Many thanks to Walt Lasecki of Outlaw Aviation for letting me use his nice Cessna 140 while mine is undergoing re-build. And to Elana Gordon, who, after a long period of not flying, has decided to get current. Wow, what a talent she is! I'm delighted to have someone who is so good to really concentrate on.
We created a new private pilot at Outlaw Aviation. It was a great moment for me, since I'd flown with Luka Perle in the Big Yellow glider when he was just a pup a few years ago.
"I remember one such time when a friend and I were offered a chance to ride in the Catalina that was part of the Erickson Aircraft collection. We sat in the voluminous back of the plane as Brent Conner rumbled the old ship down to the approach end of the runway. He did the runup and one mag on one engine dropped a lot. Brent decided that some work needed to be done and it wasn’t worth departing with that bad mag. So we never flew, but it was Air Awareness time. And it was worth something to us all."
I’ve got some questions: Howcum most CFIs think that bank angle affects stall speed? Howcum most pilots never fly behind an accelerometer unless they are flying an aerobatic airplane. And,…
Talk about timing! I had a really nice visit from a guy who kind of epitomizes the kind of fliers who visit Tailwheel Town. You see, the people who come here are usually good pilots who just want to get better. In the case of Alan Christy, it was sweetened by the fact that Alan has a really nice little PA12 and we flew it for a couple of days.
"He was carrying power, even though he was too high. But we’re used to seeing that. After all, that’s how Acme trains. As he approached short final, we called to THAT unhearing pilot, “Go around, go around!”
It was the first flight since the incident with the PA12. Perhaps there was no better combination of flight instruction and an airplane to fly that Flight Review in than Tony Zindel and the Outlaw 120.
"A treatise about this subject wouldn’t be complete without an argument from the other side. The reason given for shoeless flight is usually the same. The shoeless fliers claim that their feet are then more sensitive to rudder pedals and brake. Although they may be right, I don’t think they are right enough to cancel the lack of safety. So I usually say to them, “Get over it”.
Larry Lansburgh A few hours of stick time in a glider can give you a deeper knowledge of the environment in which you fly—knowledge that many airplane…
