Few people take into account that trees grow several feet a year and their rate of climb stays the same or dimishes somewhat with engine time.
Mike @C35 --- In [email protected], "bbartsey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The local news said Hudson was taking off from his private strip > (pasture), clipped some trees after getting airborne,pitched nose down > and crashed. The plane came to rest inverted and his son and others > righted the plane in an effort to get him out. > Seems like a lot of Ercoupes have been crashing from private sod strips > lately. > Bart >
