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From: Bulent Aliev <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] N11XD First Cross Country flight report
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 19:04:06 -0500
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>

Thanks for the report Jim. Glad to hear your plane is closer to home.
Las Friday evening my wife said: We are going flying on Saturday.
I said: did you rent a plane?
No she said, we have a plane.
Could not talk her out of it. On Saturday around 3 PM the winds were  
favorable for 08 with 6000 ft runway.
She planted herself in the right seat and took over the check lists  
and communications.
She requested from the tower "climb to 2000 and stay there for flight  
testing"
Tower cleared us up and I pushed the throttle to the wall. Up we  
went. Turning downwind, tower called that they are not getting  
transponder signal.
(Son of a bitch! Not Again) She asked if they want us to come back or  
we can stay? Tower said they can not see us on the radar and without  
transponder we'll have to come down. I was already even with the  
beginning of 08 when tower said "experimental go straight for the  
numbers, clear to land 08. Gulfstream on final". So I dove for the  
numbers. It was beautiful landing and there was a big audience  
watching :) Everything is happening so fast with these planes, there  
is no time to be scared. Tomorrow I'll taxi to the avionics shop to  
get this TX issue taken care of.
Bulent "Buly" Aliev
FXE Ft lauderdale, FL
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