[Rhodes22-list] My other "boat"

[Brad Haslett]

Hank,

Yep!  The same adage applies to sailors.  There's a certain envelope with
any new sport or skill set where your willingness to experiment exceeds your
ability.  If you can make it past that 'danger zone', you'll probably
survive.

On that note, I've got to teach a class on regulations in the morning.
Nothing like reviewing FAR's to put you to sleep quickly.

Good night!

Brad


On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Brad,
>
> Remember the other old adage, "There are old pilots and there are bold
> pilots, but there are NO old, bold pilots!"
>
> Hank
>
> On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hank,
> >
> > During my younger, braver days (high school), I used to buzz sailboats
> > on Carlyle Lake, Bob Weber's home waters in Southern Illinois. It was
> fun
> > to
> > pull up and circle to see if they reacted.  Most of my friends were farm
> > boys and they got the open tractors while their dad's had the
> cabs.  They
> > couldn't hear a thing, so I'd sneak up behind them at head level and
> scare
> > the wits out of them.  They'd leave a big squiggle in the field which
> > seldom
> > went unnoticed by their dads. On one of the many occasions I skipped
> > school,
> > I flattened my PE class on the exercise field.  They gave me a
> suspension
> > which meant I didn't have to skip school on those day.  Smart thinking!
> >
> > That was then, I'm happy to get from point A to B now.
> >
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Brad,
> > >
> > > What's the old saying, "Any landing you can walk away from is a good
> > > landing!"
> > >
> > > When I was crewing on UH-60s we used to practice low level flight,
> (Nap
> > of
> > > the Earth or NOE in Army speak) and occasionally we'd have to clean
> some
> > > branches out of the landing gear when we got back to the
> airbase.  Those
> > > were some interesting times!
> > >
> > > Hank
> > >
> > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hank,
> > > >
> > > > The common complaint against the V-tail is the "wiggle" in rough
> air.
> > My
> > > > solution to that is to not fly in rough air. Other than that, you
> > can't
> > > > tell
> > > > the difference between the V and a conventional tail.
> > > >
> > > > As to the second question, I can't land it to save my ass.  Well,
> > > actually
> > > > I've saved my ass four times but it wasn't pretty.  It will take
> some
> > > > practice.  The landing height above touchdown is about 40 feet
> > > difference
> > > > between the Bonanza and the DC-10. I horribly over control it, thus,
> > no
> > > > passengers until I can fly it without embarrassment.
> > > >
> > > > Brad
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Does the v-tail make her squirrelly or harder to handle in certain
> > > > > conditions?  Can you fly something that weighs less than 100,000
> > > pounds?
> > > > >
> > > > > Hank
> > > > >
> > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hank,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Don't understand that - I forwarded them from my other e-mail
> > > address
> > > > to
> > > > > > this one and it worked.  Here's three photos I took while the
> sun
> > > was
> > > > > > coming
> > > > > > up in St. Johns, Arizona.  The wings had quite a bit of frost on
> > > them
> > > > > and
> > > > > > I
> > > > > > had the pleasure of visiting with some "old heads" while waiting
> > for
> > > > the
> > > > > > sun
> > > > > > to melt the frost.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Brad
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Pics didn't come through, Brad.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The seller just sent me these pics today.  He
> > > > > > > > photographed the departure of his "baby" leaving
> > > > > > > > Prescott for her new home.  This is why I don't own a
> > > > > > > > second boat. Yet!  Brad
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
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> > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > > > > > > From: Vtailflier at aol.com
> > > > > > > > To: flybrad at yahoo.com
> > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:35:28 EDT
> > > > > > > > Subject: pics
> > > > > > > >
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