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Gene Whitt is back on line
fY'All,
I've changed servers and it's taken two weeks to get back. In the interim I have had a first experience in an off-airport emergency landing. More when the authorities get finished. Gene |
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In a previous article, said:
fY'All, I've changed servers and it's taken two weeks to get back. In the interim I have had a first experience in an off-airport emergency landing. More when the authorities get finished. Yay, he's back! -- Paul Tomblin http://xcski.com/blogs/pt/ Today is a good day. Not because anything wonderful is happening, so much, but because my definition of a 'bad day' has been revised. -- Chris Klein |
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-----Original Message----- From: A Lieberman ] Posted At: Friday, February 17, 2006 6:31 PM Posted To: rec.aviation.ifr Conversation: Gene Whitt is back on line Subject: Gene Whitt is back on line On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 22:35:06 -0000, wrote: If YOU have not had an engine-out-emergency (EOE), then you are a test pilot. Gene has had one... I've had 15. We are no longer test pilots, as we KNOW how the flight will come out! :-) 15 engine outs???? Whoa, either you really fly some crappy equipment, have serious bad luck or they were gliders? I have only once declared an emergency in my short 536 hours, can't imagine having 15 of them! I have had mechanical situations crop up on me, loss of vacuum pump during night flight, minor electrical fire during the night, loss of one brake on landing, but nothing even close to 15 engine outs??? Allen [Jim Carter] No kidding... I've only had one swallow a valve while enroute in over 1600 hours, so applying my same "luck ratio" would put Jer at over 24000 hours -- unless some of them were for fuel starvation, then there's no telling what the ratio might be. And no, I way too rarely fly new stuff. |
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15 engine outs? That has to be a record!
The closest I came to an engine out was a fuel starvation situation when I was a student pilot many moons ago. For my long solo X-country, I planned the flight carefully so that I would have more than 60 minutes of fuel upon returning. However, after the plane was refueled upon my final landing at my starting point, the owner of the plane (who also ran the flight school) informed me that I was close to zero fuel. He knew because he refueled the plane to near full capacity! We determined that this happened because I had not leaned the engine, but used performance figures from the POH that required proper leaning! My instructor (I was his first student after he received his CFI ticket) had not yet trained me on leaning procedures... |
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I would think that proper leaning should be part of the
first solo flight prep and certainly before any sol x-c. With fuel costs at $40 an hours, saving fuel is a big pay-back. -- James H. Macklin ATP,CFI,A&P -- The people think the Constitution protects their rights; But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome. some support http://www.usdoj.gov/olc/secondamendment2.htm See http://www.fija.org/ more about your rights and duties. "rps" wrote in message oups.com... | 15 engine outs? That has to be a record! | | The closest I came to an engine out was a fuel starvation situation | when I was a student pilot many moons ago. For my long solo X-country, | I planned the flight carefully so that I would have more than 60 | minutes of fuel upon returning. However, after the plane was refueled | upon my final landing at my starting point, the owner of the plane (who | also ran the flight school) informed me that I was close to zero fuel. | He knew because he refueled the plane to near full capacity! | | We determined that this happened because I had not leaned the engine, | but used performance figures from the POH that required proper leaning! | My instructor (I was his first student after he received his CFI | ticket) had not yet trained me on leaning procedures... | |
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How many hours was the flight?
The closest I came to an engine out was a fuel starvation situation when I was a student pilot many moons ago. For my long solo X-country, I planned the flight carefully so that I would have more than 60 minutes of fuel upon returning. However, after the plane was refueled upon my final landing at my starting point, the owner of the plane (who also ran the flight school) informed me that I was close to zero fuel. He knew because he refueled the plane to near full capacity! We determined that this happened because I had not leaned the engine, but used performance figures from the POH that required proper leaning! My instructor (I was his first student after he received his CFI ticket) had not yet trained me on leaning procedures... |
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Jim Macklin wrote:
I would think that proper leaning should be part of the first solo flight prep and certainly before any sol x-c. With fuel costs at $40 an hours, saving fuel is a big pay-back. Except if you operate out of a sea level airport you would not have much call to lean when all you are doing are local flights to the practice area and such. Several of the operations I know here actually ban leaning below 5000 feet. It should be taught long before the cross countries but it would not be ingrained in the habits of the students since they would not be doing it often if at all. John |
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seriously? banning leaning below 5000'? I guess they enjoy cleaning
lead fouled plugs then. I can't fathom some blanket rule like that, they should be teaching proper leaning techniques not banning the use of it. Robert John Theune wrote: Jim Macklin wrote: I would think that proper leaning should be part of the first solo flight prep and certainly before any sol x-c. With fuel costs at $40 an hours, saving fuel is a big pay-back. Except if you operate out of a sea level airport you would not have much call to lean when all you are doing are local flights to the practice area and such. Several of the operations I know here actually ban leaning below 5000 feet. It should be taught long before the cross countries but it would not be ingrained in the habits of the students since they would not be doing it often if at all. John |
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