REFLECTOR: Pilots report cockpit power failures + a feel good story.

[Grover McNair]

I second Larry's advise! 
Good for you to give that family the wonderful results and reinforce their
good memories.
Grover McNair

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of David Ullman
Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 10:02 AM
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Subject: REFLECTOR: Pilots report cockpit power failures + a feel good
story.

Last week I did my first biannual in the Velo with only a glass panel
(Dynon). Previous biannuals were in planes equipped with steam gages. I
never had any trouble flying instruments only (I am VFR only) and the CFI
could put the plane in any situation and I could get it on course and
altitude easily.  Last week the CFI had me put on the hood and I could not
really control the plane at all. I was simply not processing the information
from the Dynon very well and over correcting.  I was all over the sky.
Ouch!!

The CFI asked what I would do if I flew into the soup accidently.  I told
him that first I was going to practice situational awareness with the Dynon.
Second, for now, I would push the AP button (autopilot), let it get me on
course and altitude and control the plane through the autopilot. But if the
AP goes out and I am in the soup my backup is the virtual six pack on the
Garmin GPS (both the Dynon and Garmin have back up batteries).  I need to do
a lot of practicing with both of these.

On another topic.
About four years ago, on the Reflector, there was an advertisement for a
Velocity and IO-360 from the estate of Jack Hayes.  He had passed away and
his son, Tom was trying to find a home for his dad's projects.  I bought the
engine and then about a year or so ago, Geoff Gerhardt bought the airframe.
Geoff flew for the first time last weekend.  I sent the Hayes family a note
that included ".... the engine now has 50 flight hours on it, having its
first flight earlier this year, and the airframe did the first flight this
weekend.  Your father's project did make it into the air, partly in Oregon
and partly in Mass."

Tom Hayes wrote back
"   I can't tell you how happy I was to get your email. I have told my Mom
and we both started crying. Words can not describe how happy we are with
your  news and Geoff's news. We know that my Dad is looking down and is
smiling that his project has finally taken flight. Geoff has a web site that
I have been checking periodically and will show it to her this weekend so
she can watch his flight videos.
 
   Again, thank you for the wonderfull news and happy flying to you both.
 
 
Tom Hayes and family."

A feel good story made on the Reflector
 

David Ullman
N444DX
President EAA 292
541-754-3609
david at davidullman.com


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