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dashvii(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:32 am Post subject: Here's a couple

Here's a couple of pics for all of you.  This is Rick Bowen's plane.  I had 

somebody take a series of photos for me while in flight.



Pic 1.  On takeoff, starting my turnout to the west.  This is a light sport 

compliant Lightning, and so no wheelpants or gear leg fairings.  This is 

about 2,000 feet down the runway or so.  I kept it low to build up some 

speed and get a good cruise climb going since I had 3,500' of runway left.



Pic 2.  "Aborted Landing"  It's hard to keep the RPM low with full power in 

and in ground effect.  I was carrying a little speed through here, and the 

reduced drag of ground effect caused me to actually be faster than the plane 

will go in normal cruise flight.



Pic 3.  good rear quarter view of the plane as it passes.  Time to go up!



Pic 4.  Going up like a bat outta hell or a homesick angel, or whatever your 

term is here.  Whether in a zoom climb or a takeoff climb (I have a photo 

sequence of both) this plane climbs very well.  I can takeoff, make my 

crosswind turn on a 5,500 foot long runway by the end of the runway and by 

the time that I turn about a 1/4 mile-1/2 mile out downwind turn I'm at 

pattern altitude.  Great margin of safety in this as any problems would 

likely end in a return to earth BACK ON THE RUNWAY!  Nobody wants to get the 

tractor to pull their plane out of the field!



Pic. 5 Almost out of view of both the ground and the plane.  I'm the white 

dot at the top center and the treeline can be seen at the bottom of the 

photo.



Well, just thought that was a good sequence and thought I'd share.  Brian W.



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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 10:58 am Post subject: Here's a couple

My oh my!

That sure is one GOOD LOOKING airplane...!



Sorry, sometimes I can't contain myself!



Rick



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Posted: Wed May 30, 2007 3:13 pm Post subject: Here's a couple

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