I went to MI after Oshkosh. Lee Van Dyke WWDD mesa AZ
----- Original Message ----- From: "D F Lively" <[email protected]> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 6:18 PM Subject: Re: KR> another day, another 2.4 hours and 17 landings... > Lee: > > Sounds about right--- SNA(John Wayne)- Taylorville IL, Pekin IL, SNA--- > About > 3280 miles > > Don > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Lee Van Dyke wrote: > >> Sorry 3490 miles >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Lee Van Dyke" <[email protected]> >> To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 5:10 PM >> Subject: Re: KR> another day, another 2.4 hours and 17 landings... >> >> >I flew 3900 miles in 10 days and I didn't get in 17 landings... wow >> > >> > Lee >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Mark Langford" <[email protected]> >> > To: "KRnet" <[email protected]> >> > Cc: "Corvair engines for homebuilt aircraft" <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 7:46 PM >> > Subject: KR> another day, another 2.4 hours and 17 landings... >> > >> > >> >> NetHeads, >> >> >> >> You guys are soon going to regret egging me on about the "pilot >> >> reports". >> >> I couldn't fly to my father's farm today because of weather on his >> >> end, >> >> so >> >> the wife said "I'm sure you can still find someplace else to fly >> >> today", >> >> so off I went. One of the changes I made in the last few days was to >> >> make >> >> my static ports flush mounted, with nothing more than a 1/16" hole to >> >> the >> >> outside world, so I needed to check my indicated stall speed anyway. >> >> And >> >> I needed a little more shakedown on the new fiberglass spinner front >> >> bulkhead. What better way than a tour of the airport "neighborhood"? >> >> So >> >> I flew down to the Tennessee river, over the big bridge, and hung a >> >> left >> >> and flew up river to Guntersville, Scottsboro, Stevenson, Marion >> >> County, >> >> Jackson TN, Fayetteville TN, MDQ, and back to M38. That's eight >> >> airports >> >> and 17 landings. >> >> >> >> After the first landing at Stevenson, a guy came on the radio and >> >> asked >> >> "is that KR pilot Bill Clapp, flying a Corvair?". I said "no, but if >> >> you >> >> want to talk Corvairs, I'll be back in two minutes". I was just >> >> impressed >> >> that anybody in Alabama would even know a KR when he saw one! The guy >> >> was >> >> building a Corvair for a Piet, and had one totally blasted engine that >> >> he'd bought first, then he got super lucky and bought an entire 1965 >> >> Corvair with a "new" 1969 engine in it. This thing looked brand new, >> >> and >> >> he hadn't even cleaned the parts yet! I spent some time bringing him >> >> up >> >> to speed on stuff like small block rockers and why he should keep his >> >> original ones (which he had thoughtfully wired into pairs with their >> >> balls, even though he was planning on throwing them away), preserving >> >> that >> >> pristine crank at all costs, and then headed on up river to the next >> >> stop. >> >> >> >> Three of the landings I did were basically tailwheel first, as I was >> >> trying to stretch the bottom of the envelope. Most observers would >> >> call >> >> it a three point landing, but the "boing" noise tells me the tail >> >> wheel >> >> hit first, and that always occured at about 63 mph (well, all three >> >> times >> >> according to the GPS, but you wouldn't believe me if I told you that). >> >> Maybe I can get around to extending my gear this week and do some >> >> comparisons next weekend (another excuse to fly). I'm thinking it >> >> will >> >> lower my three point landing speed a few mph. I even flew over >> >> Georgia a >> >> bit just to say I'd been there, and made it back home with 289.0 hours >> >> on >> >> the clock. Life is good... >> >> >> >> Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama >> >> see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford >> >> email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >> >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________ >> > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >> > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >> > >> > >> > >> >> _______________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp >> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] >> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > >
