10/4 Joe----I think I'm gonna get a couple of JATO assist rockets to get up to altitude quicker. Straight and level, that's my thing. Kenny
----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe H Horton" <joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 3:54 PM Subject: Re: KR> Turff Landing > All right Ken, > That is the route that I had up on the GPS (to the grand Canyon) > but I had to take off to the East so I just kept going that way. I picked > out a corridor just South of NY control zone and went to the NJ beach. I > flew South for about 50 miles and turned around and retraced the route > back home. 1.5 hours,7 gal fuel, 155 average ground speed. I did pass by > Lakehurst NJ. Those hangers there really are big. They make quite a > landmark. Sorry I didn't come your way, It would have been fun > Joe > On Sat, 12 Aug 2006 14:11:02 -0400 "Kenneth Wiltrout" > <kwiltrout1...@verizon.net> writes: >> Today 6399U and I put 2.5 hrs on the clock, we left 9D4 at 8:10am and >> was on >> the ground at N38 ( Pa Grand Canyon, Wellsboro Pa ) at 9:10am, >> distance >> covered was 120 mi+or -. >> Then I dropped into a 1800' grass strip near Morris, Pa ( PN0 ) >> approx 15 mi >> away. That was the wildest landing yet, as smooth as the rwy looks >> it was >> just the opposite, it also has a low spot in the middle, so rather >> than wait >> for the S to settle I had to force it in or run out of rwy. The >> plane >> vibrated so bad that I couldn't find the brakes,JEEEEEZZZZZ, thank >> God for >> fixed gear!!! I did some sightseeing over the mountains as well, >> 4500' >> to,5500 from ,all total the GPS said I covered 280 mi's. in 2hrs 22 >> min. Not >> bad for 70 HP. >> >> Ken Wiltrout >> Kutztown, Pa >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> 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 >> >> > > > Joe Horton, Coopersburg, Pa. > joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.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 > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006 > >
