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    So if I flew up into a cloud...

    True - if the situation leads to being out of control - which is the real dire emergency. I remember as a boy being told by "old bold pilots" of WW2 Tiger Moth era that an erect spin through cloud was an acceptable cloud break technique. The variability in the spin characteristics of modern...
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    Pegasus spitfire MK9

    Hi Bart. I was down in Taupo late August collecting Bob Maisey's aeroplane for restoration - it's a shame I didn't know about your project then. I'm in the Far North so use BBS in Whangarei - I selected some nice Western Hemlock which was more competitively priced than spar-grade Douglas Fir...
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    The Last 747 Has Rolled off the Production Line.

    To paraphrase: "It's 5500 miles to Hong Kong, we got a full tank of gas, no cigarettes, it's dark... and we're wearing sunglasses." "Hit it." Or alternatively: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son" ... seemed to work ok when I was a 744 driver ... lovely aeroplane (and...
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    What approach speed to use floating

    New tyres, new brakes, clean hydraulic fluid, new master/slave cylinders, uncorroded components, new suspension, new clean pitot static system, new performance flight instruments yet to be affected by elastic hysteresis, and so forth. Ah, ok - the plot thickens. A non-standard landing...
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    What approach speed to use floating

    The Piper company test pilot demonstrated the 'Owners Handbook' performance figures in a 'new' aeroplane for the purposes of certification back in the '60's. The applicable chart in the PA-28-140 'Owners Manual' (Landing Distance vs Density Altitude) clearly stipulates 'Maximum Braking' as the...
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    What approach speed to use floating

    In response to the initiator of this post - call it "two cents worth" on a rainy day when I would rather be fishing. Besides, I have very fond memories of the little 'Cherokee 140'. Certification requirements for the PA28-140 (even back in the 60's) required something along the lines of...
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    Tell us what you are building!

    I found this sweet little Luton Minor languishing in a barn in Sussex in the early nineties when I was being detained at HM's pleasure (in the RAF) and rebuilt it ... By bizarre coincidence, all of the paint is identical to that used on RAF aircraft. Can't imagine how that happened. I even...
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    Airplane For Sale Hummel Ultracruiser

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    EAB "Hall of Fame" Designers

    Didn't Ken Rand design something ... ???
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    HBA Member "Day Jobs"

    Undergrad/Postgrad --> Military Pilot --> Airline Pilot --> "The Bug" --> forced early retirement --> husband, car mechanic, builder, plumber, electrician, chicken catcher, sheep wrestler, beekeeper, brewer and when time permits, builder of aeroplanes and boats. My definition of 'career' --> to...
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    Taylor Titch Anniversary

    I had the good fortune to meet with Jim at OSH 2006 when I was on layover in Chicago. A truly gifted craftsman and gentleman, his Titch was very much a function of his ingenuity and talent. Jim's spar started life as a yacht's mast - I can't recall for sure, but would I suspect Douglas Fir...
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    Taylor Titch Anniversary

    Hello Terry - I do hope that you are keeping well. I seem to recall that the weight saving for a one-piece wing, as mentioned above, is of the order of 18lbs which is clearly significant. Below is the method that we came up with to fabricate the spar caps. Please accept it caveat emptor -...
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    Taylor Titch Anniversary

    Terry will have to correct me here, but my recollection is that his dad designed the wing to be built in a single car garage (this is an English concept - a garage sized to contain one car only due to 'real estate' being limited), hence it was built in two separate halves and subsequently...
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    Fuselage stretch mod for Taylor Monoplane

    Solely for the benefit of any New Zealanders following this thread and considering the build of this fine little aeroplane ('airplane'). The examples of John Taylor's JT1 cited in above article and built in NZ seem to have been constructed in the late 1960's/early 1970's. The rules surrounding...
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    Taylor Titch Anniversary

    The history of the Taylor Titch is readily available so I won't repeat it here, Suffice to say, my wife did considerable research into the aircraft before electing to build, including a visit to Terry Taylor in the south of England before committing and buying plans - so indeed, my wife is...
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    Taylor Titch Anniversary

    My wife's Taylor Titch being operated by a questionable character over England's green and pleasant land. My lovely wife in her Taylor Titch having repossessed the aircraft from said character.
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