This is another flying experience I would like to share. After work today, I went to the airport to fly from Hartford (HXF) to Waukesha (UES) which is 25 miles south of Hartford. I was going there to look at a hanger where I will be keeping my KR. It is only ten minutes from my home instead of the 35 I drive now. Anyway, when I called in for clearance to land, the controller asked what speed experimental I was and I replied "140 mph fast" as that is what I was indicating at 6 miles out. She instructed me to report a 2 mile final and cleared to land. I was kind of hazy and I noticed there was a plane holding short of runway 10. When I was at 4 miles out she started giving the Citation his IFR clearance and instructed him cleared for take off. The Citation started pulling out on the runway in front of me as I was now 2 miles and I called in a position report. All the while I had my landing lights on and strobes flashing. The Citation really was taking his time and I was at one mile and he had not started accelerating. He began to roll and I was 1/2 mile from touchdown. The controller was saying nothing and all I could think of was all that turbulence behind the Citation. This was all too close for me so I called the tower and reported I was turning off to the south to avoid the wake turbulence. That is when she started getting excited wanting to know what my intentions were. Heck, I wanted to know what hers were for allowing us to get so close. Anyway, I circled around and finally landed. She informed me that my radio was scratchy and unreadable. That's funny because yesterday it was perfect. I checked out the hanger, got some fuel from the truck and got clearance to taxi out and take off. Just another day in the life of my KR.
Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at http://mywebpage.netscape.com/n886mj
