N2212R Comes to Maine -- Part #1

[Lawreston]

Sorry about the large files; right off the CD.

HR

 

[JasonCT]

Great stuff!!! How many days til the hangar party?

 

[Michael]

Hey Ed, Did you land or were you shot down?

 

[Lawreston]

Great stuff!!! How many days til the hangar party?

I'm shooting for July or August; working on it. Details will be posted.

HR

 

[EdFred]

Hey Ed, Did you land or were you shot down?

Easy there "Humpy" !!!

 

[SCCutler]

Easy there "Humpy" !!!

...and Ed scores an easy layup.

 

[Michael]

Blah...I'll never live that one down.

 

[infotango]

Looks like there was quite a x-wind.

 

[Lawreston]

Looks like there was quite a x-wind.

The X-winds there can be really wild. I wrote earlier the reason for the Right pattern for only #25, the reactor dome and waste storage field being almost under a plane on the prior-legal Left pattern.

One time I came into #25 with what seemed to be normal conditions. 700 - 600 - 500 feet, situation normal. 400 - 300 -200, piece of cake. 100' WHAMMO, a screaming Right X-wind that hit with such force that it knocked me to the left. I climbed out of there in a Left 360 which took me right up and over the forbidden territory(the reactor dome, et cetera). The FBO radioed, "Hey, Jerry; you coming down to visit"?

"Not a chance; I'm out of here, back to Bowdoinham."
But if you need X-wind training, come to Wiscasset.

HR

 

[SkyHog]

Looks like you missed the centerline, Ed!

 

[EdFred]

Looks like you missed the centerline, Ed!

Looks can be deceiving, I nailed that *$&#*!