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Thread: [Acro] landing a pitts
Message: [Acro] landing a pitts
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From: Randy Reed <reedrandy at yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 15:31:47 UTC
Gentleman and ladies, I do not agree with Virginia that some of the stories are beer indused. I do not think true aerobatic pilots would partake to the point where they embelish landing problems. I think the problem here is "G-Loss of reality". While I have never landed a Pitts, I do have a Christen Eagle. Last week, while flying my sportsman secquence over a lake, I broke two flying wires pulling out of my hammerhead. Just before the wing could fold, I quickly and expertly rolled the Eagle inverted and used the landing wires for flying wires. I very colmley radioed some friends on the ground and they started building a soft cushion on a shallow boat ramp. While waiting on the ramp and not wanting to waste fuel, I finished the Cuban eight, 180 deg turn, but cheated on the 2 point roll. When the ramp was finished, I landed the Eagle inverted on the water using the top wing as a ski and skied the Eagle toward the boat ramp. While enroute to the ramp I had the feeling my pulse was higher than normal, so I reached over with my throttle hand and checked. My pulse was 68 which is high for me. When I got to the boat ramp, I carefully slid the Eagle up on the ramp then set the tail on the cushions with out a scratch. The flying wires have been replaced and the Eagle is ready for my first contest at the first of June. randy reed Eagle 53BH __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com