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sabrina

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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 4:43 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

That's terrific, Sabrina! Well done!



Cory



Sabrina wrote:

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 I completed my pre-US solo training today and Jay signed me off!!!

 I will travel the country for a couple weeks and then return to Chicago.   

 It will be so cool to conduct my first US solo in the airplane I built!

 Thank you Jay!





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Kevin Bonds

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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:21 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

I think it is interesting to note that you can't ride your Harley across a

couple of different states because it's displacement is over 500cc, but you

can build and fly your own aircraft all over the country. Something about

that is funny (not funny suspicious but funny ha ha). I'm not sure exactly

what it is, but it's funny. Congrats Sabrina!



Oh BTW, Go Cubs!



Kevin Bonds



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mcjon77

Joined: 17 May 2008
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 6:50 pm Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Reminds me of a story a guy on one of the aviation podcasts (uncontrolled airspace) mentioned.  He got his pilot's certificate at 17, so he could rent an airplane, but couldn't rent a car.

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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 7:16 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Oddly enough, flying is a lot safer than driving . . .



(and driving a motorcycle is really dangerous before you get past the 

first 6 months.  If you last that long, then the sky is the limit . . .)



Paul



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At 07:50 PM 8/4/2009, you wrote:

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		  Reminds me of a story a guy on one of the aviation podcasts 

(uncontrolled airspace) mentioned.  He got his pilot's certificate 

at 17, so he could rent an airplane, but couldn't rent a car.

pdn8r(at)yahoo.com
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 4:35 am Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Falls into the same category of being able be shot at and have hand grenades thrown at you but can't order a beer.



Bill Pagan EAA Tech Counselor #4395

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--- On Tue, 8/4/09, Kevin Bonds <kevinbonds(at)comcast.net> wrote:

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From: Kevin Bonds <kevinbonds(at)comcast.net>

Subject: RE: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

To: zenith-list(at)matronics.com

Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 9:20 PM



 --> Zenith-List message posted by: "Kevin Bonds" <kevinbonds(at)comcast.net (kevinbonds(at)comcast.net)>



I think it is interesting to note that you can't ride your Harley across a

couple of different states because it's displacement is over 500cc, but you

can build and fly your own aircraft all over the country. Something about

that is funny (not funny suspicious but funny ha ha). I'm not sure exactly

what it is, but it's funny. Congrats Sabrina!



Oh BTW, Go Cubs!



Kevin Bonds



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sdthatcher

Joined: 13 Mar 2008
Posts: 91
Location: Port Saint Lucie

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 5:19 am Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Congratulations Sabrina!  It's great to be able to solo but it's got to be even more fun when you do it in your own, personally built, time machine.



 	  Sabrina wrote: 	
		  I completed my pre-US solo training today and Jay signed me off!!!

I will travel the country for a couple weeks and then return to Chicago.   

It will be so cool to conduct my first US solo in the airplane I built!

Thank you Jay!

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Kevin Bonds

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:12 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Time machine? Don't give her any ideas Scott! She'll build one of those

next.



Kevin



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sdthatcher

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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:42 am Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Interesting!  I think you may be right Kevin



Scott



 	  Kevin Bonds wrote: 	
		  Time machine? Don't give her any ideas Scott! She'll build one of those

next.



Kevin



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Ron Lendon

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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2009 4:55 pm Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Congratulations Sabrina, quite an accomplishment, you should be proud.

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sabrina

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 7:56 am Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

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leinad

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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2009 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

To quote a not so old saying

"You go girl!"

Dan



 	  Sabrina wrote: 	
		  I completed my pre-US solo training today and Jay signed me off!!!

I will travel the country for a couple weeks and then return to Chicago.   

It will be so cool to conduct my first US solo in the airplane I built!

Thank you Jay!

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sabrina

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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

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Gig Giacona

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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:22 pm Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Why am I willing to bet this is the first test you have ever failed?

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sabrina

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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 3:37 pm Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

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jmaynard

Joined: 27 Feb 2008
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:09 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 04:37:17PM -0700, Sabrina wrote:

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		   You are right...  but at least I deserved to fail...  the next time I have

 to conduct a test in front of police officers I won't be as nervous...


	


Think of it as good practice for your private checkride next year.

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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 4:34 pm Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Sabrina - 



I wouldn't feel too bad about this test.  When I took my motorcycle test (more years ago than I care to think about) two of the perhaps ten of us failed for very similar reasons.  One guy showed up on chopper that could barely turn around in the parking lot, much less make it through the cones.  The other guy that failed was on a drag bike that wouldn't go slow - it was zero or one hundred for that thing.  I felt bad for the kid on the Harley.  Not so much for the kid on the drag bike - that bike would have been suicide on the road anyway.

 

I am sure you will pass the test next time without problem.  If you can build and fly your own plane then I am sure that riding a bike through some cones won't prove to be too much of a problem. 



Good luck!

 

Dave



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Gig,

 

 You are right...  but at least I deserved to fail...  the next time I have to conduct a test in front of police officers I won't be as nervous..

 

 All kidding aside, it is a good lesson--read the vehicle manual before you ride, even if it looks like a little kiddy ride.

 

 

 

 

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Ron Lendon

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Posted: Thu Sep 03, 2009 9:40 pm Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

Sabrina,



A little trick I learned about controlling the bike at slow speed is to use brake torque.  I can ride my Harley Ultra Classic through that course now.  It takes some practice but I can slow speed steer my bike lock to lock at a slow walking speed and never touch the ground with my feet.



It goes like this:  Hold RPM to about 1800, slip the clutch so the bike will move, and control the speed with the rear brake.

sabrina

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 6:39 am Post subject: Re: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

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jmaynard

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Posted: Fri Sep 04, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: Signed off to Solo the Sabrina Mark 1 !!!

On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 07:39:21AM -0700, Sabrina wrote:

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		   Like the NTSB report, although I disagree with it, I really believe the

 report itself has saved lives.  The odds are, if it were a design flaw, we

 should have had another crash by now.  The longer we go without another

 structural failure, the more likely it is pilot error.  That is probably

 what the FAA will do--make us all get together with someone like Jay and

 go through an R22 type training class.  It may just be ground school.


	


Hm. I'm not sure ground school alone will get the job done. You saw how

different the elevator feel was from the 150. Could you have gotten in the

Zodiac solo and flown it successfully the first time? I know I couldn't

have.



In any event, I think the FAA will see what the insurance companies are

requiring, and decide that regulation isn't really needed. Look at the

current proposal for changes to the commercial ticket: no more retractable

gear time needed. The FAA's reasoning is that insurance companies are doing

the job for them.

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