I left work today and headed straight for the airport. The temperature was 46°, ceiling was 3000' agl and the winds were 15 mph straight down the runway out of the west. This would be the first flight in such cool temps since last April and I was anxious to fly. I arrived the hanger and did a preflight, climbed in and immediately closed the canopy because it was rather cool behind the prop blast. Just four days ago, I was sweating while sitting in the cockpit. For some reason the engine seemed to really run smooth. It must like the cool temps. Anyway, I pulled up to the threshold of 29, announced my intentions and firewalled her. She picked up speed fast and at 65, I rotated and she started climbing like a homesick angel. With the 15 mph headwind and cool temps, I was at pattern altitude as I turned on downwind from crosswind. Wow, that was awesome! I stayed on downwind and finally announced and turned base, dropped half speed brake and turned final. About a half mile out I dropped full speed brake and settled in for a very short roll out. I actually had to apply power to get to the turn off. I taxied back to 29 and took off again and headed away from the airport to play around at 2500' agl just below the clouds. An hour later I was back on the ground putting the KR away with another 1.2 hours to log. I can not express how much I love flying the KR but I guess that is rather obvious. YEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA. Larry you have got to set the dates for the 2006 Gathering so I can start the countdown.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at [email protected] Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj
