X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com X-SpamCatcher-Score: 10 [X] Return-Path: Received: from vms040pub.verizon.net ([206.46.252.40] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.4) with ESMTP id 1722580 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:56:52 -0500 Received: from [127.0.0.1] ([71.99.151.150]) by vms040.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-6.01 (built Apr 3 2006)) with ESMTPA id <0JB000D8EOA1NHJ6@vms040.mailsrvcs.net> for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Thu, 28 Dec 2006 21:56:30 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2006 22:58:35 -0500 From: Finn Lassen Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: SNF Open Flight Line Policy In-reply-to: To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-id: <4594926B.6070000@verizon.net> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit References: User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) I like the extra speed when flying so low. Gives you more options if you get an engine out. Low speed and low altitude doesn't give you much time to pick a landing spot, etc. Of course by the 10th lap you ought to know the lay of the land pretty well :)

Finn

Al Gietzen wrote:

what was scary was the number of "fellow" pilots that seemed unable to fly around the shoreline at 80mph, 1200', and follow the plane ahead. maybe they all wanted to do 25 laps, or watch too much NASCAR. these people were also going to land overhead or behind me when the runway finally got cleared

Kevin;

I guess I would be one of those guys. Some of us have planes that stall at 80 mph. On the other hand, I had it up to 220 mph (TAS) last week. It’s a problem in the pattern as it seems I’m always eating up a Cessna.

Al