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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] N11XD First Cross Country flight report
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Congratulations Jim,

Now you should be able to spend more time flying and less time
traveling to the airport.  Glad you had a nice flight.  It's amazing
how hard it is to find another airplane in that big sky even when you
know about where they are.

Bob W.


On Tue, 5 Dec 2006 15:01:11 -0800 (PST)
James Maher <deltaflyer@prodigy.net> wrote:

> On December 3 2006 Dyke Delta N11XD and I were both ready to return home =
to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN) in CT. The sky was clear, the temps were c=
hilly and the wind of the previous days had subsided. I was fortunate to ha=
ve a good friend willing to fly me up to Westfield MA (BAF), where my airpl=
ane has spent the past 4-1/2 months, in his Long EZ. We left HVN mid mornin=
g and arrived at BAF 32 minutes later. The trip goes by fast at 200MPH. Aft=
er a very through preflight inspection of my Delta, in the hangar, I pulled=
 the Delta out of the hangar for the last time. I will miss being able to p=
reflight indoors.
>   I was quite anxious because this would be the first time leaving the co=
mfort of the airport=92s airspace. The anxiety was somewhat lessened becaus=
e I already flew several flights that were longer than this one would be, o=
ver the airport. The checklists were gone through one by one, from pre-engi=
ne start all the way to pre-takeoff until the only thing left to do was to =
push the throttle and go. There I was in the middle of the main runway, for=
 an intersection takeoff, with another airplane on short final. So, in went=
 the throttle and down the runway we went with =91no delay=92. My friend wi=
th the Long EZ was still waiting back on taxiway Alpha for two more aircraf=
t to land before he could takeoff and chase me home. I knew that he would h=
ave no trouble catching me as I was only planning on flying 130-140MPH, sti=
ll in the middle of the flight envelope. I skirted wide to the west to avoi=
d Bradley International airport directly to the south. Once clear of BAF ai=
rspace my friend and
>  I both began looking for each other and giving position reports on the a=
ir-to-air channel, to try to locate each other. It was comical actually, tw=
o practically stealth aircraft trying to find each other in all that BIG sk=
y, without any radar guidance. Finally about half way back I managed to loc=
ate my friend who was about 5 miles west of my position at the same altitud=
e. I told him to turn 90 degrees left and he would see me. He did, and then=
 he flew over and formed up =BD mile behind and followed me all the rest of=
 the way back. I called New Haven tower 10 miles out and told them I wanted=
 a downwind entry for 20. My friend called shortly after and informed the t=
ower that he was flying chasing for me. They just told him to follow me in.=
 After calling the downwind I was cleared to land. Speed was reduced to 120=
 MPH in the pattern and the approach was begun. Descending at 500 fpm and 1=
20 MPH, it was beginning to feel comfortable. I slowed the plane down to 11=
0MPH on short
>  final. Touch down was in the first 1/3 of the runway and I exited easily=
 3200 feet down the 5600-foot runway with conservative braking. The total f=
light time from BAF to HVN was about 48 minutes. It felt great to finally h=
ave my flying aircraft back home.
>   Jim Maher
>   Dyke Delta N11XD
>   =20
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