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Emergency Landing-Engine DEAD
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Ross wrote: Darkwing wrote: "Nomen Nescio" wrote in message ... -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- From: Dudley Henriques I hate to second guess another pilot who was there and actually had the accident, but depending on where he was when he lost the engine, my initial question would be why he crashed at all having a 2000 foot grass strip to land on. I'm puzzled. If he had any time at all to plan a dead engine approach into such a strip, he should have made it in there with no issues at all with a Bo. Well, throwing another WAG into the mix.............. The guy may have been nervous about a 2000' grass strip and just flown the approach as a poor short/soft field landing. I'm amazed, nowadays, at the number of pilots who have never landed on a grass strip. He may have tried waaaay to hard to put it down on the end of the strip...and came up short. Where I rent we have to sign a release saying that we will not land on any grass strips, the only time I even landed on a grass strip was in a neighbors Decathlon when I was just a kid. What a shame. They can be a lot of fun. As they used to say in the 1960s: "There's nothing like good grass!" -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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"terry" wrote in message ... master switch off Only when you are done with everything electrical! (flaps, radio, etc. etc) |
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Darkwing wrote:
Where I rent we have to sign a release saying that we will not land on any grass strips, the only time I even landed on a grass strip was in a neighbors Decathlon when I was just a kid. I wonder what the reasons are for that restriction. I can understand why they wouldn't want you landing on a random patch of grass somewhere, but public airports with grass strips don't strike me as being inherently dangerous. A well mowed grass strip doesn't even require much in the way of soft field procedures. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) -- Message posted via http://www.aviationkb.com |
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:45:00 -0500, Ross wrote
in : They can be a lot of fun. What makes turf airstrips fun? |
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On Jun 19, 6:59*am, "Vaughn Simon"
wrote: "terry" wrote in message ... master switch off * *Only when you are done with everything electrical! *(flaps, radio, etc. etc) flaps sure, that will likely be the last thing electrical I will be using. I dont think I will be worrying about radio on final.... unless someone knows the frequency for god? Terry PPL Downunder |
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"terry" wrote in message ... I dont think I will be worrying about radio on final.... unless someone knows the frequency for god? ...or some clueless one starts to taxi onto the runway in front of you? Also, your impromptu appearance in the pattern is liable to disrupt and/or confuse other traffic. Yes, others will do whatever it takes to clear the way for you, but far better to not give up the option of communication until you are sure it will not be needed and/or can't help the situation. Vaughn |
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:45:00 -0500, Ross wrote in : They can be a lot of fun. What makes turf airstrips fun? I believe he means that, as a general rule, it's their locations that make them more fun than paved ones. |
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Jim Logajan wrote: Larry Dighera wrote: On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:45:00 -0500, Ross wrote in : They can be a lot of fun. What makes turf airstrips fun? I believe he means that, as a general rule, it's their locations that make them more fun than paved ones. Also, a well-maintained sod strip gives you the smoothest landings possible. I landed once eat Leeward air Ranch and could not tell I had landed until the plane started slowing down. It is one of the smoothest strips I have ever landed on. Also, grass runways cut tire and brake wear WAY down! -- Remove _'s from email address to talk to me. |
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On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:50:25 -0400, Orval Fairbairn
wrote in : Also, grass runways cut tire and brake wear WAY down! I would expect sod strips to be ideal for learning to master landing a tail-wheeled aircraft. |
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Larry Dighera wrote:
On Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:50:25 -0400, Orval Fairbairn wrote in : Also, grass runways cut tire and brake wear WAY down! I would expect sod strips to be ideal for learning to master landing a tail-wheeled aircraft. In checking pilots out in a Pitts, I always had them use the grass first and get REALLY proficient with the roll out behavior of the airplane before sending them on to a hard surface. Grass was MADE for a Pitts! :-)) -- Dudley Henriques |
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