Vanremog(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 7:19 pm Post subject: Re On Making Choices |
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Those of you who have seen the report of the crash of a Bonanza near Lancaster on Wednesday 12/27/06 may be amused to know that I talked briefly with the Pilot of said aircraft just as I arrived at KWJF from Henderson, NV and (wisely it turns out) decided to park it for the night, just as he described how he intended to depart for Chico.
I'm not his mother, so I said, basically, "good luck with that". Perhaps I should have said more, but we will never know if I could have been more persuasive in my comments.
The area was developing some pretty aggressive gusts (wind shear) and I was becoming surrounded on three sides by some pretty good sized little cells when I arrived in Lancaster. They told me that I was going no further that day. I lifted off the next morning to the sight of snow on the Tehachapis and ended up getting back to LVK the next morning in rather strong (but steady) headwinds and clear skies.
I hope everyone had a good and safe Christmas and I wish you all the best in the new year. Pay attention to your instincts, keep the tanks full and you will live to be an old (not bold) pilot. RVs sure do handle the winds well and I never once had any difficulty flying in California during the days that trees and power line towers were falling. Ground speeds were down from my usual 164kts to about 124kts, and the landing required a little more attention to detail though.
GV (RV-6A N1GV O-360-A1A, C/S, Flying 830hrs, Silicon Valley, CA)
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