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john smith wrote:
That first lesson was an eye opener - a plane is like a 3D motorcycle.
Now I'm hooked. I'll be tooling around central Indiana in a J-3 Cub
an hour and a half from now.

Scott, are you Time Pieces members?

Don't know what that is, so I assume I'm not a member. :-)

I just got back from the field and can't believe how much fun the Cub is.
Fly a 500' pattern, one big swooping turn to final from abeam the numbers,
chop the throttle once clear of the power lines then drop like a rock until
leveling out and touching the grass soft as you please. Couldn't figure
out the portable radio so just did without. Visited a couple grass strips
then a big paved runway for some crosswind wheel landing practice. I've
only flown the club's Champ from the front and just can't feel what the
tail is doing so I end up watching the ball too much. From the back of
the Cub I can feel slip/skid in the seat of my pants and any passenger
in the front seat blocks the instruments anyhow. After 7 hours carting
the family to the inlaw's for Thanksgiving in a Skyhawk it felt good to
fly something with character. I passed 70 hours in my log book today.
I think I'll use the Cub to build some of the 50 x-country hours I need
for the IR. Won't get very far, but the FAA counts hours, not miles.

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Scott Post