Photos From Palm Springs

Scenes from this past week at the AOPA Expo:

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/aopa_expo_2006

Includes some of the Outbound Parade Of Planes.

Jay Beckman
PP-ASEL
Chandler, AZ

Thanks for the pix.

The Cessna Vision is interesting. Imagine a light airplane that's easy to
get in and out of!

But whoever picked that color should be fired.

--
Dan
C172RG at BFM

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"Dan Luke" wrote:

The Cessna Vision is interesting. Imagine a light airplane that's easy to
get in and out of!

Just like a Tri-Pacer!

"john smith" wrote:

The Cessna Vision is interesting. Imagine a light airplane that's easy
to
get in and out of!

Just like a Tri-Pacer!

A Tri-Pacer has 4 doors?

The Cessna Vision is interesting. Imagine a light airplane that's easy
to get in and out of!

Just like a Tri-Pacer!

A Tri-Pacer has 4 doors?

I was thinking it had three on the left side.
But no, it is one on the right and two on the left.

john smith wrote:
The Cessna Vision is interesting. Imagine a light airplane that's easy
to get in and out of!

Just like a Tri-Pacer!

A Tri-Pacer has 4 doors?

I was thinking it had three on the left side.
But no, it is one on the right and two on the left.

Two doors, one on each side: right front and left rear. Too
many gaps in the steel-tube fuselage compromise its stiffness.

Dan

Hey! You wre there too! I did the same thing during the 'parade of
planes' exodus from the static display area.

For my dad's 70th birthday I had him flown down from his home in Washington
state to San Jose International where I picked him up, Thursday morning.
From there we drove to Palm Springs, CA. We checked out the digital
presentation of "One Six Right" on Thursday evening and had a great time (my
dad had never been to Palm Springs Or an AOPA Expo) Friday and Saturday.

I had a great time and now find myself wondering if I saw you there, but
didn't, of course recognize you.

My only fault I found with the AOPA Expos (I've been to a good handful of
them, just about every year) is that they DESPERATELY need to add more
seminar topics. Most of the topics for the seminars are ongoing repeats
from many years before.

Dad and son had a great time though!

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Good Flights!

Cecil E. Chapman
CFI-A, CP-ASEL-IA

Check out my personal flying adventures from my first flight to the
checkride AND the continuing adventures beyond!
Complete with pictures and text at: www.bayareapilot.com

"I fly because it releases my mind from the tyranny of petty things."
- Antoine de Saint-Exupery -

"We who fly, do so for the love of flying. We are alive in the air with
this miracle that lies in our hands and beneath our feet"
- Cecil Day Lewis -

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:22:34 -0700, "Jay Beckman"
wrote in :

Scenes from this past week at the AOPA Expo:

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/aopa_expo_2006


Nice work! Thanks.

(followups set to r.a.piloting)

In rec.aviation.piloting Jay Beckman wrote:
Scenes from this past week at the AOPA Expo:

http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/aopa_expo_2006

Thanks for the pictures!

In http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/70301772 (Cessna LSA
concept), there is an odd-looking device coming forward from the end
of the right wing. Do you (or anyone) know what this is? My guess is
that it is some kind of special instrumentation for research, like some
kind of pressure sensor, or possibly an antenna.

Matt Roberds

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In http://www.pbase.com/flyingphotog/image/70301772 (Cessna LSA
concept), there is an odd-looking device coming forward from the end
of the right wing. Do you (or anyone) know what this is? My guess is
that it is some kind of special instrumentation for research, like some
kind of pressure sensor, or possibly an antenna.

Looks like a pitot tube with a tennis ball on it.

It's common for aircraft flown for certification purposes to have a special
pitot tube place well outside the bulk of the air disturbance caused by the
wing and fuselage, such as seen in that photo.

The tennis ball, well...you know.

Pete