Ditto,ditto and ditto. On my maiden KR flight, I did not use enough rudder, veering off to the right side of the runway, the right wing hit a traffic cone, ripping off the pitot tube, the cone then hit the horiz. stabilizer, tearing a rather large gouge in it. Oblivious to all this, I lifted off, saw no airspeed, so decided to practice my slow speed flying once at altitude, did a couple of touch and go's, really enjoying the flight, tho nervous has hell, then landed. All this on a very narrow and rough grass strip. Lord, that fiberglass is strong tho,...could have rippped the stabilizer off, or worse, the elevator. When it is repaired I will go to a real long and wide paved runway. I also will NOT do what one of our colleagues suggested, ie take off in the three point attitude. I think the accident could have been avoided, had I better visibility Embarrassingly anonomous! ----- Original Message ----- From: "haroldwoods" <haroldwo...@rogers.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 10:51 AM Subject: KR> the importance of an airspeed indicator.
> Hi Netters. > I enjoyed the opportunity to share with Mark his first flight in N56ML. At > our last chapter meeting of the RAA in Barrie, We had a senior flight > instructor talk about the absolute minimum instruments required for the > teaching of flight to a student. In 1939 when World War 2 started, the > Commonwealth Training Plan program called for the "taping over" of > nonessential instruments.You were left with engine pressure and > temperature,RPM, compass, altimeter and gas gauge. Notice that you never > got "airspeed" until you had your first solo. You were taught to > recognize attitude for takeoff , level flight and landings.They trained a > lot of good pilots by this method. For a young pilot, it is better to keep > your eyes outside the plane than inside it. You really get to know the > feel of the plane this way. > Regards > Harold Woods > Orillia, ON. Canada. > haroldwo...@rogers.com > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
