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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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 Posted: Mon Feb 18, 2008 11:39 am Post subject: About flying...off topic? |
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I got a great flying tip from my flight instructor on Saturday. I was
flying him down to Benton Harbor (BEH) to pick up a plane he had to
deliver. We got out of his snow-covered turf field (and mine) with no
problem, and made it to BEH, but when coming in for landing, he
showed me something I hadn't thought of, He took control and first
let one wheel (wheel skis) touch, then the other, then gave the plane
back to me and I landed it. It makes sense to do this when using skis
or even when just using wheels in slushy snow or whenever the pilot
thinks there might be frozen wheels, brakes, etc. As he pointed out,
if a wheel/brake WAS frozen, we would have gone to a nearby turf
field or lake and landed using the skis, then freed up the problem,
then gone back to the paved field.
With 9" of snow locally...until the rain took it out yesterday...a
frozen wheel/brake stands a good chance of happening.
This might be old news to old-time pilots, but it was just another
lesson learned to this rookie. : )
Lynn Matteson
Grass Lake, Michigan
Kitfox IV Speedster w/Jabiru 2200
flying w/475+ hrs
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| Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:53 am Post subject: About flying...off topic? |
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Good report Lynn. Thanks for sharing.
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Deke Morisse
Mikado Michigan
S5/Subaru/CAP 355+ TT
"The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress."
- Joseph Joubert
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