Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Hard Landing (No Frills Landing) ;-)

[LarryT (l02turner]

Ha! LOL - you wrote <<paying for 110 mph and being
passed by 55mph road traffic>>

Yeah, that's the risk of flying IFR (I Follow Roads) you get to see how slow 
you;re going.  ;-)

BTW - Great story about your 150.

LarryT

Read the Constitution - It's Interesting!
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Sherman" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
To: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
Cc: <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Ferrari] Hard Landing (No Frills Landing) ;-)


> Larry, I had the Cessna 150 Aerobat built. I did not buy when it was new 
> as it was used to cert. variations of the 150 till the 152 was introduced 
> then it was sold to the public. I had all the log books, number changes 
> configuration (stahdard and long range tanks, wing (spar) mods etc. Sold 
> it when I went to Oshkosh twice 1 year and was paying for 110 mph and 
> being passed by 55mph road traffic. I used to take skydivers up, not for 
> parachuting, but to introduce them to real flying (conveterd a couple).
> The best flight was to Chicago where we sold it(I was going to build a 
> Pitts S2A- funny note I ended up selling the kit to Paul Newman - not the 
> actor). Last I saw it was in Florida. First time at Oshkosh the tower was 
> talking to a Black and White 150
> and from the description of where it was we were occupying the same space, 
> 1914F was DARK Blue and white, turned out it was us.
> Stephen
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "LarryT" <l02turner [at] comcast.net>
> To: "Stephen" <sherman [at] wildblue.net>
> Cc: "The FerrariList" <ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 4:09 PM
> Subject: [Ferrari] Hard Landing (No Frills Landing) ;-)
>
>
> > I remember flying a C150 and landing with this kind if crab angle - but 
> > have never seen a heavy do it!  I must admit the pilot is pretty good to 
> > recover from this, but bad to have tried it with so much cross wind. 
> > Maybe he had no choice? All IMHO of course.  Plus, my Cessna 150 flying 
> > was a long time ago - in the mid 70s.\
> >
> > http://www.avweb.com/avwebflash/exclusivevids/EAAAirVenture2009_AirbusA380_HardLanding_200850-1.html
> >
> >
> >
> > Read the Constitution - It's Interesting!
> > http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html
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