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 Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 4:51 am Post subject: Now that I've stopped shaking |
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Yesterday as I was departing a local fly in my Kolb Mk III, Zulu Delta, probably saved my life. Without the great visibility and fast response to control inputs I would have been tee boned by an idiot GA pilot making a blind side high speed fly by. It happened like this. It was mid afternoon and over half the aircraft had already departed. Each departing aircraft had made a fly by, some in the direction of the pattern (we were taking off on 17) but some of the early departures had come in for a low pass from the south flying back toward the crowd. It was a pretty diverse collection of planes, the Stearmans, 172's, a Bonanza, the Luscombes, a Cessna 140, and a full size Fokker DR 1 replica had already gone. The departure end of 17 is blocked from view to the west by hangars located close to the runway's edge. There was a lull in the take offs as a gyroplane driver made preparations to load his busted Benson (broken prerotor casting) on its trailer on the apron of the most southerly hangar. I was parked just south of him so I decided to leave then to give him room to turn around once he was loaded up. I back taxied to the end, as had everyone else who parked along the runway, to make sure I didn't hit the large puddle in the middle of the runway. I made my normal half flap take off and was off the ground just beyond the end of the hangars. I started the homesick angel climb that makes the Mk III so much fun and was just about to raise the flaps when I saw the 150 approaching from the west (my right) about 30 to 40 degrees off the runway heading. Full forward stick took me right back to the deck, although I didn't touch the mains on the ground, and I resumed the take off almost immediately. I didn't have time to see if the 150 driver made any evasive action, the encounter was over so quickly, and I was too busy flying to track him. I'd estimate he came within 100 feet of causing a mid air collision.
So thanks Homer and all the fine folks who designed and developed such a neat little airplane. It surely got me out of a jam yesterday.
Rick Girard
PS The webbing has bite marks and stains that can't be removed, so I guess I'll have to make a new pilot's seat now rather than waiting for winter.
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| Posted: Tue Jun 01, 2010 5:33 am Post subject: Now that I've stopped shaking |
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Thom R and I met at D52 (geneseo) elevation 560, runway length 4695', grass. Lovely calm, sunny sunday. A champ and a citabria doing circuits. Departed for the breakfast at 01G (Perry-Warsaw) elev 1500 only a few miles uphill away. By the time
we got there I had reached pattern altitude doing 57mph all the way, Thom patiently cruising off my left.
All the traffic was mannerly and observed proper direction including the one low fly by from a red Waco.
Good day, no unscheduled landings 
BB
MkIII, suzuki
On 1, Jun 2010, at 8:36 AM, Richard Girard wrote:
[quote]Yesterday as I was departing a local fly in my Kolb Mk III, Zulu Delta, probably saved my life. Without the great visibility and fast response to control inputs I would have been tee boned by an idiot GA pilot making a blind side high speed fly by. It happened like this. It was mid afternoon and over half the aircraft had already departed. Each departing aircraft had made a fly by, some in the direction of the pattern (we were taking off on 17) but some of the early departures had come in for a low pass from the south flying back toward the crowd. It was a pretty diverse collection of planes, the Stearmans, 172's, a Bonanza, the Luscombes, a Cessna 140, and a full size Fokker DR 1 replica had already gone. The departure end of 17 is blocked from view to the west by hangars located close to the runway's edge. There was a lull in the take offs as a gyroplane driver made preparations to load his busted Benson (broken prerotor casting) on its trailer on the apron of the most southerly hangar. I was parked just south of him so I decided to leave then to give him room to turn around once he was loaded up. I back taxied to the end, as had everyone else who parked along the runway, to make sure I didn't hit the large puddle in the middle of the runway. I made my normal half flap take off and was off the ground just beyond the end of the hangars. I started the homesick angel climb that makes the Mk III so much fun and was just about to raise the flaps when I saw the 150 approaching from the west (my right) about 30 to 40 degrees off the runway heading. Full forward stick took me right back to the deck, although I didn't touch the mains on the ground, and I resumed the take off almost immediately. I didn't have time to see if the 150 driver made any evasive action, the encounter was over so quickly, and I was too busy flying to track him. I'd estimate he came within 100 feet of causing a mid air collision.
So thanks Homer and all the fine folks who designed and developed such a neat little airplane. It surely got me out of a jam yesterday.
Rick Girard
PS The webbing has bite marks and stains that can't be removed, so I guess I'll have to make a new pilot's seat now rather than waiting for winter.
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