JAMESBEARD305(at)msn.com
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 Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: FFFFirst FFFFFlight! |
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<?xml:namespace prefix="v" /><?xml:namespace prefix="o" /><![endif]--> Ken... the name is Jim Beard. My first solo was on March 25, 1971. The aircraft was Cessna 150 # 5108G, and it was my first supervised solo at Meadowlark Field in Huntington Beach, Ca. Fortunately, my CFI had gotten bored and headed inside for a cup of coffee just as I fell off an onshore gust at twenty feet agl, bounced hard on left main when the same wing stalled, was propelled again skyward and, rather than return to terra firma in a really rediculous attitude, quickly decided to go around.... that decision made in microseconds, I forced the throttle forward, levelled the wings and immediately dumped my fifteen degrees of flaps..........the resulting WAAAAAAA as I hung from the prop and watched the precious real estate move slowly to the rear beneath me underscored my horror at the thing I had just done. Bassees Flight School was located at the end of the 2000 foot strip now just ahead of my flailing trajectory........I had to push the nose over to clear the sign on top of the quonset hut.... "LEARN TO FLY" it screamed. I screamed. Just when I thought for sure all was lost, the tail slowly rose, and I still swear I heard a barely audible "thump" from just behind me. I came around again, holding a little more airspeed, landed acceptably, parked the plane, and heard my instructor proclaim "Why are you so nervous? You did just fine!"... I whistled casually as I looked for possible damage near the tail...."No oil leaks" I offered.... The CFI clapped me on the shoulder with a big grin, and we headed inside to tack my shirt to the rafters. One great way to learn the lesson of slow flight... easy with that flap handle!!!
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