non-towered airport question

On 15 Jan 2004 08:32:19 -0800, (Snowbird)
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(Ron Lee) wrote in message ...
(Snowbird) wrote:

And when the pilot is reminded about the right traffic, he (why is
it *always* a man?) responds "not in my book!"

I cannot accept that guys are doing this. It is well known that women
have a genetic disposition to mixing "left" and "right".

Actually, Ron, I *have* a genetic disposition to mixing up
"left" and "right", not because I'm a girl but because I'm
a southpaw and I've been reversing directions given for the
right hand all my life.

But what Blanche and I were chuckling over wasn't the
confusion between "right" and "left" but the unwillingness
to accept a friendly, polite correction.

Whether that's really a male pilot trait I leave to each person's
experience

Sydney, When have you *ever* seen one of us stop to ask directions?

It is either genetic, or testosterone poisoning.

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

Cheers,
Sydney

How do you get on the Luscombe List?

thanks,
Mitch
Luscombe 8A
Cessna 195 project

Mitch,

You must offer at least 12 virgins to our moderator, Dan McNeil, preferably
Victoria Secret Models. If those can't be found, you can offer to help
polish his 8TF.

Otherwise, try this: Yahoo! Groups Links

a.. To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/luscombe-silvaire/

b.. To subscribe to this group, send an email to:


This is a very active list which topics varying from the technical to the
absurd. BTW, a fine assortment of airplanes you have there!

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
.net...
Below is an email from the Luscombe List.

Good morning, list...
I went flying late yesterday after work.
I chose to stay in the pattern and work on my crash and goes.

Speaking of crash and goes, Max, the (ex) Concorde pilot, put
his prize-winning Luscombe down hard yesterday on the strip
in a crosswind while I was there. Broke the tailwheel off and
damaged the rudder and elevators. :-(

There's a couple of pictures of his very nice Luscombe on the CAA
website.
http://www.caa.co.uk/srg/aircraft_re...nfo/search.asp
and type in LUSI after the G- bit. Pictures at the bottom.

(type in DOGG and you can see a picture of my plane)

Paul

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message . ..
"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
.net...
Below is an email from the Luscombe List.

Good morning, list...
I went flying late yesterday after work.
I chose to stay in the pattern and work on my crash and goes.

Speaking of crash and goes, Max, the (ex) Concorde pilot, put
his prize-winning Luscombe down hard yesterday on the strip
in a crosswind while I was there. Broke the tailwheel off and
damaged the rudder and elevators. :-(

There's a couple of pictures of his very nice Luscombe on the CAA
website.
http://www.caa.co.uk/srg/aircraft_re...nfo/search.asp
and type in LUSI after the G- bit. Pictures at the bottom.

(type in DOGG and you can see a picture of my plane)

Paul

Nice colours Paul, RAF training but what year?

"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
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Speaking of crash and goes, Max, the (ex) Concorde pilot, put
his prize-winning Luscombe down hard yesterday on the strip
in a crosswind while I was there. Broke the tailwheel off and
damaged the rudder and elevators. :-(


Paul,

A Luscombe Pilot Rule Of Thumb: NEVER, EVER let heavy iron types near a
Luscombe. They always break them, and they are such docile airplanes to fly
and land! Probably an over-controlling problem

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)

Very nice airplane and a great data base! Thanks for sharing.

Deb

--
1946 Luscombe 8A (His)
1948 Luscombe 8E (Hers)
1954 Cessna 195B, restoring (Ours)
Jasper, Ga. (JZP)
"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
...
"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
.net...
Below is an email from the Luscombe List.

Good morning, list...
I went flying late yesterday after work.
I chose to stay in the pattern and work on my crash and goes.

Speaking of crash and goes, Max, the (ex) Concorde pilot, put
his prize-winning Luscombe down hard yesterday on the strip
in a crosswind while I was there. Broke the tailwheel off and
damaged the rudder and elevators. :-(

There's a couple of pictures of his very nice Luscombe on the CAA
website.
http://www.caa.co.uk/srg/aircraft_re...nfo/search.asp
and type in LUSI after the G- bit. Pictures at the bottom.

(type in DOGG and you can see a picture of my plane)

Paul

"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
nk.net...
Paul,

A Luscombe Pilot Rule Of Thumb: NEVER, EVER let heavy iron types near a
Luscombe. They always break them, and they are such docile airplanes to
fly
and land! Probably an over-controlling problem


Max has been flying the Luscombe for quite a while now. He
does air tests and all sorts of things in small planes. He's not
just a "heavy iron" type. There was a 90 degree crosswind at
the time. I didn't see it happen but helped recover the aircraft
to the hangar. I think it was just one of those things.

And yes, it's a beautiful plane. It's won best Luscombe at one
show, best foreign made aircraft at another, maybe some others.
It's kept in the hangar and never goes out in the rain!

Paul

"Jeb" wrote in message
om...
"Paul Sengupta" wrote in message
. ..
(type in DOGG and you can see a picture of my plane)

Nice colours Paul, RAF training but what year?

Ah, there's a story behind this. It was painted in these colours
in 1997. It's unique. As you know (explanation for others
reading this) the RAF found the best colour for conspicuity was
black. Thus they decided to repaint their training fleet in black.

They experimented first of all on their old Bulldogs. Three (as
far as I know) were painted in a black colour with yellow over
the top (as seen on http://www.warbirdalley.com/bulldog.htm).
Two of these are in the UK, one in the US. They decided not
to repaint the rest of the Bulldog fleet as they'd made the decision
to retire them within a few years.

However...back to mine. Mine was used as the airshow aircraft
and was thus given a colour scheme incorporating the "new" RAF
training colours, black with yellow markings. It was designed by
Paul Margetts, the RAF display pilot as a sunburst aerobatic scheme,
representative of that seen (in different colours) on various aerobatic
aircraft.

I bought my plane off the RAF in 2001. I took that photograph at
RAF Shawbury on the day I picked it up.

More photos of the US black and yellow one, as well as photos of
the "normal" RAF red and white colour:
http://www.scottishaviation.com/photos/

Some more pictures of mine he
http://www.geocities.com/ukdefense/bulldog-uk-1.jpg (not me flying)
http://mysite.freeserve.com/airbase/...ldog/gdogg.jpg
http://mysite.freeserve.com/airbase/...dog/gdogg2.jpg

Paul

It's just the CAA database. The photograph bit relies on people
sending in photos of their planes. I sent them a floppy disk with
some photos on. They chose the one they wanted to use.

They also sent me the floppy disk back!

Paul

"Henry and Debbie McFarland" wrote in message
ink.net...
great data base!