"Tater Schuld" wrote in message
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"John Ammeter" wrote in message
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My "first flight" WAS my second flight...

I was "taxi testing" my RV-6 when I became airborne for about a hundred
yards or so. Since I was not authorized to commit flight per the FAA
obviously I had not flown.... right??

John

that makes me wonder, how does one report such a flight? technically you
broke the rules, and if no one saw you do it, it must not have happened.

but I like being an honest guy and would report myself anyway. what's the
penalty?


I've been guilty of that "being an honest guy thing" and will again. It's
some sort of curse, and I need an exorcist ...

OTOH, I'm not at all convinced that a long bounce in ground effect is
flying. As an example with plenty of witnesses, Lindberg was said to hve
bounced twice and then flown on his departure to Paris...