Wow - What a day guys. I don't really know how to put this day trip into
words. I left UKT at 6:45 am and had to make a leg around Camp David to
make the trip to BKW about 370 miles instead of 320 or so. I contacted
and talked to control centers all the way down and it made me more
comfortable about traffic. The transponder quite about 75 miles from
arrival and then worked fine on the way home. I am getting more and more
proficient at holding altitude and course (well maybe not at the same
time) I got to BKW at about 9:30 am. Mark Langford arrived about a half
hour latter.
I heard him call a straight inn approach and knew exactly where
to look and still did not see him until he was only a quarter mile out.
He performed what appeared to be a flawless landing. He came out of the
haze like magic- just appeared.
I met at his plane as he got out and he started to unwire all the
stuff that makes his plane a rocket science test bed. We spent close to
the next hour going over each others planes.
We traded rides in our planes, with Mark being the first
passenger in 357CJ. All the hype about carrying someone additional was
way more than the actual event and I believe that is going to be the case
as more and more 2S ships get in the air. By the way I did give Mark the
thrill of the bounce on landing.
Mark conned the rent a car lady into getting us some lunch and we
had a little BS secession.( I doubt that he believed me) After that we
fueled up and took off together for a photo shoot and then to head for
home. We did not go head to head with the planes but right now the
performance is very similar and the handling as far as I could tell was
identical in spite of the differences. I do think that Mark has an easy
10 to 15 mph hiding in the details he has yet to finish.
I had a great trip home with clear skies and Mark got the short
end of the stick having to climb above clouds and dodge showers.
I ended the day with a logbook fattening 5 1/2 hours. Another hour from
Saturday and another 1:45 today giving my 11 year old son his first ride.
Pretty good weekend for sure.
Any one else want to meet halfway???
Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa.
joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
