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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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 Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 12:54 pm Post subject: Michigan Kitfox'ers at Dawn Patrol, Memorial Day Services |
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Myself, Marco, and one other (the owner never showed up at his plane
while I was there) Kitfox flew into Y91...Home Acres, yesterday for a
Dawn Patrol breakfast.
Today, I took part in a Memorial Day fly-over at three small towns
near here. There was a Stearman bi-plane, a C-172, a C-150, a MD-5
Maule, an Ercoupe and my Kitfox. We flew over the Brooklyn, MI
parade, the Cement City parade, and the gathering at the Napoleon
Cemetery. We had tried to coordinate the three flights to avoid
having to land each time, but that wasn't meant to be. So we made
three individual flights, landing and "de-briefing" after the down-
and-back passes at each site. While waiting for the last fly-over
which was to be at Napoleon, a storm was coming our way and we were
hoping to get the alert phone call before it hit...we did, and off we
went....this one would have to be a one-pass deal, and it's a good
thing, 'cause we were getting tossed about a good bit by the winds,
and maybe a bit of propwash turbulence to boot. We made the pass,
broke off toward our respective hangars...the other 5 going back to
3NP, and I made a kind of "missing man" peel-up" and went the other
way home. I was getting some strong winds rockin' me around, but got
it in over the trees and safely home....piece of cake. : ) Five
minutes later, the rain hit.
Now that I think about it, maybe Marco DIDN'T fly in yesterday....I
never saw him actually run the engine. I DID, however, see him run
when I started my engine....maybe it was the straight-pipes barkin',
or maybe the rumor that Jabiru engines throw out a lot of parts when
they run.....hmmmmmm.....: )
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 961.3 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
Countdown to 1000 hrs~38.3 to go(54 days to go)
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying (and learning)
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: Michigan Kitfox'ers at Dawn Patrol, Memorial Day Services |
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Sunday was a beautiful day to fly in Michigan. The sound of your straight-pipe, souped-up Jabiru was impressive, Lynn. Not quite like a P&W R985 but closer to that than the chainsaw scream of my Rotax. I'll need to close-pin some playing cards to my cowl, just inside the prop arc to get that same sound out of a 582. 
Marco Menezes N99KX
Model 2 582-90 C-Box 3:1 w/clutch
Hersey, MI
--- On Mon, 5/31/10, Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net> wrote:
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From: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>
Subject: Michigan Kitfox'ers at Dawn Patrol, Memorial Day Services
To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
Date: Monday, May 31, 2010, 2:44 PM
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net (lynnmatt(at)jps.net)>
Myself, Marco, and one other (the owner never showed up at his plane while I was there) Kitfox flew into Y91...Home Acres, yesterday for a Dawn Patrol breakfast.
Today, I took part in a Memorial Day fly-over at three small towns near here. There was a Stearman bi-plane, a C-172, a C-150, a MD-5 Maule, an Ercoupe and my Kitfox. We flew over the Brooklyn, MI parade, the Cement City parade, and the gathering at the Napoleon Cemetery. We had tried to coordinate the three flights to avoid having to land each time, but that wasn't meant to be. So we made three individual flights, landing and "de-briefing" after the down-and-back passes at each site. While waiting for the last fly-over which was to be at Napoleon, a storm was coming our way and we were hoping to get the alert phone call before it hit...we did, and off we went....this one would have to be a one-pass deal, and it's a good thing, 'cause we were getting tossed about a good bit by the winds, and maybe a bit of propwash turbulence to boot. We made the pass, broke off toward our respective hangars...the other 5 going back to 3NP, and I made a kind of "missing man" peel-up" and went the other way home. I was getting some strong winds rockin' me around, but got it in over the trees and safely home...piece of cake. : ) Five minutes later, the rain hit.
Now that I think about it, maybe Marco DIDN'T fly in yesterday....I never saw him actually run the engine. I DID, however, see him run when I started my engine...maybe it was the straight-pipes barkin', or maybe the rumor that Jabiru engines throw out a lot of parts when they run.....hmmmmmm.....: )
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 961.3 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
Countdown to 1000 hrs~38.3 to go(54 days to go)
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
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Lynn Matteson
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:45 am Post subject: Michigan Kitfox'ers at Dawn Patrol, Memorial Day Services |
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Or put some spoke wheels on the ol' girl and apply the playing cards
there, Marco....shades of my childhood....you know, it was just last
week. : )
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 961.3 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
Countdown to 1000 hrs~38.3 to go(54 days to go)
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying (and learning)
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On Jun 1, 2010, at 10:04 AM, Marco Menezes wrote:
| Quote: | Sunday was a beautiful day to fly in Michigan. The sound of your
straight-pipe, souped-up Jabiru was impressive, Lynn. Not quite
like a P&W R985 but closer to that than the chainsaw scream of my
Rotax. I'll need to close-pin some playing cards to my cowl, just
inside the prop arc to get that same sound out of a 582.
Marco Menezes N99KX
Model 2 582-90 C-Box 3:1 w/clutch
Hersey, MI
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