On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 00:47:38 GMT, Dave Hyde wrote:

"[Shucks], I'm airborne."

But 6 inches for 100 feet doesn't count as a
first flight :-) Interesting cockpit
video g.

Dave 'I swore I'd never crow-hop' Hyde


Just don't try to imitate the Emmeraud here at 3BS. it had a 125 HP
engine and was designed for about 65 or so. The pilot only had a few
hours of tail dragger time...wayyyy back when he'd been checked out.

For some strange reason he fire walled it and it went ballistic
instead of accelerating down the runway. What goes straight up
usually comes straight down. The lift from the wing brought the nose
back up and it hit just the south of the runway. The only damage to
the plane was it broke both main gear off the spar and put a crack in
the right side cowl...and the two sets of teeth marks in the glare
shield.

It's been rebuilt and is now regularly flying.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair?)
www.rogerhalstead.com
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