If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
Patti and I started the day with a 2 hour flight in our Cessna 180K
followed by lunch and coffee. Then we made a 0.6 hour local flight in the AG-915 gyro plane, and finished with a 0.7 hour local flight inn the Stemme. I used the engine to climb to 10,000' MSL, 4,000' AGL). After dropping to near 9,000' she found a thermal and climbed back to 10K. A very satisfying way to start the new year! -- Dan 5J |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 5:33:37 PM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
A very satisfying way to start the new year! I hooked up with a Tucson Soaring Club CFI at El Tiro and we had a nice 40 minute flight in the G103 from a 2,300' tow. Now I'm checked out. As soon as I find my %@&! batteries, I'll fly my ASW-27b. We've been in Tucson a couple months now and still a couple dozen moving boxes to go through. That's what I get for having help with packing... :-) Oh, and your LS-6 did fly nicely, but I found the cockpit quite cramped compared to my ASW-20b. 5Z |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
2.6 hrs in pure engine
0.7 hrs in hybrid engine (nice save Mrs. Dan) Are we losing you? |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
On 1/1/21 6:24 PM, Semantics Michael wrote:
2.6 hrs in pure engine 0.7 hrs in hybrid engine (nice save Mrs. Dan) Are we losing you? Not yet, but the gyro is damn fun! More than one could imagine. The Cessna is a traveler. It was just getting late in the day. Perhaps I should have flown the Stemme first. -- Dan 5J |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:33:37 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
Patti and I started the day with a 2 hour flight in our Cessna 180K followed by lunch and coffee. Then we made a 0.6 hour local flight in the AG-915 gyro plane, and finished with a 0.7 hour local flight inn the Stemme. I used the engine to climb to 10,000' MSL, 4,000' AGL). After dropping to near 9,000' she found a thermal and climbed back to 10K. A very satisfying way to start the new year! -- Dan 5J What kind of hangar do you have to store all of these toys? Tom |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
On 1/3/21 2:45 PM, 2G wrote:
On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:33:37 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote: Patti and I started the day with a 2 hour flight in our Cessna 180K followed by lunch and coffee. Then we made a 0.6 hour local flight in the AG-915 gyro plane, and finished with a 0.7 hour local flight inn the Stemme. I used the engine to climb to 10,000' MSL, 4,000' AGL). After dropping to near 9,000' she found a thermal and climbed back to 10K. A very satisfying way to start the new year! -- Dan 5J What kind of hangar do you have to store all of these toys? Tom Well, the hangar is about 88 feet wide by 45 feet deep. It has 4 x 21 foot doors that were poorly installed such that only two can be open at a time. Depending on which two doors are opened, I can have a 42 foot wide opening in the north, middle, or south sections of the hangar. The Stemme and the C-180 are each about 37 feet wide. So, with the south two doors open, I can push the Stemme (folded) in or out. With the north two doors open I can push the 180 in or out. The middle two doors allow access for the gyro which, at only about 5 feet wide (with the rotor secured fore and aft) slides in between the two winged ships with enough room to walk between any of them. Hope this picture is viewable. https://link.shutterfly.com/Be9vQkM6Kcb -- Dan 5J |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
New Year's Day Trifecta
On Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 4:44:45 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote:
On 1/3/21 2:45 PM, 2G wrote: On Friday, January 1, 2021 at 4:33:37 PM UTC-8, Dan Marotta wrote: Patti and I started the day with a 2 hour flight in our Cessna 180K followed by lunch and coffee. Then we made a 0.6 hour local flight in the AG-915 gyro plane, and finished with a 0.7 hour local flight inn the Stemme. I used the engine to climb to 10,000' MSL, 4,000' AGL). After dropping to near 9,000' she found a thermal and climbed back to 10K. A very satisfying way to start the new year! -- Dan 5J What kind of hangar do you have to store all of these toys? Tom Well, the hangar is about 88 feet wide by 45 feet deep. It has 4 x 21 foot doors that were poorly installed such that only two can be open at a time. Depending on which two doors are opened, I can have a 42 foot wide opening in the north, middle, or south sections of the hangar. The Stemme and the C-180 are each about 37 feet wide. So, with the south two doors open, I can push the Stemme (folded) in or out. With the north two doors open I can push the 180 in or out. The middle two doors allow access for the gyro which, at only about 5 feet wide (with the rotor secured fore and aft) slides in between the two winged ships with enough room to walk between any of them. Hope this picture is viewable. https://link.shutterfly.com/Be9vQkM6Kcb -- Dan 5J Nice setup, doors and all! Tom |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
NEW YEAR | Vorsanger1 | Soaring | 1 | December 31st 10 09:28 PM |
OSH ...who's going this year? | Montblack | Piloting | 69 | July 19th 07 12:45 PM |
OSH ...who's going this year? | Montblack | Home Built | 72 | July 19th 07 12:45 PM |
OSH ...who's going this year? | John T[_1_] | Piloting | 0 | July 14th 07 02:26 PM |
What to buy at OSH this year? | Jay Honeck | Owning | 35 | July 2nd 05 02:27 PM |