SWRFI Pirep.. (long)

KSWI, Sherman Municipal Airport.

ET wrote:

Dave S wrote in
k.net:

Ross and ET..

Where do you guys call home base? I wouldnt mind trying to catch up
with
"local" guys from time to time. Either one of you heard of the Gulf
Coast Wings Weekend? Its comin up June 4 and 5.

http://www.gulfwings.org/

Dave
replace nospam with earthlink


Well, I'm still a pilot wannabee.... but when I build my plane I will base
it at Zuehl airfield.. ( www.zuehlfield.com )

This was my first fly-in, so I can't help you much on others, but Gaveston
(the home of the gulfwings fly-in) is a beautiful area.

--
ET

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

Richard Lamb wrote in
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Hi ET. I live at Zuehl.
Have we met under some other names?

Richard Lamb

No, not yet.... I've only met 2 people out at Zuehl, one is a AI with an
Ercoupe, and one is building a Zodiac (Leo G.). Since I'm still in the
dreaming stage as far as both flying and building, that's about as far as
I've got.... Tony, I believe is the AI's name... hell of a nice guy, let
me fly his Ercoupe awhile back (his hands were in his lap MOST of the
time..), my first take off and landing(s) at the controls!

What do you fly???


If you wish to contact me off list.... tx_brew (at) yahoo (dot) com I'd
love to come out and see your place and plane(s)

Leo told me of a Lady CFI out at Zuehl that trains in taildraggers, I
keep meaning to drive back out there and try to find her.... One of these
days I'm gonna start those flying lessons grin and I believe training
with an independent may be more economical, especially since Zuehl is the
closest airport to me (I live in Schertz).

BTW why did the Zuehl fly-in get cancelled?????


--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

ET wrote:

Richard Lamb wrote in
:


Hi ET. I live at Zuehl.
Have we met under some other names?

Richard Lamb

No, not yet.... I've only met 2 people out at Zuehl, one is a AI with an
Ercoupe, and one is building a Zodiac (Leo G.). Since I'm still in the
dreaming stage as far as both flying and building, that's about as far as
I've got.... Tony, I believe is the AI's name... hell of a nice guy, let
me fly his Ercoupe awhile back (his hands were in his lap MOST of the
time..), my first take off and landing(s) at the controls!

What do you fly???

If you wish to contact me off list.... tx_brew (at) yahoo (dot) com I'd
love to come out and see your place and plane(s)

Leo told me of a Lady CFI out at Zuehl that trains in taildraggers, I
keep meaning to drive back out there and try to find her.... One of these
days I'm gonna start those flying lessons grin and I believe training
with an independent may be more economical, especially since Zuehl is the
closest airport to me (I live in Schertz).

BTW why did the Zuehl fly-in get cancelled?????

--
ET

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

Well then, howdy, future neighbor!

Leo is my next door neighbor.
We are hanging the other wing in his Zenith - tonight maybe?

Tony (the ErCoup guy) and his wife have hit the road for cooler
climes (they think South Texas summers are too hot. Huh.).

The Lady CFI has to be Diane.
I've flown with her. She's a good stick.
Very calm, very smooth.
I think she's probably a great primary instructor.
She has a 150 and a 7AC, so you have some options that
most commercial operations don't offer.

The fly-in will get straightened out, but the basic issue
is insurance - now that the property owners association has
control (and responsibility for) the runway and such.

As for me, I'm just getting my new parasol up and flying.
http://home.earthlink.net/~n6228l/
(see the "Lifting off" post last weekend?)

I keep funy hours.
I'm open Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Drop in and visit sometime.

Richard

Richard Lamb wrote...

As for me, I'm just getting my new parasol up and flying.
http://home.earthlink.net/~n6228l/

Sure is a pretty airplane.

Dave 'green' Hyde

nauga wrote:

Richard Lamb wrote...

As for me, I'm just getting my new parasol up and flying.
http://home.earthlink.net/~n6228l/

Sure is a pretty airplane.

Dave 'green' Hyde


Why thank you, Dave.

It's my 'red' phase.

Unfortunately, the cowling is still 'in work' for final paint.
(have I mentioned lately that I _hate_ painting?)

I had the cowling presentable, but it got blown around in the
prop wash one day and got all skinned up. (no comment)

Then I learned a lot (more) about paint compatibility (yeah, the
hard way - did I mention that I specifically hate enamel?)
and finally stripped the whole cowl back to bare glass.

Leo had some paint stripper that looked like good steak sauce.
That took off everything in one fell swoop.
But it opened up the glass surface something horrid.

I got it smoothed out (I heart my wet sander), then primed it inside
and out with Epibond. (I heart Epibond too!)
Think of it as a poor man's gel coat.

Next comes a sandable primer coat, final surface smoothing, and
(enamel again?)

Ok. There are obviously lessons here.
I'll work on it...


Richard

Richard Lamb wrote in
:


The Lady CFI has to be Diane.
I've flown with her. She's a good stick.
Very calm, very smooth.
I think she's probably a great primary instructor.
She has a 150 and a 7AC, so you have some options that
most commercial operations don't offer.

The fly-in will get straightened out, but the basic issue
is insurance - now that the property owners association has
control (and responsibility for) the runway and such.

As for me, I'm just getting my new parasol up and flying.
http://home.earthlink.net/~n6228l/
(see the "Lifting off" post last weekend?)

I keep funy hours.
I'm open Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Drop in and visit sometime.

Richard


Small world eh??

I'll have to do that some saturday or Sunday afternoon....

If you don't mind, see if you can get contact information for Diane (phone#
or email or something), and email it to me privately at tx_brew (at) yahoo
(dot) com. (the underscore character "_" IS part of the email address.)

Thanks

--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams

ET wrote:

Richard Lamb wrote in
:

The Lady CFI has to be Diane.
I've flown with her. She's a good stick.
Very calm, very smooth.
I think she's probably a great primary instructor.
She has a 150 and a 7AC, so you have some options that
most commercial operations don't offer.

The fly-in will get straightened out, but the basic issue
is insurance - now that the property owners association has
control (and responsibility for) the runway and such.

As for me, I'm just getting my new parasol up and flying.
http://home.earthlink.net/~n6228l/
(see the "Lifting off" post last weekend?)

I keep funy hours.
I'm open Saturday and Sunday afternoon.
Drop in and visit sometime.

Richard


Small world eh??

I'll have to do that some saturday or Sunday afternoon....

If you don't mind, see if you can get contact information for Diane (phone#
or email or something), and email it to me privately at tx_brew (at) yahoo
(dot) com. (the underscore character "_" IS part of the email address.)

Thanks

--
ET

"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams


Done...

Dave,
Thank you for the report. I have forwarded it to the officers of SWRFI (my
father is the Treasurer and I assist him in his duties at the show).

Reading it I found your passenger's names eerily, creepily surreal. My name
is Russell, and my wife is Jen. And I was at SWRFI. DOO-DEE-DOO-DUM
DOO-DEE-DOO-DUM.

Russell Kent

Wow I was there, and saw those cherokee's as well. I swear the left
wingtip of the following bird was barely a foot off the ground as he
appeared to vear right to avoid the bird in front. I believe they were
told to land one short and one long, but obviously the one landing long
thought that 100 feet from the numbers was long enough.....

I think we'll use this example as reason enough in the future to do the
colored dots thing a la Oshkosh.

Russell Kent

"Russell Kent" wrote in
:

Wow I was there, and saw those cherokee's as well. I swear the left
wingtip of the following bird was barely a foot off the ground as he
appeared to vear right to avoid the bird in front. I believe they
were told to land one short and one long, but obviously the one
landing long thought that 100 feet from the numbers was long
enough.....

I think we'll use this example as reason enough in the future to do
the colored dots thing a la Oshkosh.

Russell Kent



GOOD IDEA me thinks....

Many of the planes that came in final in pairs I thought were too close.
Almost none of the ones I observed landing in pairs had the lead plane
land after the first taxiway as was specified in the procedures.

I saw quite a few that looked to my untrained eye like the following
aircraft had to stomp on the brakes to avoid the lead one... I remember
thinking, "what if the following plane needed to do a go-around after a
touch... how would he make sure and avoid taking a piece of the lead
aircraft's tail with him?"

Until I saw the cherokee's "dance" I thought perhaps this was my
"commmom sense" in conflict with acceptable proceedures, since none of
my avaition knowledge is formal (yet to take lesson one... yet...).

I suppose that it's really the following crafts job to maintain
seperation and either slow, s-turn, or go around if the leading craft is
slower than expected, but when the aircraft that was told to land long
practically nails the numbers.... that could be a problem.

--
ET


"A common mistake people make when trying to design something
completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete
fools."---- Douglas Adams