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Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:16 pm

Shooort.. but not too big around...

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Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:13 pm

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=D> :lol: =D>
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:00 am

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Wow! That was one smooth landing! =D>
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:23 am

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Amazing! =D>
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:38 am

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Why did you land soo long there Coyote? :mrgreen:
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:11 am

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Field elevation, temperture, and winds if any? Every time I see a video I'm always wondering that....in other words if that was 2,000 agl and 50 degrees and a 20 mph headwind, big deal! But, 6,000' 70 degrees and no wind, boy howdy that was short! A fun landing regardless and well done!
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 3:51 pm

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Hey dude! I didnt hear you calling out position reports while in the pattern!! :wink:
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:05 pm

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whynotfly wrote:Hey dude! I didnt hear you calling out position reports while in the pattern!! :wink:


Hahahahaha.
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:11 pm

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1SeventyZ wrote:
whynotfly wrote:Hey dude! I didnt hear you calling out position reports while in the pattern!! :wink:


Hahahahaha.


Um.... I guess I musta been transmittin on AWOS again...

Oh, and it was 8000 feet, 85 degrees, and 25 mph tailwind... honest...
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:13 pm

Re: Shooort.. but not too big around...

Coyote Ugly wrote:
1SeventyZ wrote:
whynotfly wrote:Hey dude! I didnt hear you calling out position reports while in the pattern!! :wink:


Hahahahaha.


Um.... I guess I musta been transmittin on AWOS again...

Oh, and it was 8000 feet, 85 degrees, and 25 mph tailwind... honest...

It doesn't count unless someone was there to witness it ( I mean the conditions)...it's just like my good landings (or TO's)...nobody ever sees the good ones. :D
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Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:18 pm

Re: Shooort.. but not too big around...

Coyote Ugly wrote:
1SeventyZ wrote:
whynotfly wrote:Hey dude! I didnt hear you calling out position reports while in the pattern!! :wink:


Hahahahaha.


Um.... I guess I musta been transmittin on AWOS again...

Oh, and it was 8000 feet, 85 degrees, and 25 mph tailwind... honest...



I call BS!! I was in Somewhere, NV that day and the wind was blowing 35 gusting 50 - - headwind in all directions. :P

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Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:11 am

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That's really impressive! I couldn't land that short if I crashed!!! :lol: =D>
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Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:19 am

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Oh, and it was 8000 feet, 85 degrees, and 25 mph tailwind... honest...

That's what I'm talking about!! Good answer....I just flew to Arizona and back, and realized it was the first time for my relatively new bird to do its thing since I built it below 4500' asl. Casa Grande is 1400' I seem to remember, even hot what a difference, you sea level guys got it made, but I'd rather be favorably surprised when at the lower elevations by the performance gain, then "disappointed" by the lack of same when operating higher then being used to. I guess that's why they have density altitude charts, for the low pilots going high, not the other way around.
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