X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from cdptpa-omtalb.mail.rr.com ([75.180.132.120] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.4c3j) with ESMTP id 4946616 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:03:11 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=75.180.132.120; envelope-from=eanderson@carolina.rr.com Return-Path: X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=ToWar1fa9ljTHbeJIRNQycBnYxCRNi5M/11QAwRcJ6A= c=1 sm=0 a=yIZuivzaqygA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=rPkcCx1H5rrOSfN0dPC7kw==:17 a=WrMfpB0aAAAA:8 a=Ia-xEzejAAAA:8 a=7g1VtSJxAAAA:8 a=-SE_jDxlGDF3xDWH46oA:9 a=hYcoefEFEMjsvFwD9L0A:7 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=Qa1je4BO31QA:10 a=1Erk4P5SMDsA:10 a=EzXvWhQp4_cA:10 a=rPkcCx1H5rrOSfN0dPC7kw==:117 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 174.110.167.5 Received: from [174.110.167.5] ([174.110.167.5:51336] helo=EdPC) by cdptpa-oedge04.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.3.46 r()) with ESMTP id 2F/D3-29678-C0D77AD4; Thu, 14 Apr 2011 23:02:36 +0000 Message-ID: <28241CB1B5614EFE934B82F506264AA9@EdPC> From: "Ed Anderson" To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" References: In-Reply-To: Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Glider skills Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:02:24 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=response Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Uncle! {:>) - You are right, John - I recall thinking (briefly) on one of my engine outs (where the engine kept sputtering - giving me false hope I might get things resolved for long minutes - only finally to quit) that I wish it would just quit and get it over with. Did I mention thinking that very briefly - once it quit, I found I really missed the sputtering!! Yes, having full power on the throttle and continuing to lose the race for altitude has got to be a cushion killer. Glad you got to tell us the story! Ed -------------------------------------------------- From: "John Slade" Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:11 PM To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Glider skills > OK, since we're quiet, I have a story too. Emergencies are usually over > very quickly. This one lasted 20 minutes.... > I took on severe icing during a long voice controlled decent through 15k > of cloud in a Jet Provost and quickly became unable to climb on full > power. Ended up at 400 feet, full power, clean, 2 miles out and still > descending. Crossed the fence, still clean and at full power with the > controller yelling "gear, gear, gear". The clunk of the gear preceded the > thump of touchdown by about a second. It took quite a few beers to get > over that one. :) > > > -- > Homepage: http://www.flyrotary.com/ > Archive and UnSub: > http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html