December 2007
4 posts
Perfect Landings
Today I had a perfect landing….
That landing where you flare at the perfect moment and your wheels touch down just moments after the stall warning goes off… that landing where you aren’t sure if your wheels have even touched the ground or if you are just in an extended ground effect…. perfection.
I swear, that sensation is better than any other feeling I have experienced (other than my kids...
Crash & Burn Baby!
Today I crashed. Badly.
At 600 feet in the air after takeoff my engine quit. I switched tanks, turned on my fuel pumps, switched to alternate air intake, tried to get the engine going again.. but no love. So I turned as fast as possible, but I didn’t maintain enough altitude and let my airspeed drop… then I crashed into the ground about 400 feet from the runway I had just taken off from… and I...
