X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:53:27 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: <5zq@cox.net> Received: from eastrmmtao03.cox.net ([68.230.240.36] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1c.5) with ESMTP id 1441429 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:21:01 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=68.230.240.36; envelope-from=5zq@cox.net Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by eastrmmtao03.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20061004172038.JWSE23863.eastrmmtao03.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:20:38 -0400 Received: from OFFICE ([72.192.254.103]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id WHKs1V0032EdYPc0000000 Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:20:28 -0400 X-Original-Message-ID: <018d01c6e7d9$57499f40$6401a8c0@OFFICE> From: "Bill&Sue" <5zq@cox.net> X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: Shudda gone down when the buzzard went up X-Original-Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:20:07 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_018A_01C6E7B7.CFAB4FA0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_018A_01C6E7B7.CFAB4FA0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is really a great community of flyers/builders. Thank you, thank = you, thank you. Sue and I have been overwhelmed with the response to our = little bird hunting adventure. We've received dozens of phone calls and = emails offering help and suggestions as well as comments on our survival = (running about 50/50 for and against) =20 There have been a few questions about the circumstances of the bird = strike. It was at Chesapeak Airport in southeastern Virginia. The bird = strike occured on climb out at about 2 or 3 hundred feet. Gear and flaps = were up, airspeed probably about 125-140kts. We remained in the pattern = (after declairing an emergency and asking the other traffic to give us = priority, which they did). We made a wide pattern to keep bank angles = down and kept the speed around 150. We added flaps a little at a time to = about 1/2 flaps, kept the speed up and touched down at around 110-120 = kts.=20 We parked, took a few pictures and then pulled it over to the FBO and = borrowed their hose. We spent about an hour hosing out the leading edge = cavity and collecting minced road kill. IV builder Ed Smith flew over = and gave us a ride home in his Bonanza, thanks Ed! Yesterday, 235 flyer Rich Williams, loaned us his van. We drove to = Chesapeak, removed the right wing and drove it home. Our hope is to be = able to repair the wing, drive it back to Chesapeak and fly the airplane = out. Last night, 360 builder Angier Ames offered to make a mold of his = wing for us to use in making new skin, thanks Angier, we owe you one. = Rick Argente, Bob Pastusic, Bill Rumburg and many more of you have = called with offers of help. You can begin to see what we mean about this being a great community. = We are truly honered to be among your ranks. Bill & Sue Harrelson ------=_NextPart_000_018A_01C6E7B7.CFAB4FA0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

This is really a great = community of=20 flyers/builders. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Sue and I have been=20 overwhelmed with the response to our little bird hunting adventure. = We've=20 received dozens of phone calls and emails offering help = and suggestions as=20 well as comments on our survival (running about 50/50 for and=20 against)

There have been a few questions about = the=20 circumstances of the bird strike. It was at Chesapeak Airport in = southeastern=20 Virginia. The bird strike occured on climb out at about 2 or 3 hundred = feet.=20 Gear and flaps were up, airspeed probably about 125-140kts. We remained = in the=20 pattern (after declairing an emergency and asking the other traffic to = give us=20 priority, which they did). We made a wide pattern to keep bank = angles down=20 and kept the speed around 150. We added flaps a little at a time to = about 1/2=20 flaps, kept the speed up and touched down at around 110-120 kts.=20

We parked, took a few pictures and then = pulled it=20 over to the FBO and borrowed their hose. We spent about an hour hosing = out the=20 leading edge cavity and collecting minced road kill. IV builder Ed Smith = flew=20 over and gave us a ride home in his Bonanza, thanks Ed!

Yesterday, 235 flyer Rich = Williams,=20 loaned us his van. We drove to Chesapeak, removed the right wing = and drove=20 it home. Our hope is to be able to repair the wing, drive it back to = Chesapeak=20 and fly the airplane out. Last night, 360 builder Angier Ames offered to = make a=20 mold of his wing for us to use in making new skin, thanks Angier, we owe = you=20 one. Rick Argente, Bob Pastusic, Bill Rumburg and many more of you = have=20 called with offers of help.

You can begin to see what we = mean about this=20 being a great community. We are truly honered to be among your=20 ranks.

Bill & Sue = Harrelson

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