Return-Path: Sender: "Marvin Kaye" To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 19:26:07 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from lakermmtao11.cox.net ([68.230.240.28] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.5) with ESMTP id 531115 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:57:41 -0500 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.240.28; envelope-from=danobrien@cox.net Received: from Dan.cox.net ([68.100.4.238]) by lakermmtao11.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.04.00 201-2131-117-20041022) with ESMTP id <20041113235724.TDZD1734.lakermmtao11.cox.net@Dan.cox.net> for ; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:57:24 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.0.20041113183649.00bdfa98@127.0.0.1> X-Sender: danobrien:pop.east.cox.net@127.0.0.1 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 X-Original-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 18:57:24 -0500 X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net From: Dan O'Brien Subject: Chino, Runway Length for 1st Flight Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_134702015==.ALT" --=====================_134702015==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed >>I talked to Don Goetz who was the pilot on this flight. The engine quit on >>take off so Don put it back on the runway with no damage fortunately. >Glad he was not flying from a marginal length airstrip for this first flight. What timing! Sure drives home the point many of you made about runway length for first flight in response to my question last week. Sounds like runway length save someone many thousands of $$ and perhaps more in this case. There is a rather incredible irony here. In my earlier post I mentioned that there was one extremely experienced test pilot (someone who I understand has many dead stick landings) who said that 2600' was plenty for first flight in an ES. Guess who? I suppose pilots of varying degrees of skill define "plenty" differently :) --=====================_134702015==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" >>I talked to Don Goetz who was the pilot on this flight. The engine quit on 
>>take off so Don put it back on the runway with no damage fortunately.

>Glad he was not flying from a marginal length airstrip for this first flight.

What timing!  Sure drives home the point many of you made about runway length for first flight in response to my question last week.  Sounds like runway length save someone many thousands of $$ and perhaps more in this case.

There is a rather incredible irony here.  In my earlier post I mentioned that there was one extremely experienced test pilot (someone who I understand has many dead stick landings) who said that 2600' was plenty for first flight in an ES.  Guess who?  I suppose pilots of varying degrees of skill define "plenty" differently :) --=====================_134702015==.ALT--