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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Ed's dead stick club
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From: "Bobby J. Hughes" <bhughes@qnsi.net>
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Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2013 21:08:01 -0400
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Thread-Topic: [FlyRotary] Ed's dead stick club
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
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Chris

I'm glad you made it down safely. Good job staying focused and making the ri=
ght decisions.=20

Bobby

Sent from my iPad

On Apr 21, 2013, at 6:35 PM, "Chris Barber" <cbarber@texasattorney.net> wrot=
e:

> I flew this morning over my controlled field (EFD) for about 30 minutes an=
d all went well. Mustered the guts to take my first trip out of the pattern t=
o a local airport (LVJ). Flew over LVJ for a few minutes and awkwardly enter=
ed the pattern.  Awkward as I was moving must faster than I am use to. Down t=
o pattern altitude of 800 feet but was close to the opposite numbers. Starte=
d to correct for downwind and the engine quite. WTF!! =20
>=20
> Saw that since I was closer runway 32, made a descending S turn (kinda) an=
d came over 32 fast. The plane wanted to keep flying. I bleed off speed and l=
owered the speed brake as I used up runway with the wind behind me, sat her d=
own at about the correct 80 knt's and applied my human powered anti lock bra=
kes and coasted to the last turn off. The 4000' runway seemed to pass quickl=
y compared to my home fields 9000'.=20
>=20
> A buddy of mine was right behind me in his RV-8, recognizing me in the pat=
tern. He landed and stopped. I then got a group from the airport who had hea=
rd my radio traffic and watched my landing.=20
>=20
> The engine started with some difficulty and ran a little rough as I taxied=
 it to the tie down area.=20
>=20
> My buddy with the RV gave me a ride back to our home airport in his plane.=
 I am here thinking about which tools I may need to take over there.  I have=
 yet to pull the cowl. I may take a breath and wait until tomorrow as I only=
 have a couple of hours of sunlight left.=20
>=20
> Just needed to share/purge and wrap my head around this.=20
>=20
> On a positive note, I flew twice today and left the pattern........  :-/
>=20
> Hey, Ed, I thought you were suppose to keep this reward?????
>=20
> Chris
> Houston
> Velocity 17010
>=20
> Sent from my iPhone 5
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