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04-16-2015, 02:17 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Originally Posted by luddite42
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Jerry, First time I have seen the pic of your tail after "The Touch" event. You da man for getting that thing down safely!
When you can talk about it, most of us would love to hear the first hand story of what it was like to fly that plane in that condition.
Last edited by Brantel : 04-16-2015 at 02:21 PM.
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04-16-2015, 04:48 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Ridgeland, SC
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Wow. Ive flown with Widget, but I dont think I'd want to have been in the plane when that happen. I dont have any of those NASA certified DEPENDS to wear.
Widget---proud of both of you for getting the planes down safely.
Tom
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04-16-2015, 07:57 PM
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Looking at that, very thankful both landed ok. WOW is the word! I wonder if the composite prop contributed to a more positive outcome. Tough birds and excellent pilots.
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and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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04-17-2015, 08:35 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Freericksburg, VA
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Taking nothing away from the skill exhibited by both pilots in landing safely I'd say both were lucky in the extreme. An inch or two one way or another and a jammed elevator or departing prop... Shudder to think about it.
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04-17-2015, 09:17 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
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Agree, Richard
I am really thankful both pilots and all the spectators are okay. This could have been a very bad day. As it is, planes can and will be rebuilt, and Widget's GRT video tutorials will keep coming, to supplement the skimpy, scattered documentation (ahem...)
Confuscius say: Aileron-hinge-to-spinner beats elevator-hinge-in-spinner every time 
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04-17-2015, 12:57 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sherwood, Oregon
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Videos? GRT?
Links pls to Gidget's GRT videos? Anyone? 1st I've heard of them.
Jerry
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04-17-2015, 01:22 PM
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Jerry---they are on GRT's website, as well as You Tube. I think there is like 5 of them. Widget did a great job! Oh and the videos are great too!
Tom
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Teflon Hose Assemblies for Experimentals
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RV7 Tail Kit Completed, Fuse started-Pay as I go Plan
Ridgeland, SC
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04-17-2015, 03:13 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Brookshire, TX
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Wow, I hadn't seen the photo of Widget's plane until now. |
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