9/4/06 #21
The morningof the wet wing… Strange takeoff “Lift no Lift” run out.
9/06/06 #22 Great Flight …Saw one man personal Balloon by the Swim beach… going farther afield
9/12/06 Incident with equipment damage
The whole fam damily showed up to watch a flight and I blew it when I got a wrap around the left hand and fell on takeoff. The wing came up good but started to turn during the run. I popped up briefly but came down immediately on my left side, breaking equipment and injuring my knee and wrist.
#23 9/25/06 Most Excellent Flight!
Got video of the whole thing…Including John Sieb’s exploding “cheap Mexican” propeller.
this was a milestone flight. My first long flight in Denver with another pilot. The DVD is the best video yet.
#24 9/28/06 Lots of People some didn’t fly. Sunset with layers of cold air mixing and causing bumps
#25 10/06/06 Short lap and landing after noticing a half twist in the risers
#26 10/13/06 Flew till out of gas . Pulled lots of break with no power and experienced quick turn and rapid decent Poor landing
#27 10/23/06 Clint Murphy was observing from home field…great to see him
Tweaked knee on run out
#28 11/03/06 Short flight Perfect takeoff and landing..Some virga scared me down…using knee brace all the time. video of landing is good and later ended up on my Ipod.
#29 11/8/06 Good flight …Broke exhaust bracket…exhaust was clipping prop.
#30 11/19/06 So So flight butt landing
#31 11/22/06 High winds Experienced extreme crabbing of the wing..Good reverse good landing
#32 11/25/06 Good long flight
#33 11/26/06 2nd Annual Birthday flight
Death of Barton George
No Fly Day 12/08/06 Rookie mistake… Jumped into sky …Broke prop and bent Frame…This was the end of my first season. It would be a long time till I flew again.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Sunday, November 26, 2006
#33 Second Annual Birthday Flight
And...Boy was it a tough one !
I tried three reverses a forward and another reverse before I finally got off. During the reverses I wasn't releasing the A's soon enough and then I would turn before the wing was stabilized. AND the forward wasn't any better...it seemed like no matter what I did the wing would come up to the side or I wasn't able to get moving fast enough etc.
After half a dozen failed attempts Monte and John landed and Monte said, "Come On you've got to get up on your birthday. So with Monte's encouragement I tried one more time and and made a successful reverse launch.
I'd let my leg straps be as loose as ever and had a heck of a time getting into the seat. The wire on the north end of the field was coming up so I turned to the west and as soon as I cold let go of the brakes and used both hands. The landing was not pretty...I flared too soon and did a partial face plant.... no injury to body or machine.
Happy Birthday to Me !
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Flights 21 to 33
9/4/06 #21
The morning of the wet wing… Strange takeoff “Lift no Lift” run out.
9/06/06 #22 Great Flight …Saw one man personal Balloon by the Swim beach… going farther afield
9/12/06 Incident with equipment damage
The whole fam damily showed up to watch a flight and I blew it when I got a wrap around the left hand and fell on takeoff. The wing came up good but started to turn during the run. I popped up briefly but came down immediately to the left side, breaking equipment and injuring my knee and wrist.
#23 9/25/06 Most Excellent Flight!
Got video of the whole thing…Including John Sieb’s exploding “cheap Mexican” propeller.
#24 9/28/06 Lots of People some didn’t fly. Sunset with layers of cold air mixing and causing bumps
#25 10/06/06 Short lap and landing after noticing a half twist in the risers
#26 10/13/06 Flew till out of gas . Pulled lots of break with no power and experienced quick turn and rapid decent Poor landing
#27 10/23/06 Clint Murphy was observing from home field…great to see him
Tweaked knee on run out
#28 11/03/06 Short flight Perfect takeoff and landing..Some virga scared me down…using knee brace all the time. video of landing is good and later ended up on my Ipod.
#29 11/8/06 Good flight …Broke exhaust bracket…exhaust was clipping prop.
#30 11/19/06 So So flight butt landing
#31 11/22/06 High winds Experienced extreme crabbing of the wing..Good reverse good landing
#32 11/25/06 Good long flight
No Fly Day 12/08/06 Rookie mistake… Jumped into sky …Broke prop and bent Frame…This was the end of my first season. It would be a long time till I flew again.
The morning of the wet wing… Strange takeoff “Lift no Lift” run out.
9/06/06 #22 Great Flight …Saw one man personal Balloon by the Swim beach… going farther afield
9/12/06 Incident with equipment damage
The whole fam damily showed up to watch a flight and I blew it when I got a wrap around the left hand and fell on takeoff. The wing came up good but started to turn during the run. I popped up briefly but came down immediately to the left side, breaking equipment and injuring my knee and wrist.
#23 9/25/06 Most Excellent Flight!
Got video of the whole thing…Including John Sieb’s exploding “cheap Mexican” propeller.
#24 9/28/06 Lots of People some didn’t fly. Sunset with layers of cold air mixing and causing bumps
#25 10/06/06 Short lap and landing after noticing a half twist in the risers
#26 10/13/06 Flew till out of gas . Pulled lots of break with no power and experienced quick turn and rapid decent Poor landing
#27 10/23/06 Clint Murphy was observing from home field…great to see him
Tweaked knee on run out
#28 11/03/06 Short flight Perfect takeoff and landing..Some virga scared me down…using knee brace all the time. video of landing is good and later ended up on my Ipod.
#29 11/8/06 Good flight …Broke exhaust bracket…exhaust was clipping prop.
#30 11/19/06 So So flight butt landing
#31 11/22/06 High winds Experienced extreme crabbing of the wing..Good reverse good landing
#32 11/25/06 Good long flight
No Fly Day 12/08/06 Rookie mistake… Jumped into sky …Broke prop and bent Frame…This was the end of my first season. It would be a long time till I flew again.
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