Lawreston
En-Route
My Skyhawk was just ferried from 3B5 Twitchell's to IWI Wiscasset. Dale Twitchell landed a few minutes before I arrived by Buick, and he taxied to the hangars at the opposite end of the airport from my unit.
"Here; why don't you taxi her to the East side." I didn't have a headset with me, so I could imagine how loud it would be in the cockpit. Surprise!
When I started the 0-320 my first exclamation was, "It's so quiet," to which Dale responded, "I noticed that, too; much quieter than the stock exhaust system." And there we were, carrying on a casual conversation while taxiing, neither wearing a headset(no intercom; a Garmin GMA-340 is waiting to be installed with other avionics).
Dale: "I'm impressed; she was off the ground considerably before what is normal, and the VSI indicated 1200fpm, in a light breeze." NOTE:The fuel was light, he having added 8 gal. before departure.
So much for taxiing; I'm looking forward to flying with the new addition.
More, later.
HR
"Here; why don't you taxi her to the East side." I didn't have a headset with me, so I could imagine how loud it would be in the cockpit. Surprise!
When I started the 0-320 my first exclamation was, "It's so quiet," to which Dale responded, "I noticed that, too; much quieter than the stock exhaust system." And there we were, carrying on a casual conversation while taxiing, neither wearing a headset(no intercom; a Garmin GMA-340 is waiting to be installed with other avionics).
Dale: "I'm impressed; she was off the ground considerably before what is normal, and the VSI indicated 1200fpm, in a light breeze." NOTE:The fuel was light, he having added 8 gal. before departure.
So much for taxiing; I'm looking forward to flying with the new addition.
More, later.
HR