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Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:42 pm Post subject: A flight to Belgium

Hello guys,

Here is a youTube video I made with my iPhone from my trip to Belgium, last week:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcylNG-klDs



Here is something I don't talk much about:

As I flew toward Germany, above the Danish island of Fyn, I was down at 500 ft AGL and met a barrier of rain. Asking ATC to advice, they told me that the nearby airport of Odense (the native town of H.C. Christiansen) had still clear weather. So I flew there, not being prepared for it. Once there, the tower cleared me for runway 06 with wind 120 at 14 knots. So, I came on final on a slight side slip to counter the crosswind. I then flare and being very near stall speed, I realize that this runway is huge! 1,600 meters long and 40 meters wide and what I saw in the corner of my eyes, was not correct; I was still a few meters above the ground! Being stressed with the aborted flight plan and the diversion, I pushed the throttle to avoid stalling that high. In the process, I forgot about the crosswind and once on the ground, the wind lifted my right wing and after a second in balance on the left wheel, I slightly touched the ground with my left drooping winglet. Only a tiny cosmetic damage; a few millimeters of fiberglass shaved away. It was the first time it happened to me after roughly 500 hours with my Kitfox. The only thing is that the guy in the tower saw me and made some comments! ... 



Cheers,

Michel

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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:05 am Post subject: Re: A flight to Belgium

No worries, mate.  Most of us have experienced something similar in our flying lives, but were lucky enough that nobody was watching.  

Deke

NE Michigan

 	  Michel wrote: 	
		  Hello guys,

Here is a youTube video I made with my iPhone from my trip to Belgium, last week:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcylNG-klDs



Here is something I don't talk much about:

As I flew toward Germany, above the Danish island of Fyn, I was down at 500 ft AGL and met a barrier of rain. Asking ATC to advice, they told me that the nearby airport of Odense (the native town of H.C. Christiansen) had still clear weather. So I flew there, not being prepared for it. Once there, the tower cleared me for runway 06 with wind 120 at 14 knots. So, I came on final on a slight side slip to counter the crosswind. I then flare and being very near stall speed, I realize that this runway is huge! 1,600 meters long and 40 meters wide and what I saw in the corner of my eyes, was not correct; I was still a few meters above the ground! Being stressed with the aborted flight plan and the diversion, I pushed the throttle to avoid stalling that high. In the process, I forgot about the crosswind and once on the ground, the wind lifted my right wing and after a second in balance on the left wheel, I slightly touched the ground with my left drooping winglet. Only a tiny cosmetic damage; a few millimeters of fiberglass shaved away. It was the first time it happened to me after roughly 500 hours with my Kitfox. The only thing is that the guy in the tower saw me and made some comments! ... 



Cheers,

Michel

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lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:13 am Post subject: A flight to Belgium

Michel,

Good report.  I often see  the drooped tips with symmetrical "adjustments" 

on the bottom rear edge.  That is one of the rarely mentioned benefits of 

that tip style and if the fly on the wall could speak, likely planned for 

that exact purpose.  Odense is an ancestral home, at least for a fourth 

part - father's mother.  I have a chart of that area, thanks to one of your 

countrymen.

Lowell



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From: "Michel" <michel(at)online.no>

Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 12:42 AM

To: <kitfox-list(at)matronics.com>

Subject: A flight to Belgium



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Hello guys,

 Here is a youTube video I made with my iPhone from my trip to Belgium, 

 last week:



 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcylNG-klDs



 Here is something I don't talk much about:

 As I flew toward Germany, above the Danish island of Fyn, I was down at 

 500 ft AGL and met a barrier of rain. Asking ATC to advice, they told me 

 that the nearby airport of Odense (the native town of H.C. Christiansen) 

 had still clear weather. So I flew there, not being prepared for it. Once 

 there, the tower cleared me for runway 06 with wind 120 at 14 knots. So, I 

 came on final on a slight side slip to counter the crosswind. I then flare 

 and being very near stall speed, I realize that this runway is huge! 1,600 

 meters long and 40 meters wide and what I saw in the corner of my eyes, 

 was not correct; I was still a few meters above the ground! Being stressed 

 with the aborted flight plan and the diversion, I pushed the throttle to 

 avoid stalling that high. In the process, I forgot about the crosswind and 

 once on the ground, the wind lifted my right wing and after a second in 

 balance on the left wheel, I slightly touched the ground with my left 

 drooping winglet. Only a tiny cosme!

 tic damage; a few millimeters of fiberglass shaved away. It was the first 

 time it happened to me after roughly 500 hours with my Kitfox. The only 

 thing is that the guy in the tower saw me and made some comments! ... 



 Cheers,

 Michel



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msm_9949(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 6:27 am Post subject: A flight to Belgium

Thanks for the wondeful video travel log Michel! So glad to see that you are flying again!

  

  

 Marco Menezes N99KX

 Model 2 582-90 C-Box w/clutch

 Hersey, Michigan

 



   

From: Michel <michel(at)online.no>

To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com

Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 3:42 AM

Subject: A flight to Belgium



--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Michel" <michel(at)online.no (michel(at)online.no)>



Hello guys,

Here is a youTube video I made with my iPhone from my trip to Belgium, last week:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcylNG-klDs



Here is something I don't talk much about:

As I flew toward Germany, above the Danish island of Fyn, I was down at 500 ft AGL and met a barrier of rain. Asking ATC to advice, they told me that the nearby airport of Odense (the native town of H.C. Christiansen) had still clear weather. So I flew there, not being prepared for it. Once there, the tower cleared me for runway 06 with wind 120 at 14 knots. So, I came on final on a slight side slip to counter the crosswind. I then flare and being very near stall speed, I realize that this runway is huge! 1,600 meters long and 40 meters wide and what I saw in the corner of my eyes, was not correct; I was still a few meters above the ground! Being stressed with the aborted flight plan and the diversion, I pushed the throttle to avoid stalling that high. In the process, I forgot about the  crosswind and once on the ground, the wind lifted my right wing and after a second in balance on the left wheel, I slightly touched the ground with my left drooping winglet. Only a tiny cosme!

tic damage; a few millimeters of fiberglass shaved away. It was the first time it happened to me after roughly 500 hours with my Kitfox. The only thing is that the guy in the tower saw me and made some comments! ... 



Cheers,

Michel



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Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:38 pm Post subject: Re: A flight to Belgium

 	  lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net wrote: 	
		  Odense is an ancestral home, at least for a fourth part - father's mother. 	




... which reminds me: I did a typo, Lowell; Odense is the native town of H.C. Andersen, and not Christiansen, as I wrote. Andersen, being the famous Danish children tales author, as you know.



Cheers,

Michel

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