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

Ron N VelocityXLFG velocityxl at fastmail.fm
Thu Aug 23 11:19:58 CDT 2012


Getting the IFR ticket is the easy thing keeping it current when you do 
not fly professionally
is difficult. I would spend most of my time just trying to keep current. 
I have a couple of  friends that
got there IFR certification and that was the last time they were current.

My two cents

Ron
On 8/23/2012 9:40 AM, Grover McNair wrote:
> I second Larry's advise!
> Good for you to give that family the wonderful results and reinforce their
> good memories.
> Grover McNair
>
> -----Original Message-----
> 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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