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dwilde(at)clearwire.net
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:43 am Post subject: Morning Flight

This morning I took off from my home strip about 8 am for a short flight 

before heading off to work.  The wind was calm and the takeoff short as 

usual.  On climbing to altitude, I noticed my airspeed was 80 mph but 

ground speed was 110 mph.  I did a series of landings at a neighboring 

airport where the surface winds were light.  Going back home, the 

tailwind I had earlier was now a headwind of 30 mph so this slowed my 

progress  considerably.



On reaching home, the no wind condition on my runway had turned into a 

20 mph wind with a 20 degree crosswind component.  The tall trees at the 

upwind end of the runway were shaking so I knew this was going to be a 

challenge with my narrow runway.  I lined up on final and fought the 

turbulence trying to keep the nose centered on the runway.  Once over 

the almond trees on the south end of the runway, I cut the throttle, 

lifted the nose slightly and let it settle in.  No problem.  God I love 

this airplane!



Dan Wilde

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kmccune

Joined: 22 Sep 2007
Posts: 577
Location: Wisconsin, USA

Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: Re: Morning Flight

 



Thanks for that! I need a little to feed on to keep me going while building sometimes.



Kevin

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