Couple from a hazy day at 47N

[beaky]

Did a little flying yesterday; was going to take a little trip, but decided to have a look-see first, as reported conditions were 5-6 miles in haze, with conditions expected to worsen... made one circuit and saw this:



Blecchhh. That might not be fun for a cross-country, especially if it got worse.
Still wasn't sure if I'd go or not, until I made a pretty hard landing, and decided that alone merited some hot-weather takeoff and landing practice (temp was about 32 C). So around and around I went- did seven more landings, each one a little better than the last.

Here's a Bird Dog coming in to drop a banner on the grass... very nice of him to use his radio.  The bright spots are just reflections from the many dings and scratches in "Casper"'s windshield; I'd just given it a good polishing after removing several bug carcasses.
I got a good look at the pickup earlier while I was on downwind, but couldn't really get a picture.
     



An unfamiliar experimental... anybody know what this is?
     


It was not a bad couple of hours' work; always good just to go flying. The only really unpleasant thing was having some Bonanza driver suddenly show up on his base leg (he'd asked what runway we were using just a moment before) while I was past midfield on my downwind. And maybe my altimeter was innacurate, but he seemed to be 159 feet above TPA as well... lucky I spotted him so I could extend my downwind a bit. Then he called "clear of the runway" just as he started braking on his ground roll; that's when I had to speak up: "Looks like you're still on it from here..."

[Omag 2.0]

Sparkling shots!  ;D

Very nice... you seem to enjoy yourself alot in the air!  :)

[Threadkiller]

hey man, nice shots!

reminds me of when i worked at N07, hehe

that last shot looks like a Jabiru Ultralight...maybe Ken might be able to tell for sure

[beaky]

hey man, nice shots!

reminds me of when i worked at N07, hehe

that last shot looks like a Jabiru Ultralight...maybe Ken might be able to tell for sure

Yeah, I'm thinking Jabiru also. It seemed nice- sure climbed better than the old 152 I was flying!

[beaky]

Sparkling shots!  ;D

Very nice... you seem to enjoy yourself alot in the air!  :)

Funny you should say that; the last few times I've been up, stuck in the pattern due to time, wx, or whatever,  I've had to remind myself: "this is fun, remember?"

[BFMF]

Then he called "clear of the runway" just as he started braking on his ground roll; that's when I had to speak up: "Looks like you're still on it from here..."

I see pilots announce that they're clear of the runway all the time when they're still physically on the runway

[beaky]

I see pilots announce that they're clear of the runway all the time when they're still physically on the runway

It only irked me because of his earlier dumb move: entering crosswind for 07while asking what the active was (without announcing his position) then deciding he'd make it his base for 25 and dropping in pretty much right in front of me. I didn't see him at first, because he was too high. Sounds like a lot of NTSB reports, dunnit? Low-wing above high-wing...  I was tempted to have a little chat with him after my session was done, but he wasn't around.

The other highlight of the day was somebody crossing the runway in a van as I was about to rotate... they probably saw me, and it was no big deal, but if I'd had to abort and/or the van stalled on the runway...
Somehow I think it may have been the same guy....

[Hagar]

[quote]It only irked me because of his earlier dumb move: entering crosswind for 07while asking what the active was (without announcing his position) then deciding he'd make it his base for 25 and dropping in pretty much right in front of me. I didn't see him at first, because he was too high. Sounds like a lot of NTSB reports, dunnit? Low-wing above high-wing...