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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:40 am Post subject: Sport pilot at last! First "freedom" flight

Thanks, Fred....I'm hoping to be able to fly over DUH tomorrow on my 

first  "go anywhere" flight. I'm planning to go to Wakeman, OH, to see 

my old RC instructor, who's visiting there. Gonna hug the shore of Lake 

Erie, miss the small Restricted Area further SE, and land at either 

Wakeman, or Norwalk, 10 miles apart, with runways pretty close to 90 

degrees from one another.



Lynn

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On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at 01:30  PM, Fred Shiple wrote:



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		   way to go Lynn!

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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 11:10 am Post subject: Sport pilot at last! First "freedom" flight

Hey Lynn ,



If you feeling brave head across  pelee island. 



Dave 

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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: Sport pilot at last! First "freedom" flight

I gotta be careful about responding to the "if you feel brave" 

thing....that kind of mindset could bring out the ol' youth thing where 

anything goes...better to put those thoughts aside 'til the second 

flight. : )



Wow...I just looked at the chart, and that DOES look like fun! Like 

skipping stones using an airplane if you hop to all those little 

strips....yeeehawww!....Settle down boy, there'll be plenty of time for 

that. Thanks for the heads-up, Dave, but maybe Fred would like to do 

that with his floatplane.



Lynn

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On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at 03:08  PM, Dave wrote:



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 Hey Lynn ,



 If you feeling brave head across  pelee island.

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dave

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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:20 pm Post subject: Sport pilot at last! First "freedom" flight

Pelee Island has an airstrip there. As long as you are within gliding 

distance of  shore you are ok. Plus you won't need a point of entry airport 

for customs unless you land of course.  You wold avoid Detroit this way but 

maybe better to avoid Lake Erie as well.    How long is this flight you have 

planned ?



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Lynn Matteson

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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:47 pm Post subject: Sport pilot at last! First "freedom" flight

It's 115 statute miles, Dave, and it's a good thing I just took a 

second look at the chart...I'd be flying in Canadian airspace (to go 

over Pelee Island), and I don't think I can do that with Sport Pilot 

ticket w/o prior permission. I certainly could not land in Canada, but 

not certain if flying over is permitted either...I need to look closer 

at the regulations. No, as a matter of fact, I'm sure it is not. 

Something I recall about flying to Alaska, and the need for Sport 

Pilots to get prior permission to fly over the part of Canada to get 

there from the US.

I'll miss the Detroit airspace by 5 miles on my 148° magnetic course 

from Napoleon (3NP) to Wakeman (I64), and I plan on kicking it south as 

soon as I get to the Lake Erie coast just south of Detroit, follow the 

shoreline along Lake Erie, avoid the Restricted (R-5502B and 

R-5502A&B), kick it back east near Cedar Point, back on my 148° 

heading, and glide (almost) into Wakeman. I'm doing this trip via the 

charts because it's more fun, but I'll of course have a glance at the 

GPS just to see how I'm doing. As my friend Duane could tell you, I 

gotta have those maps out, and consult them ad nauseam.  : )



Depending on the wind, I may land at Norwalk, about 10 miles to the 

west. As it turns out, the guy who I am going to visit, just told me 

that the guy who he is visiting, just went into a hospital in Norwalk, 

for a pacemaker implant. That means that the Norwalk landing might just 

work out better, depending on the winds of course.



Where are you, Dave, geographic-wise?



Lynn

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On Tuesday, October 17, 2006, at 08:20  PM, Dave wrote:



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 Pelee Island has an airstrip there. As long as you are within gliding 

 distance of  shore you are ok. Plus you won't need a point of entry 

 airport for customs unless you land of course.  You wold avoid Detroit 

 this way but maybe better to avoid Lake Erie as well.    How long is 

 this flight you have planned ?



 Dave

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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:41 pm Post subject: Sport pilot at last! First "freedom" flight

Is this a private conversation?  It feels like the old days when I picked up 

the party line phone and heard someone chatting else chatting.



Lowell



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