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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of OK Don
Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 9:11 PM
To: Mercedes Discussion List
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Citabria
It's a beefed up, somewhat up-dated Aeronica Champ built by Bellanca.
I flew one primarily to tow sailplane students - absolutely the most
exciting
Bill Gallagher wrote:
In my student pilot days, I can recall seeing a sailplane taking off in
tow as I was about 800 feet after take off on a Cessna 150. The tow rope
snapped from the sailplane at a estimate elevation of 600 to 500 feet...
The pilot of the sailplane make a extreme graceful
It's a beefed up, somewhat up-dated Aeronica Champ built by Bellanca.
I flew one primarily to tow sailplane students - absolutely the most
exciting flying I've ever done. Definitely more exciting than flying
the Citabria up-side-down even.
The original Champ was designed for 65 HP. The Citabria is
OK Don wrote:
It's a beefed up, somewhat up-dated Aeronica Champ built by Bellanca.
I flew one primarily to tow sailplane students - absolutely the most
exciting flying I've ever done.
I bet! Having been a sailplane student, I think flying a tug towing a
student is probably one of the more
In my student pilot days, I can recall seeing a sailplane taking off in
tow as I was about 800 feet after take off on a Cessna 150. The tow rope
snapped from the sailplane at a estimate elevation of 600 to 500 feet...
The pilot of the sailplane make a extreme graceful left bank to
position
Truly! Of course, those long wings make most any other kind of turn
hard to do ;-) , and the very low sink rates helps remove some of the
pressure (if you know what you're doing).
on the other hand, ther is very little lift that low, so you had
better be ready to put it down ---
The pilot of
Very interesting
Here's a link to the Bellanca/Champion Club w/a pic of a
Citabria ... Scroll way down near end.
http://www.bellanca-championclub.com/
I'm not a pilot, but I have taken a flyer or two..
Enjoy,
Chuck
Phoenix, AZ
On Mar 24, 2006, at 10:00 PM, OK Don wrote:
Keep in mind the lift to weight ratio in a sailplane to a engine driven
plane .. lots of room to recovery in a sailplane but it will be a
certain crash in a engine driven plane
Bill
1981 300 TD
OK Don wrote:
Truly! Of course, those long wings make most any other kind of turn
hard
Where is Citabria and what were you doing there?
It's not a country, it's an airplane. Spelled backwards, Airbatic. A
taildragger built for aerobatics.
No, not stunts.
RLE
