wrote: > Dave L - I guess I was impressed when van told me that the RV-6 had not > been tested past 2 spins, and that any more was uncharted territory. > obviously he was CYA having been sued twice now by ex-employee widows > [unfairly in my opinion]. I thought that when my plane was pointed at the > ground swirling around, definitely not flying, that I was in a spin. I > purposely pulled out after a revolution, fearful of doing say, 6 revs again, > which scared the hell out of me when I did it before. don't tell my wife > about it. even though I once worked for McDonnell-Douglas I can't add > "test pilot" after my name [how 'bout carpenter?] or even "navy pilot". I > won't explore the flat or inverted spin possibilities. I'll admit tho' I'd > do it with someone who know what he was doing. every book I've seen says > "don't try this without professional instruction" which admittedly, I've > ignored. but, yes, I'll hold the camera. let's do it out here over an > active volcano [mt st helens] in the middle of the cascade mtn range! :-) > > probably not really smart, but a whole lot of fun. > > that's where we connect! kevin > --001636e0b7271c487504767f3821 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Hey Kevin,

=A0

I am flying up to Chico this weekend and on Sunday afternoon=A0will pr= obably be giving fun flights to a bunch guys I am going biking with.=A0 If = you want to fly down we can go do some spins.=A0 I will be parked at a litt= le private strip called ranchero.=A0 Fun little place.=A0 Walking distance = to town.

=A0

Will be out of touch (probably) Friday evening through Sunday afternoo= n when we come back out of the mountains.=A0 Not sure of the time just now.= . probably depends on how much beer we drink Sat night.

=A0

--
David Leonard

Turbo Rotary RV-6 N4VY
http://N4VY.RotaryRoster.net
http://RotaryRoster.net

=A0

On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 6:47 PM, kevin lane <n3773@comcast.net> wrote:

Dave=A0L=A0- I guess I was impressed when= van told me that the RV-6 had not been tested past 2 spins, and that any m= ore was uncharted territory.=A0 obviously he was CYA having been sued twice= now by ex-employee widows [unfairly in my opinion].=A0 I thought that when= my plane was pointed at the ground swirling around, definitely not flying,= that I was in a spin.=A0 I purposely pulled out after a revolution, fearfu= l of doing say, 6 revs again, which scared the hell out of me when I did it= before.=A0 don't tell my wife about it.=A0=A0 even though I once worke= d for McDonnell-Douglas I can't add "test pilot" after my nam= e [how 'bout carpenter?]=A0or even "navy pilot".=A0=A0 I won&= #39;t explore the flat or inverted spin possibilities.=A0 I'll admit th= o' I'd do it with someone who know what he was doing.=A0=A0 every b= ook I've seen says "don't try this without professional instru= ction"=A0 which admittedly, I've ignored.=A0 but, yes, I'll ho= ld the camera.=A0 let's do it out here over an active volcano [mt st he= lens] in the middle of the cascade mtn range!=A0 :-)

=A0

probably not really smart, but a whole lot of fun.=A0=A0

=A0

that's where we connect!=A0=A0 kevin<= /font>

--001636e0b7271c487504767f3821--