Excellent poem Larry.... Mark Jones (N886MJ) Wales, WI USA E-mail me at flyk...@wi.rr.com Visit my KR-2S CorvAIRCRAFT web site at www.flykr2s.com
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry&Sallie Flesner" <fles...@verizon.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 9:22 PM Subject: Re: KR> Flight Report > > > Then I noticed the > >VASI and that I was seeing all red. I was 1.5 miles out and 500'. There goes > >the heart again...beating pretty hard. > >Mark Jones > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Most pilots tend to make lower approaches at night. Keep a close > eye on the altimeter on night approaches even when you have > VASI on the field. Know what altitude you intend to be at on each > leg of a standard pattern and then fly the numbers. > > Another clue to watch for is any "flickering" of the lights on the approach > end of the runway. If you are low you may have a tree between you and > the end of the runway that is moving with the wind. I once made a > night landing and noticed the lights going on and off. I knew I had > trees on the approach but I also knew that I was high enough to clear > them. I intentionally landed a bit long and as I passed over the approach > end of the runway, my landing light showed five or six deer grazing at the > runway edge. They had been walking back and forth in front of the lights > causing them appear like they were flickering. If any runway light makes > even a single blink it is cause for concern. > > Your post prompts me to share a poem I wrote after a night flight a few > years back. I can't make an attachment so I'll include it after my signature > for those that are interested. > > Ain't night flying great !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > Larry Flesner > > > NIGHT FLIGHT > > > On a cool winter evening the sun pauses on the horizon, > its duties of the day are done. > It will soon disappear and the world will be hidden in the black of night. > The creatures of the day will have their rest and slumber. > > My man-made wings lift me into a disappearing sky > as darkness swallows up the earth below. > A world of lights appear, illuminating paths for those > unwilling to surrender to the powers of the night. > > I see trails that tiny creatures use to travel from place to place, > ant-like in their lighted chariots. > Trails that weave like ribbons dropped carelessly from a package to > the floor below. > I sense the presence of Gods, unseen, finding humor in their efforts. > > A tiny symbol moves slowly across the screen of the > small magic box placed conveniently at my finger tips. > It records my journey through the darkness, to the destination > of my choosing, giving me direction across the featureless landscape. > > Lights, everywhere there are lights, confusing my senses. > I feel as though I'm floating through the Milky Way. > The constant motion of the tiny symbol is my only > evidence of reality. > > The greatest beauties in life are too often enjoyed in solitude. > My wish, to capture this moment and share it with > the world, denied. > I can only later speak, as a prophet with a vision, telling others > of the beauty that I saw. > > The magic box, unhindered by the darkness, counts down the time > I have remaining in this bird-like state. > I guide my magic carpet on a slow decent through the darkness, > merging time and place into a known reality. > > Then, once again, I'm bound in the microscopic world > of fences and stop signs and > I can only wonder if other earth bound souls were with me, > in their own solitude, enjoying the beauty of the night. > > > > 2/14/2002 Larry Flesner > > > > > _______________________________________ > 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
