KRNetHeads, Today I took the afternoon off to visit Troy Petteway in Columbia, TN, just 20 minutes away by KR. The mission was for him to critique my landings and tell me what I was doing wrong, since sometimes l land OK, and sometimes they're pathetic. He was at the end of the runway watching as I came in, and quickly declared that I was doing full stall landings, which were not easy or recommended in the KR. He said my tail wheel was at least a foot below the mains all the way in. Next time around, he said, come in 10 knots faster and keep the nose low all the way to the ground, and just "fly" the thing on to the ground. I did, and it was a pretty good one! It reminded me that Bill Clapp had taught me the same method, but I'd forgotten it while rebuilding my engine.
I did 6 total, in gusty/bumpy air (9 knots, gusting to 16), and only one was a slight bouncer, so it was time well spent. After that, I went back to Hazel Green and did a greaser the same way. I got out and noticed the wind had died down, and there was still two hours of daylight, so I flew to Guntersville and did two more landings, then to Moontown's grass strip and did two more. From there, a buddy with a Swift joined up and I took some air-to-air shots for him in the late afternoon light. He owes me now, and has a camera just like mine, so pictures of mine flying are upcoming, I suspect. After the photo shoot, I was almost over Fayetteville, TN, so I landed there twice, and then back to Hazel Green. Grand total for the day was 3 hours, 5 airports (two of them "strange"), 14 landings, and I'm a little more skilled all the way around now. I even got to watch a beautiful sunset before my last landing (http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford/051020131m.jpg ). The "new" 2700cc Corvair is still purring smoothly, and almost everybody comments on how sweet it sounds. Life is good...so come on in! 65 hours and counting... Mark Langford, Huntsville, Alabama see KR2S project N56ML at http://home.hiwaay.net/~langford email to N56ML "at" hiwaay.net --------------------------------------------------------------
