowl and once again prepared to take off.
I am still fairly new to my tail wheel Kitfox. I really didnt want to take off if the winds were going to be moderate crosswind, as I havent really had too much time practicing them. The practice that I did have was several months ago.
Well, after a safe, but fairly wobbly take-off, I was up in the air and found the air to be a little more turbulent than I was expecting.
I decided landing right now might not be the best thing. I knew I had plenty of fuel, so I decided to fly east for a while and practice maneuvers.
After about an hour of practice I was starting to get a pretty good feel for the plane again. The bumps where a little less at altitude, but I was also getting used to them.
After about an hour, the wind at Wausau still hadnt subsided. So, I decided to kill some time by flying over to Merrill. Merrills runways were a little more favorable given the wind direction. The wind was also a bit calmer there.
There was still a small crosswind at Merrill. After a slightly bouncy, but otherwise un-eventful landing at Merrill, I felt a bit more emboldened with crosswind landings.
After a short break at Merrill I headed back to Wausau. I was feeling much better about the crosswind landing to come.
The wind at Wausau was only slightly calmer than it had been earlier. However, I felt I could handle it. It was getting dark and Id rather put my bird back in her Wausau nest if possible.
I found downwind, base, and then a nice long final for 30. I wanted a long final so that I could get set up a ways out and get a good feel for the wind on approach. Again, I had a little bounce, but otherwise safe landing.
Ahh.
Another day, another couple of small crosswind landings under my belt.
THAT felt good!
Mike
Model IV speedster
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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Wed Jan 25, 2006 8:25 pm Post subject: I flew today |
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Fun read, Thanks Mike
Lowell
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ppeerenbo(at)charter.net
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:03 pm Post subject: I flew today |
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Congratulations Mike. I am over in New London with a Model IV. Hope to see
you this summer.
Paul N102DG
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ofd725(at)yahoo.com
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| Posted: Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:28 pm Post subject: I flew today |
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Hey,
You guys should try flying south a couple of miles. We have got a S7 going together down here in Oshkosh with late spring being the target for completion.
Gary Olson
Paul Peerenboom <ppeerenbo(at)charter.net> wrote:
Congratulations Mike. I am over in New London with a Model IV. Hope to see
you this summer.
Paul N102DG
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