I would say it was the most cosmopolitan event I have ever been to.
At 03:51 PM 6/8/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think Taht ther was a guy from Germany,
Guys from California, As well.
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Jack Strother
Granger, IN
LSF 2948
LSF Level V #117
LSF Official 1996 - 2004
CSS Gold
- -------------- Original message --------------
- > Great story Jack.
- >
- > I would love to attend one of these events, but from Calgary it would be days
- > of driving one way. Although we are setting up to tow really big stuff (we
- > towed in the mid eighties), hosting an event where there is myself and a few
- > others in the whole of western Canada makes it tough.
- >
- > Any idea who was the furthest attendee who flew?
- >
- >
- > Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
- >
- > > Its my turn to get a tow. Radio is on, wiggle check, canopy is closed and
- > > locked.
- > > I pull the 25 pound Ventus 2ax out into position, where Carolyn hooks the tow
- > > line to my model.
- > >
- > > Not paying too much attention, I head over to stand next to the Tow Pilot.
- > > You want to do this, if for nothing else communications. I verify that my
- > > Ailerons and rudder are uncoupled. All I need to do is keep the wings level,
- > > and let the tow plane do the work.
- > >
- > > All of a sudden I hear this aussie accent asking, "Are you ready.. Jack? ";
- > > To my surprise, its our host Peter Goldsmith at the sticks on the Tow plane.
- > > My comfort level just went up 300 percent. If you don�t know, be advised that
- > > Peter is an excellent stick.
- > > I give him a generous smile and a nod of my head and the Tow plane throttles
- > > up. Shortly the Ventus is airborne, and the tow plane comes off the ground.
- > >
- > > A climbing turn to the south behind the Tow Plane, and Peter says, � Just
- > > like a Pro, Jack�; I am embarrassed�well maybe a little anyway�..
- > > I am guessing that I got off, with a release and a right turn around 2000
- > > agl, there were scud running clouds running thru the area, and I wanted to
- > > avoid them.
- > >
- > > I fly for about 30 minutes, and note that 2 tugs outta 4 were operating, such
- > > that the sky was getting crowded. I think that if not all, certainly most
- > > frequencies were in use.
- > >
- > > After another 45 minutes, of tooling around, its time to come home, I set
- > > the Ventus up for landing, announce down wind, base and final turns to the
- > > flight line director.
- > > He directs me to land wide,.
- > > My approach is stable, and the Ventus 2ax gets into ground effect and just
- > > will not land,
- > > I apply a slight amount of spoiler, the plane drops to Tera firma.
- > >
- > > I put in 6 more flights like this! What fun. In between flights I am charging
- > > my batteries, walking around the site meeting new people, reaffirming older
- > > friendships.
- > > There are 60 some pilots on site and I kn
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