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 Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:15 am Post subject: COMMANDER FLIGHTS |
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HI KIDS..
I had a couple of nice commander flights recently. First, I went to MKE and was then flown to Sheboygan (sp) to pick up a nice old 680E that belongs to a new owner (and flight group member) Chris Bartnick. The airplane had not flown in several years but is in nice shape. With the proper ferry permit in hand, I launched for Kenosha. You would never have known the airplane had sat for so long. She performed GREAT!! Both engines ran like a Swiss watch. The flight was too short. only about twenty minutes along the west shore of the lake. The weather was gorgeous and the air smooth. It was a great day to fly!!
Then Last week I flew to San Juan PR to do the annual insp. on Jimmy Rodriguez's air conditioned 500B, S/N 1. The annual went really well and we did several projects like replacing all the rubber motor mounts, rebuilding the main gear scissors and replacing a broken (by the avionics shop) landing light lenz. I was done a day early, so we test flew the airplane to Jimmy's island getaway on Culabra. It was a great flight over the Caribbean waters. We had Jimmy's family along and it was fun watching Mom and the kids playing games in the back of the Commander, these airplanes really are a suburban with wings!! I seldom get to just ride and I really enjoyed just looking out the window. The airport at Culebra is has tricky approach and there have been a few accidents there. I landed a Commander there a couple of years ago so I was interested to watch Jimmy's technique. He did a masterful job with the Commander and flew a perfect approach and a great landing. We left for home, Isla Grande airport, just as the sun was setting and had a great night flight back. It was a great end to my trip. The bad news was that the next day I had a 16hr airline trip home (to Portland OR). jb Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail!
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John Vormbaum
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: COMMANDER FLIGHTS |
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Lucky you, a Caribbean Vacation that involved Commanders! I need to
arrange something like that....
/J
yourtcfg(at)aol.com wrote:
| Quote: | HI KIDS..
I had a couple of nice commander flights recently. First, I went to
MKE and was then flown to Sheboygan (sp) to pick up a nice old 680E
that belongs to a new owner (and flight group member) Chris Bartnick.
The airplane had not flown in several years but is in nice shape.
With the proper ferry permit in hand, I launched for Kenosha. You
would never have known the airplane had sat for so long. She
performed GREAT!! Both engines ran like a Swiss watch. The flight
was too short. only about twenty minutes along the west shore of the
lake. The weather was gorgeous and the air smooth. It was a great
day to fly!!
Then Last week I flew to San Juan PR to do the annual insp. on Jimmy
Rodriguez's air conditioned 500B, S/N 1. The annual went really well
and we did several projects like replacing all the rubber motor
mounts, rebuilding the main gear scissors and replacing a broken (by
the avionics shop) landing light lenz. I was done a day early, so we
test flew the airplane to Jimmy's island getaway on Culabra. It was a
great flight over the Caribbean waters. We had Jimmy's family along
and it was fun watching Mom and the kids playing games in the back of
the Commander, these airplanes really are a suburban with wings!! I
seldom get to just ride and I really enjoyed just looking out the
window. The airport at Culebra is has tricky approach and there have
been a few accidents there. I landed a Commander there a couple of
years ago so I was interested to watch Jimmy's technique. He did a
masterful job with the Commander and flew a perfect approach and a
great landing. We left for home, Isla Grande airport, just as the sun
was setting and had a great night flight back. It was a great end to
my trip. The bad news was that the next day I had a 16hr airline trip
home (to Portland OR). jb
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steve2(at)sover.net
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| Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: COMMANDER FLIGHTS |
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I knew I had seen that Island name somewhere........ Just recently I had been forwarded a link to a YouTube video by a buddy of landing on Culebra. That is tricky! Guy does a beautiful job and handles the aircraft really well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhjySesmcYo&feature=related
Steve
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