"taichiskiing" wrote in message
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On May 15, 6:41 am, "Stuart" wrote:
"taichiskiing" wrote in message
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On May 13, 10:31 am, Stuart wrote:

I sometimes will do a wheel landing in a heavier tailwheel airplane.
Basically you just fly it on, pin it with alittle fwd elevator, then
reduce power to idle.No real advantage, it just "looks pretty".

Yes, but I think that's pretty cool too if you have enough runway to
rollout and to stop, but that's not much an option in bush flying. In
Alaskan bushes, people just wanna do short field landing. At Talkeena,
AK, a rural town between Anchorage and Fairbanks, I've seen those
locals practiced short field landing on their "cubs" by landing across
the runway and turning out on the first exit of taxi way, some 250 ft
(what they claimed), and that was awesome.

My runway bounces are the stuff of legend....I can literally bounce
right back up to the circuit (or pattern as you would call it) Just
kidding...

One bounce, touch and go?

My friend can bump his biplane from one main wheel to the other and
back....

I've got bounced by bad landing with tail-draggers a few times, that
wasn't funny, but the experience of bush low flying on deck saved the
days; I just lowed the nose, added power, and high speed skimming on
the runway until I reached the best climb speed before I pulled up.
That was fun too, I liked to do high speed on deck, more exciting than
driving a race car.

One interesting feature for flying the Alaskan bushes is you see a lot
of wild lives, especially, the moose, they like to hang out on the
airstrips for the open spaces and the young willow trees [for food]. A
lot of times we had to buzz them off the field before we can land;
that's where the high speed low flying comes in. In Alaska
uncontrolled air space (just outside of Anchorage across the "turn
again arms"/tidal water areas), it is not uncommon that we flew 50 ft
above ground.

My friend has the best bush plane on the planet. It's called a UTVA 66
(No
you haven't heard of it I guarantee you) You can google it maybe find a
picture. Made in Yugoslvia. Hard points on the wings for guns, rockets or
extra fuel tanks, geared 360hp lycoming engine dual side by side sticks,
triple header exhaust pointing straight down on each side to scare away
the
bears. It is LOUD....very LOUD... You can sideslip that sucker straight
down
and land it like a helicopter

Funny thing about the slip though, all old time pilots know "what"
slipping is, as well as experienced drivers, but in skiing, it seems
few skiers know exactly what it is. And the gappers on this board
insisted that I was "wrong" when I told them the difference between
"skidding" and "slipping," and laughed themselves silly. What do you
think?

That's easy. A slip is sliding to the inside of a turn and skid is to the
outside.




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