rottydaddy
En-Route
Been "Champing" at the bit to edit and post this little bit of footage I have from my last flight in SoCal after getting my tailwheel endorsement... hope you guys like it.
Part 1, KSDM-L08: I was hoping to land at Jacumba on the way, but couldn't find it (although I got real close). Cut my downwind a little short at Borrego, but it became a good opportunity to do some slipping, and there's more than enough runway there for a Champ, anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dk6QOJ0efQ
Part 2, L08-KSDM: some interesting wind heading west out of Borrego Valley... the Miramar Airshow was in its second day, and we spotted a KC-130 refueling some thirsty choppers well outside the show airspace as I headed south somewhere NE of Ramona.
There was a banner-tower crossing the runway at Brown when I was cleared to land, and I guess I got a little fixated on that because Tower asked me to land long so a Tiger holding short midfield could depart right after I touched down, but I wound up ready to flare before the desired point.
I tried to drag it a bit, but it was getting ridiculous so I just put it down and was easily able to stop in time to hold on the runway for the Tiger to depart ahead of me.
Probably could have landed before the numbers and got off on the first intersection; not sure why he wanted me to land long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_5xCAtmr7s
Part 1, KSDM-L08: I was hoping to land at Jacumba on the way, but couldn't find it (although I got real close). Cut my downwind a little short at Borrego, but it became a good opportunity to do some slipping, and there's more than enough runway there for a Champ, anyway.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Dk6QOJ0efQ
Part 2, L08-KSDM: some interesting wind heading west out of Borrego Valley... the Miramar Airshow was in its second day, and we spotted a KC-130 refueling some thirsty choppers well outside the show airspace as I headed south somewhere NE of Ramona.
There was a banner-tower crossing the runway at Brown when I was cleared to land, and I guess I got a little fixated on that because Tower asked me to land long so a Tiger holding short midfield could depart right after I touched down, but I wound up ready to flare before the desired point.
I tried to drag it a bit, but it was getting ridiculous so I just put it down and was easily able to stop in time to hold on the runway for the Tiger to depart ahead of me.
Probably could have landed before the numbers and got off on the first intersection; not sure why he wanted me to land long.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_5xCAtmr7s