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From: "John Downing" <downing.j@sbcglobal.net>
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Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: Miid-winter Rotary Fest
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 14:45:40 -0500
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These little runway abnormities give the laundress some thing to do.   Sure
wish I lived closer so I could join in with the forums and the eye ball
scrutiny.  JohnD       Sanding on mold for fiberglass
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From: "David Staten" <Dastaten@earthlink.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Miid-winter Rotary Fest


> Tracy Crook wrote:
>
> >   All normal until tailwheel lifts off and plane wind-vanes violently
> > into gust.  Force tail wheel back down to regain control and a second
> > later the plane lifts off and does a pretty good imitation of a
> > butterfly caught in the draft of a semi.  Soon in control again but
> > combination of low airspeed, P factor and cross wind has plane
> > pointed 45 degrees away from course down runway.     And of course,
> >  all in front of an audience of die-hard rotor-heads who were still at
> > Bill's place.  Sigh....
> >
> > Tracy (adding glasses to preflight checklist)
> >
>
>
> Tracy,,
>
>      This sounds almost like my ARRIVAL in the Cardinal, minus the
> audience (and the tailwheel).. It was an attentiongetter..
>
> Dave
>
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