I love reading all the posts from those who have finished and are flying and
making modifications, but it sure was nice to talk to someone I met through
this list who is just getting started like I am. I spoke with Dave from MN for
awhile on the phone and it was nice to hear him thinking about s
Hmm. I've only had one engine failure in the last 33 years of flight. I was
cranking along at night in normal cruise about 10 miles out from the airport
when a sleeve slid out of a cylinder into the crankshaft, which firmly drove it
back into the cylinder taking the crown of the piston along w
Mark ,
I am constantly learning or remembering lessons learned by reading your
posts. In this case , I am reminded of something I learned long ago, but
had forgotten90% of all engine problems or failures occur during the
first or a subsequent power reduction. My own uneventfull engine
fail
> Tomorrow my buddies at work will say "betcha didn't get much
> flying in THIS weekend!", but they'll be wrong. I flew both
> Saturday and today. It was windy yesterday, but a good day to
> practice crosswind landings.
>Mark Langford
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Darren Crompton wrote:
>> It occured to me later that several hundred kids (who are as airplane crazy
>> as I am) probably rushed out to see what kind of plane was flying over that
>> fast, only to see it quickly disappear into the distance.
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> I am no kid and I still do this. We have
- Mark Langford wrote:
Tomorrow my buddies at work will say "betcha didn't get much flying in THIS
weekend!", but they'll be wrong.
Mark
Let your buddies at work know that a bad day of flying is better than a good
day at work. I also have to go outside to see what is taking off, landing o
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