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thomas(at)scherer.com
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 Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:11 pm Post subject: Flying on Salt |
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Just to report about the last flight of N81EU ..
I was asked by a German motorcycle team who was participating in the Bonneville Salt Flat Speed Trials 2006 to fly the Camera team. Took my magic carpet to Wendover Airport in Utah / Nevada and landed on the Utah Salt lake. This basically is a 35 * 35 mile runway of flat salt. Fitted a TV camera to the elevator and flew 17 times off the Salt. What a ball !
Later in the day I flew the National Geographic team for the new land speed record (the bike was faster than the Europa at 375 Mph ...)
Hope the images comes through.
be well - happy landings !
<Thomas, N81EU>
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35 Mile runway - 5 miles wide. How is that ?!?
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rlborger(at)mac.com
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:22 am Post subject: Flying on Salt |
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Thomas,
Thanks for the story and pics. Very nice.
Good building and great flying all,
Bob Borger
Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S
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(85%) tail kit done, wings closed, cockpit module installed, pitch system in, landing gear frame in, rudder system in, outrigger mod in, Fuselage Top on, lift/drag/flap pins in, wing incidence set, tie bar in, flap drive in, Mod 70 done. Baggage bay in. Flaps & Main Gear complete. Working in - 24 Instrument Panel, 25 Electrical, 30 Fuel System, 32 Tail, 34 Door Latches & 35 Doors, 37 Finishing. Airmaster arrived 29 Sep 05. Seat arrived from Oregon Aero. E04 interior kit has arrived. Preparing for ROTAX 914 installation.
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Troy Maynor
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 5:24 am Post subject: Flying on Salt |
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<<<<<<<Time: 10:11:47 PM PST US
From: "Thomas Scherer" <thomas(at)scherer.com>
Subject: Flying on Salt
Just to report about the last flight of N81EU ...>>>>>>>>
Thomas,
You should have said " the lastest flight". It scared me there for a minute.
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I think a 35 mile runway would be nice to practice touch and gos with a
monowheel Europa. (but of course make sure you wash all the salt off the
metal parts)
Troy
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n100rh(at)sbcglobal.net
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:50 am Post subject: flying on salt |
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Thomas,
Thanks for the great pictures and story. Nice work!
Ralph
Reno, NV
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gdh(at)isp.com
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 6:41 pm Post subject: Flying on Salt |
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Thomas,
Wow! what an experience! The pictures you sent were great but where are the "action" pictues?
Regards,
Dale Hetrick
P.S. I still have your vibration measuring instrument
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96victor(at)gmail.com
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:00 pm Post subject: Flying on Salt |
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Dale
You have an instrument to measure vibrators! How do you calibrate it?
Tom (In Ellensburg, WA)
On 9/9/06, gdh <gdh(at)isp.com (gdh(at)isp.com)> wrote: [quote] Thomas,
Wow! what an experience! The pictures you sent were great but where are the "action" pictues?
Regards,
Dale Hetrick
P.S. I still have your vibration measuring instrument
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scrimm
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| Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:14 pm Post subject: Flying on Salt |
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Thomas,l
From 1978 till 1983 I flew helicopters (Bell 206's) in Salt Lake City for a local television station KUTV. Whenever the lake (Bonneville) was dry, most of the time it was 6 to 12 inches underwater, we would fly out to Bonneville and watch those interested in either trying to kill themselves or break speed records. Sometime I think they both were synonymous with each other. Whether is was motor cycles, stockers, the local kids car or rocket/jet cars they all went faster than my slow ass helicopter. My 130 MPH was a drop in the bucket when these guys got rolling, especially the 250+ MPH'ers. The biggest thing I think was just that much speed on the ground instead of in the air where we are used to going fast being accomplished..
I also flew helicopters to film unlimited hydrofoil boats and they too ran away from me when they were at idle it seemed like. The only time during a race when I could even get close to them was catch them in the corners/turns when they had to slow down to around 150 or so and watch them blow by me.
BTW, make sure you give your bird a good bath, the salt out on the flats is very concentrated and more corrosive that what you normally would encounter.
Steve
From: owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-europa-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Scherer
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 01:10
To: europa-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: Flying on Salt
Just to report about the last flight of N81EU ..
I was asked by a German motorcycle team who was participating in the Bonneville Salt Flat Speed Trials 2006 to fly the Camera team. Took my magic carpet to Wendover Airport in Utah / Nevada and landed on the Utah Salt lake. This basically is a 35 * 35 mile runway of flat salt. Fitted a TV camera to the elevator and flew 17 times off the Salt. What a ball !
Later in the day I flew the National Geographic team for the new land speed record (the bike was faster than the Europa at 375 Mph ...)
Hope the images comes through.
be well - happy landings !
<Thomas, N81EU>
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