AlexPeterson
Well Known Member
I wanted to share a moment that certainly brought a grin to all listening on the radio.
Sunday, a group of RV's from the neighborhood went to lunch at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Doug Weiler, Ken Beene, Tom Berge, Peter Fruehling, Brian Flood, Patrick Hamala and his wife, Tim Olson and myself (sorry if I forgot someone!).
Anyway, I ended up holding short of runway 22 for landing traffic, and the others had mostly departed ahead. An aircraft landed and cleared the runway. The tower called me for immediate takeoff with a Citation jet on final (probably a Menard's jet). So, I lined up and let 'er rip. I pulled the nose up and held 90 knots until I was just exiting the class D through the top. I was not yet 1.5 miles from the airport, but had climbed 2500' agl. Just as I was about to call the tower to request frequency change, or more accurately, to inform them of doing so (no radar there), the Citation, which was on the landing roll, called the tower. "Eau Claire tower, what was that aircraft that just took off?" "Citation 123, that was an experimental." Me: "That aircraft is an RV6-A" Citation: "Man, that thing climbs like a banshee!" Me: "Eau Claire tower, RV66AP request frequency change, above your airspace now".
Sweet.
Sunday, a group of RV's from the neighborhood went to lunch at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Doug Weiler, Ken Beene, Tom Berge, Peter Fruehling, Brian Flood, Patrick Hamala and his wife, Tim Olson and myself (sorry if I forgot someone!).
Anyway, I ended up holding short of runway 22 for landing traffic, and the others had mostly departed ahead. An aircraft landed and cleared the runway. The tower called me for immediate takeoff with a Citation jet on final (probably a Menard's jet). So, I lined up and let 'er rip. I pulled the nose up and held 90 knots until I was just exiting the class D through the top. I was not yet 1.5 miles from the airport, but had climbed 2500' agl. Just as I was about to call the tower to request frequency change, or more accurately, to inform them of doing so (no radar there), the Citation, which was on the landing roll, called the tower. "Eau Claire tower, what was that aircraft that just took off?" "Citation 123, that was an experimental." Me: "That aircraft is an RV6-A" Citation: "Man, that thing climbs like a banshee!" Me: "Eau Claire tower, RV66AP request frequency change, above your airspace now".
Sweet.
