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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:24 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

I just did my first 5 solo flights in anything today....well, except 

for jumping off the porch as a kid with a pillow case for a 'chute, but 

I digress.



Yup, the day finally came, and my instructor got out after we made 4 or 

5 practice landings, and asked if I wanted to take it around. I 

couldn't get the door closed fast enough behind his departing body. I 

made 3 flights around the Napoleon (3NP) grass "complex" and reported 

back to him, then made 2 more. Then we flew it back home to my slightly 

more tricky field with trees closer in, and I landed there. He wants to 

keep me on a day-to-day basis as far as the first few days after 

"birth", then he'll give me the go-ahead to venture out and start 

learning what flying is all about.



Did I mention that the plane is a Kitfox? And man, that Jabiru 2200 

power can really be felt when the 225-pound instructor got out! It 

floats a bit more on landing, but sure gets off the ground quick.

Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

mike
Guest

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:31 pm Post subject: Re: Solo! at last...

that's real cool  , I remember when I did my solo in my fox, the instructor called me on the phone and said, I'm going to let you start flying solo, but stay with 3mph winds, well I taxied out and had 7mph winds, I called him and he said, how do you feel, I said great, he said go for it.  What a feeling, shot off the runway and the landing, wow, way cool, like you said, floated and did the most beautiful 3 point.

Michel

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 966
Location: Norway

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:54 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Congratulations, Lynn! Isn't life so sweet sometimes? May this be the 

beginning of a very long love story between you, your Kitfox and 

Jabiru.



Cheers,

Michel



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Richard Rabbers

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Benton Harbor, MI - USA

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:59 pm Post subject: Re: Solo! at last...

Congratulations LYNN!



I wonder how much faster you'll get off the ground when you put down that HUGE trophy you won at JXN.

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Richard in SW Michigan
Model 1 / 618 - full-lotus floats (restoration)

john.marzulli(at)gmail.co
Guest

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:05 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Congratulations!



Make sure that you cut a shirt.



John in Seattle

http://701Builder.blogspot.com



On 6/20/06, Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net> wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  

 



 I just did my first 5 solo flights in anything today....well, except

 for jumping off the porch as a kid with a pillow case for a 'chute, but

 I digress.



 Yup, the day finally came, and my instructor got out after we made 4 or

 5 practice landings, and asked if I wanted to take it around. I

 couldn't get the door closed fast enough behind his departing body. I

 made 3 flights around the Napoleon (3NP) grass "complex" and reported

 back to him, then made 2 more. Then we flew it back home to my slightly

 more tricky field with trees closer in, and I landed there. He wants to

 keep me on a day-to-day basis as far as the first few days after

 "birth", then he'll give me the go-ahead to venture out and start

 learning what flying is all about.



 Did I mention that the plane is a Kitfox? And man, that Jabiru 2200

 power can really be felt when the 225-pound instructor got out! It

 floats a bit more on landing, but sure gets off the ground quick.

 Lynn

 Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200






	




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John Marzulli

http://701Builder.blogspot.com/

kirkhull(at)sbcglobal.net
Guest

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

I was juse wandering,  who do you have insurance with.  I just talked to the

EAA insurance company about ins for step dad to get his sport lic in the

kitfox.  they would not wright insurance for him for training.



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runwayrex(at)juno.com
Guest

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:05 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Lynn,

  Good thing I voted for your Fox instead of my own at JXN. I understand you won by ONE vote that day! Have your instructor show you how to navigate over to 57D now. It's the same distance to 57D as it was for me to fly to JXN. I was over at Howell with the Fox today. If I'd known you were out soloing, I would have diverted over to watch and listen (and maybe hold that trophy for you).

Rex in Michigan

 

-- "Richard Rabbers" <rira1950(at)yahoo.com> wrote:




Congratulations LYNN!



I wonder how much faster you'll get off the ground when you put down that HUGE trophy you won at JXN.



--------

Richard in SW Michigan

Model 1 / 618 - full-lotus floats (restoration)





Read this topic online here:



http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=41869#41869

noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
Guest

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Congratulations!



The two flights I'll never forget are my first solo and the first time I got

my Kitfox in the air.  You are so lucky to be able to do both at the same

time!  What a great plane to learn on!!



Noel



[quote] --

jimmieblackwell(at)sbcglo
Guest

Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Congratulations Lynn!  Now the fun begins.

   

  Jimmie



Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net> wrote:

  



I just did my first 5 solo flights in anything today....well, except 

for jumping off the porch as a kid with a pillow case for a 'chute, but 

I digress.



Yup, the day finally came, and my instructor got out after we made 4 or 

5 practice landings, and asked if I wanted to take it around. I 

couldn't get the door closed fast enough behind his departing body. I 

made 3 flights around the Napoleon (3NP) grass "complex" and reported 

back to him, then made 2 more. Then we flew it back home to my slightly 

more tricky field with trees closer in, and I landed there. He wants to 

keep me on a day-to-day basis as far as the first few days after 

"birth", then he'll give me the go-ahead to venture out and start 

learning what flying is all about.



Did I mention that the plane is a Kitfox? And man, that Jabiru 2200 

power can really be felt when the 225-pound instructor got out! It 

floats a bit more on landing, but sure gets off the ground quick.

Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:39 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

Thanks, Michel. I know this love story has gotta turn out better than 

the man/wife ones that I've encountered in the past...for instance, I 

plan on LISTENING to this one. : )



Lynn

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On Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 05:43  PM, Michel Verheughe wrote:



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 Congratulations, Lynn! Isn't life so sweet sometimes? May this be the 

 beginning of a very long love story between you, your Kitfox and 

 Jabiru.



 Cheers,

 Michel



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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:41 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

Thanks, Richard...now when I cut the umbilical cord, I can come down to 

Benton Harbor and see that restoration job of yours.



Lynn

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On Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 05:59  PM, Richard Rabbers wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   

 <rira1950(at)yahoo.com>



 Congratulations LYNN!



 I wonder how much faster you'll get off the ground when you put down 

 that HUGE trophy you won at JXN.



 --------

 Richard in SW Michigan

 Model 1 / 618 - full-lotus floats (restoration)





 Read this topic online here:



 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=41869#41869

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:57 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

Funny thing about voting for oneself, Rex...I thought about that 

practice, and my Dad had told me at one time "if you don't vote for 

yourself, who else should vote for you?"   I guess I've followed that 

thinking since then, always wondering how things would have turned out 

if I hadn't voted for my own car, photo, woodworking project, airplane 

model, airplane....



I'll tell you what Rex, I'll come over on July 8th, to your fly-in,  

and be sure to vote your ticket if you have a contest. : )



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

On Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 08:02  PM, Rexster wrote:



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 Lynn,

   Good thing I voted for your Fox instead of my own at JXN. I 

 understand you won by ONE vote that day! Have your instructor show you 

 how to navigate over to 57D now. It's the same distance to 57D as it 

 was for me to fly to JXN. I was over at Howell with the Fox today. If 

 I'd known you were out soloing, I would have diverted over to watch 

 and listen (and maybe hold that trophy for you).

 Rex in Michigan



 -- "Richard Rabbers" <rira1950(at)yahoo.com> wrote:

 

 <rira1950(at)yahoo.com>



 Congratulations LYNN!



 I wonder how much faster you'll get off the ground when you put down 

 that HUGE trophy you won at JXN.



 --------

 Richard in SW Michigan

 Model 1 / 618 - full-lotus floats (restoration)





 Read this topic online here:



 http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=41869#41869

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:00 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

I hadn't even put the two together until you just mentioned it, 

Noel....yeah, that's pretty cool alright...build a plane, and have that 

be the first plane you ever go up in alone. Good thing I didn't think 

about what I was about to do when I did it , eh?  : )



Lynn

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On Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 08:51  PM, Noel Loveys wrote:



[quote] 



 Congratulations!



 The two flights I'll never forget are my first solo and the first time 

 I got

 my Kitfox in the air.  You are so lucky to be able to do both at the 

 same

 time!  What a great plane to learn on!!



 Noel



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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 3:09 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

Thanks, Jimmie....for those that don't know, I bought the unfinished 

kit from Jimmie, and he was a little sad when it rolled down the street 

on a trailer away from his home. Hope to fly it down your way sometime, 

Jimmie, and you can fly "the dream" for yourself.



Lynn

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200

On Tuesday, June 20, 2006, at 06:22  PM, Jimmie Blackwell wrote:



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 <jimmieblackwell(at)sbcglobal.net>



 Congratulations Lynn!  Now the fun begins.



   Jimmie

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Bill Willyard

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 34
Location: Grandville, Michigan U.S.A.

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:09 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

Let the fun begin!!!

 

Bill Willyard

GrandVille, Michigan 

 



I just did my first 5 solo flights in anything today....well, except for jumping off the porch as a kid with a pillow case for a 'chute, but I digress. 

 



Lynn 

Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200 

 

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Bill Willyard
Classic IV 912UL

noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:41 am Post subject: Solo! at last...

Where I did my flight training they gave you a shower of cold water from

anything that will hold the water.  We call it dousing. I got doused well...

I'm not sure what the symbolism of it is but that is what they did.



When my dad learned to fly they used to cut off your tie.  The symbolism was

cutting the ties to mother earth.  The day he soloed they spent no time in

cutting his tie....  He came home still wearing his cut off tie and an ear

to ear smile until my mother reminded him that the tie was a pure silk tie

which cost more than $100.  in 1961.



What do you mean Oops???



Noel



[quote] --

mike
Guest

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:39 am Post subject: Re: Solo! at last...

Ah! the tie cutting.  I remember when I went to Germany with the air guard, northern part, I think the little town was klopemburg(excuse the spelling), I watched a group of locals congradulate a new pilot by having him on his knees and had his tie on a stump and they went through a ritual of cutting the tie.  Very cool to watch.



For me it was a time I will never forget.  I soloed at Spokane international during busy time.  That was a goal that I wanted.  The instructor wasn't to keen on it, but that was what I wanted.  He had me doing several low passes, these consisted of landing configuration and staying just off the runway, he said if I could run it centerline the entire 9000 ft. he would concider it.  Well I did it and he let me solo, it was way cool.  I even had several 737 to play with. Oh, my solo was in a C172.



I tell ya, when I finished I remembered what I saw in Germany, but I didn't get anything, just a great feeling inside of accomplishment.



Finally, CONGRADULATIONS on flying that Fox solo, that alone is quit an accomplishment.

Richard Rabbers

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Benton Harbor, MI - USA

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 6:18 am Post subject: Re: Solo! at last...

Lynn,



I'd say you are in an exclusive     and small  group to build and first fly your own Kitfox. I look forward to seeing your big E tail in the sky.

-----------------------------

First flights:



My first solo flight was a few T&Gs at North Perry Airport (Hollywood, FL). While I was doing my first solo flying, the Blue Angels were practicing over Opa Locka (about 6 miles south) for an air show the following weekend. My scan included many glances south. I’ll not forget this most memorable air show. 



I’ve been at many FBOs and seen shirt tails tacked to the wall. Where I trained there was no ‘first solo’ tradition, beyond a likely wipe of the brow or palms and possibly a change of underwear.  My physical memory stops at very moist palms.

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Model 1 / 618 - full-lotus floats (restoration)

smokey_bear_40220(at)yaho
Guest

Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:57 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Wow!



We never forget that "first one".



Not quite as thrilling in a store bought, nose wheel

plane, but mine had memorable points too.  It was 20

below F.  Blowing snow and the instructor refused to

lay out on the grass and watch.  C-150 (fooey)  I had

to open the vents turning base to clear the front

window to land.  It frosted over from my breath.  Then

I had to close them after takeoff to be able to still

hold the yoke with frozen gloved hands. (fooey yokes) 

Found I had to be real slow with the throttle, or the

engine would not accellerate for takeoff.  Hit a snow

drift and almost got stuck on the taxiway after the

last landing.



Even then, I yeild to the first solo flight being in

your own Fox.  



But no one was going to cut any clothes off me on that

day!  I needed every shred to stay warm.



Kurt S.



--- wwillyard(at)aol.com wrote:



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		   Let the fun begin!!!

  

 Bill Willyard

 GrandVille, Michigan 

  

 

 I just did my first 5 solo flights in anything

 today....well, except for jumping off the porch as a

 kid with a pillow case for a 'chute, but I digress. 

  

 

 Lynn 

 Kitfox IV...Jabiru 2200 

  

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ddsyverson(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:01 pm Post subject: Solo! at last...

Lynn,



Congratulations on your solo. This is what we call a "good start". We need to 

keep remembering all the millenia that humans looked to the birds and sky 

thinking covetously about the arerial environment. We live in a great time. 

Ask yourself - how many people were flying a hundred years ago. The avearge 

person can actually do this now. Some even do so with their own airplane - 

better yet. 



We each have our solo story; for me, it was a cessna 140 on a grass strip. I 

didn't even have a tire blow on my first solo experience - saved that one for 

takeoff on the second solo - still don't know why it blew on takeoff instead 

of landing - the takeoff wasn't so bad, but apparently the tires were kinda 

crappy back in those days when the nose wheels were on the back- actually 

thought about the blown tire once in the air for a moment, but decided to 

ignore it while landing on the grass and everything went well - lots to be 

said for grass. I still like grass. Grass is good. Grass is great.



The proof of your experience will be many future years of safe and fun flying 

-  fly well so you can take your great grand children with you some day. 

Never bust your butt; don't let anyone else bust it for you, and you will 

have lots of fun.



Sincerely,



Dave S

St Paul, MN

Kitfox 7

On Tuesday 20 June 2006 4:14 pm, Lynn Matteson wrote:

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 I just did my first 5 solo flights in anything today....well, except

 for jumping off the porch as a kid with a pillow case for a 'chute, but

 I digress.




	


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