Good job Joe! A reminder that safety in aviation is not the absense of
parts breaking or "bulletproof" engines (because there arent any!) but on
having
a plan of action on how to deal with a variety of emergency situations.
Any idea how many simulator hours are spend with the commercial
Gang,
Yesterday morning I had a brief chance to sneak out and get a
flight in between work and meeting the rest of the family out for
breakfast. I was out over the practice area about 6 miles from the
airport at about 3000'. Just sort of burning holes in the sky and
practicing steep turns a
Thanks to all that sent notes of support. The event was not as bad as it
my have sounded and I felt prepared for this one as having a windscreen
visibility problem is something that I had been through in my mind many
times. I check the engine over this morning and still could not find
where the oil
"Joseph H. Horton" wrote:Thanks to all that
sent notes of support. The event was not as bad as it
my have sounded and I felt prepared for this one as having a windscreen
visibility problem is something that I had been through in my mind many
times. I check the engine over this morning and s
> The air oil separator tube that goes over board may
>have froze up in the subfreezing temps and the crank case pressure forced
>the oil out the dipstick tube.
>Joe Horton
Make sure you have no "low points" in any of your crankcase v
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From: "Joseph H. Horton"
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Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 7:40 PM
Subject: KR> Emergency landing
> Thanks to all that sent notes of support. The event was not as bad as it
> my have sounded and I felt prepared for this one as having a windscreen
> visibility problem
>
> Glad to hear you and your plane are ok. I was wondering if an air
> tight seal along the top and perhaps the sides of the cowling would
> have prevented, or reduced the amount of oil that came up on the
> canopy. I'm just thinking out loud. I don't know how you constructed
> your cow
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