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Kevin,
Standard tow pilot trick. Will eventually result in
shock cooling and cracked cylinders if they don't manage the power
right.
Al---
could have been me he was talking about at one
time. I don't remember the altitude here, but we made it
to 16.5Kft with no engine. Had O2 for going higher, but the
wave was weak that day and we never could get into the laminar layer. My Bladder
was the limiting factor on staying up. This is looking at California
City, Edwards is at 2 O'clock. The Viggen from the national test pilot school
went screaming by about 1000K feet below us on this flight, we talked to the
tower at Edwards....pretty cool. Awesome place for aviation.
Monty
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 11:00
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Subject: [FlyRotary] tehachapi [off
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I attended a homebuilt sailplane convention in
Tehachapi in my RV. there is a tow pilot there who drops out of the sky
in a Pawnee. I witnessed this amazing feat while on final as he landed
and got off the runway in what appeared to be a controlled crash, actually
leaving me plenty of time to land. what a difference from my airport
where the 172's power in from 2 miles out, the barn doors dropped and we wait,
and wait.....
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