Congratulations, Jeff.
A thrill I know. Still remember my
first solo tail dragger landing in an Aeronica Champ.
Now you can come down and visit us all.
Ed
From: Rotary motors in aircraft
[mailto:flyrotary@lancaironline.net] On
Behalf Of Jeff Whaley
Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:38
AM
To: Rotary
motors in aircraft
Subject: [FlyRotary] Another
mini-milestone
Yesterday
after 3.5 hours of tail-dragger transition training, I finally soloed in my
13B-powered homebuilt; I was a bit nervous taxiing back to the threshold but as
the wheels left the ground I knew it was going to be okay. My first
landing was a bouncer but I kept it straight - followed up with a few greasers
and a couple more bouncers; it was a great day. I was expecting a big
increase in climb rate without 200 lbs in the right seat but have to say it was
not significant; I guess the power loading and those big wings aren’t
affected as much as an under-powered short wing Piper.
With
11 trouble-free hours and now solo, I’ll start building up more time
after a 2 week hiatus in Mexico.
Jeff
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