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Old January 16th 05, 11:28 PM
ShawnD2112
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I think when you're doing those kinds of things you're not really working a
standard pattern. Mind you, he's very careful about what other traffic is
in the area.

We used to do a competition on really quiet summer evenings when the wind
dropped to near-zero and there wasn't a soul around but us. Our airport has
10 runways (3 hard, 2 grass, both ways) and we used to see how fast we could
touch and go on all 10. I think we got it down to about 2 mins. Now that
was great fun!!

Shawn

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"ShawnD2112" wrote in message
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In a similar vein, I've got a mate who, when the wind is high enough and
from the right direction, will land our Taylorcaft ACROSS the runway. He
often has enough room to take back off again from the same point without
reversing. Mind you, the Tcraft stalls at about 35 mph.



So what does his pattern look like? Missing one leg, or adding a
buttonhook
turn?
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Jim in NC