120kts to 1/2 mile, the Grumman takes a bit to slow down, slippery
little suckers. Helpful if you are going into a class C or bigger
airport. If you tell them as you are approaching you can give them 120
to the fence you can get yourself sequenced in a little quicker than
they might otherwise give you while they make a huge space for your 80kt
approach.

Funny about how people perceieve the dangers of small planes versus
cars. I tell them if all the drivers on the roads had to go through the
same amount of training we do to fly, along with recurrent training,
special training and testing for bad weather flying, etc. That we'd all
be allowed to go 100mph on the roads and you wouldn't see that many
other drivers on the roads. I think most places if you can find your
way to the DMV and have a heartbeat you can get a license.

Sorry to hear about your friend and his truck, no good deed goes
unpunished I guess.

Robert

wrote:

Robert,

How fast did you fly your airline approach? The most fun I had in my
instrument training was doing the ILS approach at 120kts at Schenectady
airport.

I'd bet that your coworker would appreciate seeing the aerial picture
and video of his home. Speaking of coworker, on the way home today I
was the unwitting witness of an automobile accident which totaled the
brand new big truck of a friend. It just happened that John, my friend
had done me a great favor by jump starting my car right after work. I
had left the lights on all day! He was behind my car for most the
way home. I did not know whether he just happened to drive home the
same roads or just wanted to make sure that my car would not have
stalled. On a narrow country road, the car in front of me slowing down
to make a right turn. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed a truck
speeding by from the opposite direction. Then I no longer saw John's
truck behind me. I thought that he had made a turn. An hour later, I
got a call from John telling me that the fast truck had skidded off his
lane and totaled his, hitting the driver's side. He got banged up a
bit but did not require hospitalization. I shuddered to think that it
could have been my car that got hit. My low profile Honda Accord would
not have provided the protection as well as John's tall and huge truck.
I could have been hurt badly or even killed.
There have been quite a few debates at rec.aviation on whether
flying is safer or more dangerous than driving. Our family and friends
keep telling us to be careful when we go flying. I feel a whole lot
safer flying than driving since I have more control of my own safety in
my own plane.

Hai