Angel Flight

Flew up to Lake Winnipesaukee NH yesterday, 40 knots going north, 80
knots returning. Alton Bay was frozen over, but the lake itself was
blue water. It has long been my ambition to land on the ice, but I
fear not in 2006.

The land is certainly different when covered with snow: can't tell the
ponds from the fields. Makes me grateful for the GPS.

Hampton airport was newly plowed. The last snowfall was a wet one, so
the surface was glazed. With a west wind on a north-south runway, the
Cub has a mind of its own. I did a Henry IV (wisdom the better part of
valor) and landed three-point. It's been a long time since I did that.
I hate it when the runway disappears and you can't see what's in front
of you!


-- all the best, Dan Ford

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Flew up to Lake Winnipesaukee NH yesterday, 40 knots going north, 80
knots returning.

It's been quite a while since I last flew a J-3, but IIRC, it cruises
at 73 mph. What was your ground speed returning, and please put a
plus or minus sign in front of the number. ((:-))

vince norris

On Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:53:58 -0500, vincent p. norris
wrote:

Flew up to Lake Winnipesaukee NH yesterday, 40 knots going north, 80
knots returning.

It's been quite a while since I last flew a J-3, but IIRC, it cruises
at 73 mph. What was your ground speed returning, and please put a
plus or minus sign in front of the number. ((:-))

Those were the ground speeds, read off the GPS. I don't do airspeeds
except when descending to the 45 -- I come over the Pease Class D at
2900 feet and almost immediately must come down to 1000 feet. Those
wings will be 60 years old in September, and I don't care to strees
them.

I use knots in the Cub because the cruise is typically 60 knots, which
makes it dead easy to mark off distances on the sectional. The width
of my thumb is ten minutes / ten miles.



-- all the best, Dan Ford

email: usenet AT danford DOT net

Warbird's Forum: www.warbirdforum.com
Piper Cub Forum: www.pipercubforum.com
In Search of Lost Time: www.readingproust.com

Flew up to Lake Winnipesaukee NH yesterday, 40 knots going north, 80
knots returning.

It's been quite a while since I last flew a J-3, but IIRC, it cruises
at 73 mph. What was your ground speed returning, and please put a
plus or minus sign in front of the number. ((:-))

Those were the ground speeds, read off the GPS.

OOOPS! My fault; I misread those as winds.

Those wings will be 60 years old in September, and I don't care to strees
them.

Very wise.

I use knots in the Cub because the cruise is typically 60 knots, which
makes it dead easy to mark off distances on the sectional.

Yeah, knots work better.

The width of my thumb is ten minutes / ten miles.

Wow! You have a very muscular thumb! Mine is only seven.

vince norris