Hey you Coupers! Just a quick update since I haven't bothered all of you in a while (bwg)- boy, I've racked up the hours in my Coupe- have a whoppin' 33 TT! Got a new instructor- that was sure a good move! The other one cared more about doing annuals than he did meeting his commitments. :(
The fellow I have now is great- an ex Eastern Airlines captain who also use to run a pretty big flight school in Washington. He's great- teaching me all kinds of things that I'll keep with me my flying lifetime. His goal (and I didn't even have to ask him!) is for me to have my ticket by Arlington! Can't wait to join all you others in the parking area (all you Oregon Coupers better be there- if I'm going to bust my butt to get my license you better get those planes put back together!!!!!! lol...) The other morning I took a nice 300 mile XC. On one leg I had about a good 20 mph tailwind and the leg didn't have too many definite checkpoints so I ended up at the town a lot earlier than I expected. Boy, you sure have a lot of thoughts running around when you are just *positive* that you can't be where you think you are! Ok, lets circle the town and make sure I'm where I'm supposed to be, oh good, there's the airport! Tonight we're going night flying for my dual night XC. I guess the biggest hazard is the deer and antelope on the runway here. My instructor recommends first "buzzing" the runway at about 20' to scare them off and then come around again and land. Should be interesting! The Coupe's running like a top. I finally put my ailerons where they should have been- hinges *under* the trailing edge. Made all the difference in the world in aileron response- nice and smooth now. My climb seems to be up as well- haven't noticed too much in the cruise area through I need to go run some GPS legs to find out. Got the Coupe all polished up. Looks a *lot* better! My instructor recommended a cleaner/polish in a bright green bottle called 2001 and he was right- the stuff really works!!! Cleans and polishes at the same time, really! Try it, I think you'll agree. Well keep up the Coupe's a flying and if you ever get the urge to come down where its dry and sunny (and windy right now) then swing on by Central Oregon and I'll show you the sights! Joa www.deschutes.net/~co291 "Vaircraft/CH-601 Building Page" _________________________
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