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Al, that picture was taken a few years back. I wish
I had been out there recently. Tehachapi is a neat little town.
Monty
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Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 1:13
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Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: tehachapi [off
subject]
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
This was Sat.;
about 15:00. My route
was a few miles west of you, going south. I was at 9500’; planning to
climb to 11.5K as I approached the mountains, but after the call, and looking
at the terrain and the clouds; I concluded the sail planes would more likely
be 11K and up; so I stayed at 9.5 which still gave me OK terrain clearance if
I picked a low spot. The ride was a bumpy, but apparently clear of the
traffic.
Al
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Sent:
Wednesday, May 19,
2010 11:00
AM
Subject:
[FlyRotary] tehachapi [off subject]
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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