Joe, Reading about flying is NEVER boring. Keep 'em coming! Thanks for taking us along for the ride, it was fantastic! Frank Ross sitting at a computer on a very over-cast day in East Anglia.
"Joseph H. Horton" <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> wrote: Guys, Another fine day for flying. Temp was about 60 deg. today and I could have flown just wearing tee shirt. I spent the afternoon getting my medical out of the way for another 2 years and headed to the airport. The wing tanks were empty but the header tank was all but full. I only had a little over an hour of daylight left so i perflighted and started her up and with the warmer air it did not take long to get up to temps. The oil pressure seemed normal but I would keep an eye on it. I departed to the west climbing at about 1300/min and leveled out at 2000 ft. At full throttle she gained speed quickly and I was soon doing just about 170 indicated. I was headed to a larger airport just south of Allentown and by the time I got trimmed up and the radio changed I was only 5 miles out and called for the active and entered the pattern. I am very familiar with this airport and the pattern went as expected. The runway is about 30 ft wider and about 1000 ft longer than at home. It looked huge compared to what I have been landing on. Touch down was good and I basically was practicing to keep the nose wheel up for a longer time in the roll out to try and shorten up the roll out. This runway is so smooth. At home there is a bump that I have been using to jump off the ground on take off and if I am on the runway before I get to it on landing it pops the plane back into the air. Which has not been a problem by just doing nothing but hold the controls steady and let it settle back down. I did 4 patterns here before heading home by way of circling my house for the kids and my uncles hose for my dad visiting from Florida. All this time I have kept track of the oil pressure and it stayed pretty normal the whole time not going over 52 #. Now I don't know what to think except that WW told me to check out the electric sender unit, and right now that seems like a very real chance that it may be acting up. One more landing to do back at home on the narrow, short and rough runway. I ended up a little high and tried the slip again. I lost altitude quickly and did not gain any speed. I love this plane. I was a little fast a touch down but had no trouble stopping. I have changed my flap procedure to dropping the flaps on finial and judging when to put the last notch in by my position on finial. The other thing to note is I have to take out all the power pretty early in finial. Sorry to bore all of you but finish your planes and I promise to read your flight reports too. Joe Horton, Coopersburg, PA. joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com --------------------------------- Yahoo! Autos. Looking for a sweet ride? Get pricing, reviews, & more on new and used cars.
