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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:10 pm Post subject: Personal best

I had a personal best today when I flew my Model IV at a groundspeed  

of 2.5 statute miles per hour, about 40 mph airspeed, and I held it  

steady at 2720 ft. MSL (about 1720' AGL) My previous best was 9 mph,  

before I chickened out. It was pretty smooth flying, but when I got  

down to 2.5 mph, I started to drop altitude. This was at 10 am, and  

the winds were supposed to start getting gusty at 11 am, so I called  

it a day and went home. The reported winds aloft at the time was 29  

kt at 3000'.



Not backwards yet (except for the pilot) but getting there. : )



Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062

Prince prop 64 x 30, P-tip

Electroair direct-fire ignition system

Rotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)

Status: flying with 1374 hrs... (since 3-27-2006)

_________________
Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:25 pm Post subject: Personal best

On 10/11/2012 1:09 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   I had a personal best today when I flew my Model IV at a groundspeed 

 of 2.5 statute miles per hour


	


That's so fun. Next time trying doing the old PTS "Circles around a 

point." It's hilarious.



Guy Buchanan

Ramona, CA

Kitfox IV-1200 / 912-S / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded

Now a glider pilot, too.

_________________
Guy Buchanan
Deceased K-IV 1200
A glider pilot too.

Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 12:43 pm Post subject: Personal best

Guy, what is PTS? I've done circles around a point, but the other is  

a ? to me. (I'll probably figure it out just after I hit "send"....)

Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062

Prince prop 64 x 30, P-tip

Electroair direct-fire ignition system

Rotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)

Status: flying with 1374 hrs... (since 3-27-2006)

On Oct 11, 2012, at 4:25 PM, Guy Buchanan wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

 On 10/11/2012 1:09 PM, Lynn Matteson wrote:

> I had a personal best today when I flew my Model IV at a  

> groundspeed of 2.5 statute miles per hour

 That's so fun. Next time trying doing the old PTS "Circles around a  

 point." It's hilarious.

 Guy Buchanan

 Ramona, CA

 Kitfox IV-1200 / 912-S / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded

 Now a glider pilot, too.

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

aero(at)rwaltman.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:34 pm Post subject: Personal best

Lynn Matteson wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Guy, what is PTS?


	


"Practical Test Standard" - A list of torments that an FAA examiner can 

inflict upon you on a check ride. 



R.

occom

Joined: 26 Aug 2006
Posts: 404

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 1:43 pm Post subject: Personal best

I'm guessing Pilot Training Syllabus  



[quote] --

aero(at)rwaltman.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:09 pm Post subject: Personal best

Dave wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   I'm guessing Pilot Training Syllabus


	


See http://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/airmen/test_standards/



R.

Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:12 pm Post subject: Personal best

That's it!



Guy



On 10/11/2012 2:32 PM, Roberto Waltman wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		   Lynn Matteson wrote:

> Guy, what is PTS?



 "Practical Test Standard" - A list of torments that an FAA examiner 

 can inflict upon you on a check ride.

_________________
Guy Buchanan
Deceased K-IV 1200
A glider pilot too.

occom

Joined: 26 Aug 2006
Posts: 404

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:26 pm Post subject: Personal best

What in the world is a FAA? Is that FAA, FAA away?  



I looked and apparently your lot doesn't use a pilot training syllabus. 

Oh well. 



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occom

Joined: 26 Aug 2006
Posts: 404

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 2:33 pm Post subject: Personal best

I looked again and some of your lot do!. Now since flying around a fixed

point was part of my training, but not part of my test, I am reverting to my

original answer.



Flying a fixed point was one of the exercises in my pilot training syllabus.



 



[quote] --

lcfitt(at)sbcglobal.net
Guest

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 6:27 pm Post subject: Personal best

Well, I received my training in 1972 and have trouble remembering what I did 

yesterday, so can't say if it was required in the check ride.  I do remember 

doing it early on, though.  The only thing I remember about the check ride 

was landing at a former military base to demonstrate cross wind landing. 

Consider that the airplane was a Cessna 170-B.  Along side the runway was a 

wide apron where the military planes were tied down in the day.  I think I 

finally put it down pretty close to where the second row of airplanes used 

to be parked.  I was surprised when he signed me off.



I finished the 40 hours on N338S this morning and will hitch a ride in a 

friend's Model IV in the morning to pick it up and then it will be a flight 

of two home.  It will be nice to see it in my hangar again.  I will miss the 

guys at Lincoln, though, but not the hour long commute.  It will have to be 

a regular trip to keep up with the guys - too bad there is no food on the 

airport.



Lowell



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From: "Dave " <occom(at)ns.sympatico.ca>

Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 3:34 PM

To: <kitfox-list(at)matronics.com>

Subject: RE: Personal best



[quote] 



 I looked again and some of your lot do!. Now since flying around a fixed

 point was part of my training, but not part of my test, I am reverting to 

 my

 original answer.



 Flying a fixed point was one of the exercises in my pilot training 

 syllabus.



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markdonahue(at)earthlink.
Guest

Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2012 7:20 pm Post subject: Personal best

Lowell,

Good for you!  I look forward to getting together.  I would love to visit

you and Ray at Cameron Park.

Mark Donahue



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Lynn Matteson

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2012 2:46 am Post subject: Personal best

Thanks, Roberto...and Guy, Dave, Lowell....yup, I'd forgotten all  

about those in the past 6 years. When you see those "standards" in  

print, they're scary as hell, when you think that the examiner could  

flunk you over something as trivial as missing an altitude by a few  

feet. My flight instructor had me maintain a 20-foot variance  

(instead of the 100-foot) in turns around a point or S-turns, etc. He  

said that if I could do that, he might let me slide by on another  

"not-so-good" maneuver.



Lynn Matteson

Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger

Jabiru 2200, #2062

Prince prop 64 x 30, P-tip

Electroair direct-fire ignition system

Rotec TBI-40 injection (sleeved to 36mm)

Status: flying with 1374 hrs... (since 3-27-2006)





On Oct 11, 2012, at 5:32 PM, Roberto Waltman wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Lynn Matteson wrote:

> Guy, what is PTS?



 "Practical Test Standard" - A list of torments that an FAA examiner  

 can inflict upon you on a check ride. 



 R.

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Lynn
Kitfox IV-Jabiru 2200
N369LM

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