X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 39 [X] Return-Path: Received: from ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.100] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.7) with ESMTP id 1881404 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:32:40 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=24.25.9.100; envelope-from=echristley@nc.rr.com Received: from [192.168.0.75] (cpe-066-057-038-121.nc.res.rr.com [66.57.38.121]) by ms-smtp-01.southeast.rr.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l243VpxH024855 for ; Sat, 3 Mar 2007 22:31:51 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45EA3E01.7000007@nc.rr.com> Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 22:33:21 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (X11/20061115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Recent First Time Flyers!! FINAL CALL for CONTACT! Magazine Articles!!! References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Ed Anderson wrote: > Hey, Joe, Bob, Jim, Buly, John, et al > > You guys who recently flew for the first time. Your stories would really be inspiring to those out there lurking on the fence. Sit down and tell us about how you prepped for the flight - what last minute problems you had to fix (if any). How did it feel lifting off - what gauges gave you the most concern - what were some of the teething problems. What bump/sound make your hear beat faster until you identified what it was. What would you do different. What do you have planned for next-step improvements (if any). > > You guys who didn't have any problems on your first flight - tell us how that felt. What do you attribute your no-problem first time flight to. What do you think you did right and signficant - so you could just sit back and enjoy the flight. > > Lets see some photos of lift off, landing, taxi, etc. > > I know you guys could easily write a page which combined with a couple of photos would provide enough material for this issue of CONTACT! to be a rotary -only issue. Heck, you have a good start with the email you posted to the list telling us about that first flight. I think having 3-4 first time flight stories in the issue would really show how the rotary community is moving. > > > Put down that beer - or perhaps pick up that beer and a pen and start writing/typing/recording for transcriptions. Etc. > > Thanks > > Ed > If you're going to go that route, I think there should be an introductory article discussing the progress from Tracy requiring 100 hours to get things settled, to more recent builders having successful first flights. An article about an open discussion group where everyone shares the good, the bad, and the ugly, then are learned and real progress is made.