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Hartmut wrote: > Ed you'll need to be able to fire your Plane-Parachute when > at least 1000 ft AG. So always fly high!! ;) Hartmut, I DO want to explore flying low but I plan to ALWAYS have a tolerable landing spot within gliding distance. A Challenger II can vary from a glide ratio of 11:1 down (with truly AMAZING slip ability) to about 4:1 ratios so you have LOTS of glide control. These things will slip steeper than a Tri-Pacer! However, if I'm at 10' above the trees (like departing a short field with woods off the runway) and the engine stops, I'll pull the handle and hope it helps - sure beats hitting the ground without even trying use potential resources. On the other hand, I'm not likely to even try such a rotten airport as that would be. I bet some of the others here can tell you about taking off on 36 at Antique Airfield in Ottumwa, Iowa. Just after you get off the ground, you're over a sea of trees. Leslie's airport at Chester, Connecticut, is the same way north OR south. The BRS parachute gives some extra options. Ed Burkhead http://edburkhead.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Hartmut [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:32 PM To: Ed Burkhead Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] headsets & intercom for sale Ed you'll need to be able to fire your Plane-Parachute when at least 1000 ft AG. So always fly high!! ;) Hartmut Ed Burkhead wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Actually, I think helmets would be cool when taxiing in to the fuel pump, > open cockpit, in a Coupe. You should also get oxygen masks for maximum > effect. > > I can't claim that the Challenger is as safe per hour as a Coupe but I like > the idea of adding to the safety margin for myself and my passenger. I've > also got a parachute for the whole plane. Eat your heart out Coupers! > > Realistically, helmets would be a good idea in Coupes and would cut down > auto fatalities by maybe half but we're all too macho to do such a thing. * > I * ain't gonna get caught wearing a helmet driving down the freeway in my > minivan! ;-) > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com/ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:11 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-FLYIN] headsets & intercom for sale > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > When you buy helmets to fly the Challenger, what does that tell ya??? Just > kidding Ed. I think it would be tons of fun to fly one. > Scott > ========================================================================== == > == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ > > ========================================================================== == == > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/ ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers/
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