Glad you're back, and the job went well up there - sounds
like quite a trip !! Hope we'll get to hear it around a campfire
one day soon .... :-)
I'm surprised there was any radar up there to 'paint' your
transponder !! ;-^) :-)
Been having fun with my Rebel lately, too - rested a bit after
the Ramble to the west coast, and Oshkosh. Last couple of days
I've been out to Seaforth, up to Wingham, and down to Stoney Creek -
not quite the same distances, but interesting ! Did an equivalent-to-annual
on my old 912 Rebel, and ferried it down to Stoney Creek - still
flies great ! I was amazed at how it levitates at such slow speeds,
so.... when I came back to get XWI, I decided to poke the corners
of the envelope a bit more !
Discovered that I can now climb at a steady 46 mph - still
showing 800 fpm, at an absolutely ridiculous climb angle !!!
This is down from the 1,400+ fpm I was showing at 65 mph, but not
too shabby, for a 95 degree (or so) day !! It finally faded
below 45 mph , but your STOL kit has made a great improvement in
the low speed stability and controlability on <my> Rebel ! One
day when I'm feeling really brave, I'll experiment with approaches
and short landings at those kind of speeds - after practicing at
altitude !! Don't know if I'll ever have enough nerve to match
some of the approaches I've seen you do, though !!
Hope you'll have a bit of free time now you're back - maybe
you could be the 2nd Rebel on the Ramble East for at least the
first couple of days !!!! We're leaving Sunday morning, lunch at
Lindsay, then RON at Iroquois,ON - sounds like a neat place, then
next RON in Drummondville, Quebec, for another Ramble Party !!
Hope we see you both soon !!
....bobp & Anna
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At 09:34 AM 8/19/03 -0700, you wrote:
I've got the short metal antenna with the ball end ,center mounted just aft
of the gear on the belly of TUJ.As per George's comment the only damage has
occurred during the washing process.And we do get into unimproved areas
where the vegetation is high.I would not be without a transponder for a
number of reasons not the least which is the ease of international travel.It
is hard to put a price on the peace of mind that comes from transponder
exact flight following through "sparsely settled area".As well you are
quickly expedited through controlled areas where non-mode-C might not be
welcome especially if the controllers are slightly harried.This can be
important for routing due to fuel or weather considerations.I just had my
pitot static system recertifyed again,24 months,Brant Aero, around
$200Cdn.and they found my VSI was quite inaccurate,a good thing to know.I
have just returned from flying an AgCat on a job in Northern Ontario about
85 miles south of James Bay,I flew the Rebel up and back.The longest stretch
with no anything (meaning no logging road or rail line)but bush is about 150
miles,love the transponder.
As an aside,Saturday after I came down from the northern bush I was able to
return from Timmins to St.Thomas non-stop in 3.7hrs burning 115liters,about
8.2USG per/hr.A wonderful flight,it was a relaxing ,fulfilling experience to
enjoy the scenery,eat my snacks see the moose and bears and experience the
landscape and have the comfort and confidence in the Rebel...Angus
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