On Wed, Sep 12, 2001 at 01:27:49AM -0400, dep wrote:
>On Wednesday 12 September 2001 00:49, Bill Campbell wrote:
>
>| That sounds easy compared to my friend Skip who lands his restored
>| Luscombe on the mountain next to Mount Mohawk up in the NW corner
>| of Connecticut. The strip he flies out of makes the cow pasture I
>| flew an Aronca Champ out of seem huge by comparison.
>
>hell, bill, you can fly a champ on a string on a nice day! i remember
>some people in fort lauderdale, back when executive was chiefly an
>experimental airport, who landed a champ one day, pulled the limb out
>of the hole in the fuselage fabric, patched it with duct tape, and
>took off again.
True enough. The only plane I can think of with a lower stall speed was
the aircoupe.
>which is to say that if my sister ever gives hers up, i'll be first
>in line to get it.
I always wanted a Citabria, but spent all my time and money racing Formula
cars instead. If you want to see me in my bearded racing days, this shot
was taken at the 4th of 1972 July Lime Rock SCCA Nationals:
http://www.celestial.com/images/hawke_frieda_steve.jpg
Bill
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