Donald, Do you mean "Sport Aviation?" I've been an EAA member since 1975 and I don't know about any magazine called "Sport Pilot."
Syd On Jul 6, 2010, at 7:07 PM, Donald wrote: > > > Sorry, assumed everybody was familiar with the EAA, Experimental Aircraft > Association. They publish a monthly magazine of interest to types like us. > > --- In [email protected], John Craparo <john.crap...@...> wrote: > > > > Sorry, What is "Sport Pilot"? Who publishes it? > > > > Thanks, > > John > > > > On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Donald <dongen...@...> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > For those who got their Sport Pilot today, there is an article by a Dave > > > Matheny on Crosswind Takeoff. Is this correct? Has anyone flown a coupe > > > with > > > and without the pedals? Comments anyone? > > > Following is a quote from the article: "Fortunately the Ercoupe I was > > > flying had been modified so that its twin rudders were connected to actual > > > rudder pedals, unlike the standard Ercoupe. The original had its rudders > > > and > > > ailerons interconnected so that all turns were automatically coordinated. > > > This was a feature that dwsigner Fred Weick and other aviation > > > heavyweights > > > of the 1930s and 40s thought would increase safety by reducing the number > > > of > > > stall-spin accidents that have always plagued aviation. They were right, > > > as > > > far as Ercoupes went, because they were virtually stall-spin proof, but > > > the > > > absence of independent rudder control in the standard model was a problem > > > for crosswind maneuvering on runways" > > > > > > > > > > > > >
