> > legal ownership, but it is parked safely at the flying club waiting
> > for me. I am quite impressed with the handling compared to the 172's
> > I've flown. Here are some pics:
> >
> > http://www.megginson.com/private/C-FBJO/
>
> For those of you that haven't been here for long, the same Da
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002 06:23:41 -0500,
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Cameron Moore writes:
>
> > For those of you that haven't been here for long, the same David
> > Megginson made the following post back in April about his
> > disappointing first tr
David Megginson writes:
> > I flew an Arrow-III up to Minneapolis and back this past
> > weekend. Even with a CAS of 135 kts, I had a GS of about 80-88
> > kts the whole way up to Minneapolis at 6000 feet because of a
> > cold front moving through. On the way back, I had a great
> > ta
Cameron Moore writes:
> For those of you that haven't been here for long, the same David
> Megginson made the following post back in April about his disappointing
> first training flight:
>
> "... I'd say that there's a 55% chance I won't continue flying ..."
> http://mail.flightgear.or
Ryan Larson writes:
> I flew an Arrow-III up to Minneapolis and back this past weekend. Even with
> a CAS of 135 kts, I had a GS of about 80-88 kts the whole way up to
> Minneapolis at 6000 feet because of a cold front moving through. On the way
> back, I had a great tailwind and at 9000 fee
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Megginson) [2002.12.05 10:02]:
> After a few months of dithering, searching, and researching, I've
> bought a used plane, a 1979 160 HP Piper Warrior II with (mostly) King
> IFR radios. It will be at least a few days before I actually take
> legal ownership, but it is pa
it is.. I can't afford to make that purchase right now.
Ryan
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After a few m
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> After a few months of dithering, searching, and researching, I've
> bought a used plane, a 1979 160 HP Piper Warrior II with (mostly) King
> IFR radios. It will be at least a few days before I actually take
Cool! It looks like it has really been taken
David Findlay writes:
> All you need now is an digital imaging camera underneath the plane and a GPS
> reciever so you can generator vector data for roads rivers and stuff. :-) You
> lucky b@$t4rd! :-P
Actually a bicycle, a canoe, and a $200 handheld GPS would do fine for
that.
All the
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On 01:59, venerdì 06 dicembre 2002, David Megginson wrote this piece of
wisdom:
> After a few months of dithering, searching, and researching, I've
> bought a used plane, a 1979 160 HP Piper Warrior II with (mostly) King
> IFR radios. It will be at l
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:12:30 -0600,
"Curtis L. Olson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Arnt Karlsen writes:
> > On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:18:20 -0600,
> > "Jon S Berndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> >
> > > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:50
Arnt Karlsen writes:
> ..that cabin ceiling "spine", air conditioning?
I think it's just a fan. The nice thing about a plane is that you can
(usually) just climb to cool down.
All the best,
David
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David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.megginson.com/
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Arnt Karlsen writes:
> On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:18:20 -0600,
> "Jon S Berndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
> > On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:50 -0500
> > David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >After a few months of dithering, searching, and
> > >researching,
On Thu, 05 Dec 2002 11:18:20 -0600,
"Jon S Berndt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:50 -0500
> David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >After a few months of dithering, searching, and
> >researching, I've
> >bought a used plane, a 1979
C. Hotchkiss writes:
> I've flown several times as a passenger in that particular model. Loved
> it. I'm in deep envy and insist on being in your will. ;-)
Sure -- I'll leave the maintenance bills in your name.
All the best,
David
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David Megginson, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.meggins
I've flown several times as a passenger in that particular model. Loved
it. I'm in deep envy and insist on being in your will. ;-)
Regards,
Charlie H.
David Megginson wrote:
After a few months of dithering, ... did a test flight
and had my AME do a detailed prepurchase yesterday.
Regards,
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 15:00:21 -0500
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jon S Berndt writes:
> IIRC, Cameron (both Camerons?) worked on this one.
I'll
> see what I can do on getting the info. The good and
bad
> about the data in McCormick is that there's a lot of
it
> there - it's
Jon S Berndt writes:
> IIRC, Cameron (both Camerons?) worked on this one. I'll
> see what I can do on getting the info. The good and bad
> about the data in McCormick is that there's a lot of it
> there - it's sort of a default example used throughout the
> book and so a lot of the data i
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 12:41:52 -0500
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jon S Berndt writes:
It looks like there's a good start, and I can run some
performance
tests of my own once I've finished my 5 hours dual on the
plane.
Would it be possible to type in the McCormick data and
send me
Jon S Berndt writes:
> Nice. I guess we'll have to finish and validate our PA-28
> model - there's lots of data in McCormick for this one.
It looks like there's a good start, and I can run some performance
tests of my own once I've finished my 5 hours dual on the plane.
Would it be possible to
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002 10:59:50 -0500
David Megginson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
After a few months of dithering, searching, and
researching, I've
bought a used plane, a 1979 160 HP Piper Warrior II with
http://www.megginson.com/private/C-FBJO/
Nice. I guess we'll have to finish and validate o
After a few months of dithering, searching, and researching, I've
bought a used plane, a 1979 160 HP Piper Warrior II with (mostly) King
IFR radios. It will be at least a few days before I actually take
legal ownership, but it is parked safely at the flying club waiting
for me. I am quite impress
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