Gang, Last June when I was in England, I had the pleasure of seeing Phil's plane and his strip. Both are incredible and he was an excellent host. We are so spoiled here in the U.S. I just did my biannual flight review and I had to do my short field landings 3 times before it was acceptable. And even then it was marginal. In England these guys have 400 to 500 meters at their disposal and are glad of it. Here we use 3 times that and feel constrained. You have to be a good pilot to consistently use short fields. Our U.K. brothers are real pioneers.
Ray New Orleans phil brookman <[email protected]> wrote: at last i managed to upload my vid, quality is not to good but i am woirking on that http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=6216685782315878482&q=kr+2 best to all phil brookman uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee Van Dyke" To: "KRnet" Sent: Sunday, February 18, 2007 9:31 PM Subject: KR> B-17 > Netters today I had to go for a flight. I have been working all week and > this was the only day that I was able to get to the airport. I got into > snakebite and ATIS said that the wind was 090 @ 3 runway 4 in use. I got > to the runway and ground said that the wind was 100 @ 16. What > happened???? I called back and asked if it was steady for gusting, there > answer was it appears steady. I decide to fly. I take off and the wind > was not real bad. I flew towards Tucson for about 45 minutes. The clouds > were low but not bad. I headed North and was going to BUZZ my Aunt and > Uncle. They come out to AZ in the winter and say at a RV park. It is a > great place to BUZZ them due to they park at the edge of the park and > there is just Desert behind them. I can get real low and real close. > After several passes I look to my left and see a B-17 heading right > towards me. I stay low and straight. The B17 flew above and behind me. > I circled around and came in behind it. It continued EAST, and I made a > few more passes. The B17 returned and this time was in front of me. I > turned and followed it again and he started a big circle to the right, I > followed and was amazed at the view. I wish I had a camera, the B-17 was > about 500ft AGL and the mountains behind, and we were both in a tight > turn. WOW......Sorry about no photo. I got back to the airport and the > wind was no 110 @ 18 on runway 4. Pucker,,,,, I made the approach and it > seemed fine, I got down low and it felt real good, the touch down was > smooth and no issues, I called ground after departing the runway and the > winds were still @ 18 mph,,, I felt good about it. > > Lee Van Dyke > Mesa AZ 85212 > [email protected] > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to <A > HREF=http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.410 / Virus Database: 268.17.15/659 - Release Date: > 30/01/2007 09:31 > > -- I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. It has removed 25445 spam emails to date. Paying users do not have this message in their emails. Get the free SPAMfighter here: http://www.spamfighter.com/len _______________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] Post photos, introductions, and For Sale items to <A HREF=http://www.kr2forum.com/phpBB2/index.php please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html --------------------------------- Need Mail bonding? Go to the Yahoo! Mail Q&A for great tips from Yahoo! Answers users.
