US Standard Class Nationals--Day 3

A wise person once told me, "you can NEVER beat the record for low finishes, you can only tie!"

LOL............

Yes, much has changed.

I wish I had a copy of the video Charlie Minner did at Mifflin a long time ago. We had to finish west bound, but coming from the west. ASW-20C, some water, tons of speed, high G 180 to get through the gate. Rather bowed wings, sun off the wings, Charlie said it was one of his best videos.

I miss both "Charlie's". :-(

HR, thanks for posting info, we appreciate it.

Yes, well, CD Mark Keene is all about improving the fun level...safely. He did a thorough briefing on lower finishes, low energy vs high, rolling finish, informing others of low energy requiring some modification in the pattern. Plus, finish altitude is a pilot option, nothing is pressured.
Plus, there are three parallel runways and loads of real estate. The whole flight is precision flying and the finishes are over short trees, no people and simply a finale to the flight. Not a big deal.
The CD called a line finish because he is the boss who is paid very little to do a lot of work. Annnnddddd, people are walking around with smiles after landing forgetting about the sink hole they spent 30 mins in grinding around.
Tomorrow we fly......ooooohhhhaaaaaahhhhh!

R