I took off and immediately did an uncommanded snap roll, followed by what felt like two high rate Lomchevaks with maybe a couple extra gyrations thrown in. Then a high g pullup followed by a crushing impact and a long skid to a complete stop. I have never hit so hard before.

Then I took my snowboard off and hiked back up the hill to gather up my hat and goggles, trying to ignore the laughing little kids whizzing by, and had the thought I REALLY need to get my plane back from Afton before I kill myself up at the ski area! Though a very competent 'boarder (12 years now) I was pushing it extra hard in some twisted reaction to not getting the BIG fun button push of flying..... The same snow that has made great conditons there has kept my repaired plane grounded, hopefully tomorrow I'll be hitch hiking an airplane ride over and Honey will be back in the home hangar. This is the longest by far she's been gone since we started out, nothing sadder then an empty hangar

Too Funny!!!!! Careful and don't break a leg or something.....not getting any younger!

CG. When I started reading that I thought it was a description of your latest landing, I guess it was.

Obviously you need the ability to more quickly adjust your own CG's. They got some new digital devices that might help.

I have never hit so hard before.

I have been exceedingly surprised by how much the accumulation of decades has changed my perceptions on this.....
WOW
And recovery time has GREATLY increased after impact or 'event', too.

Father time is a merciless SOB,
lc


Explanation:When I was in school we used to go to the river and compete for highest dives and jumps from the cliffs. Well, when he was about 17 my youngest wanted me to take him to some local cliffs to try it out. So we 'started' low at about 25 feet. It felt like I hit harder than when I used to do 50 and 60 feet when I was young. I was through! I'm guessing he though I was exaggerating about how high we used to jump from, but, WOW!, what a difference. Seriously, we timed the jumps with a stop watch, and then used a physics formula to solve for height. We had plenty of time to question what we were doing on the way down.

I don't have to explain 'event' to anyone, right?

The last time I let any measurable vertical and horizontal distance accumulate between my snowboard and the ground, I landed on my buddy's snowmachine at the bottom of the hill in what I made sure was my last big crash. I think I was 13 the last time I strapped on a snowboard. I don't even like climbing the ladder to gas up the 207...