A few race pix
Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 4:36 pmSorry, I didn't take many pics of today's race - but once we were in the air I did my best to avoid everyone else, particularly the DEA pilots!
Exclusive preview of a secret hybrid aircraft spotted at Geneva airport
I spent most of my time at 600KIAS, flying very low, trying not to be spotted
After the race
Lesson learned today:
The ground handling on a Lear is pretty good, as long as you stay on the tarmac. Once you hit the grass, forget it! The brakes don't work and the steering just sends you skidding sideways instead of skidding forwards. I went all over the airport and took ages just getting the stupid plane turned around so I could taxi back again!
Mistake of the month:
More than once, a Eurofighter passed overhead without spotting me down among the treetops. But on the second leg one of them slowed down, and I thought he'd seen me. So I cranked the Lear round in a hard turn and headed off in another direction, and the DEA plane passed by harmlessly. Whew! I headed back to the red line on my GPS and followed it again - but it was several minutes before I realised I'd turned the wrong way and was following the line back to where I'd come from! Doh!
Gryshnak
Exclusive preview of a secret hybrid aircraft spotted at Geneva airport
I spent most of my time at 600KIAS, flying very low, trying not to be spotted
After the race
Lesson learned today:
The ground handling on a Lear is pretty good, as long as you stay on the tarmac. Once you hit the grass, forget it! The brakes don't work and the steering just sends you skidding sideways instead of skidding forwards. I went all over the airport and took ages just getting the stupid plane turned around so I could taxi back again!
Mistake of the month:
More than once, a Eurofighter passed overhead without spotting me down among the treetops. But on the second leg one of them slowed down, and I thought he'd seen me. So I cranked the Lear round in a hard turn and headed off in another direction, and the DEA plane passed by harmlessly. Whew! I headed back to the red line on my GPS and followed it again - but it was several minutes before I realised I'd turned the wrong way and was following the line back to where I'd come from! Doh!
Gryshnak
