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Topic: 2nd solo, now w real emergency!
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bjorn
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posted 06-15- 05:37 AM
  
Went up for my second solo flight today. Started with 4 touch-n-go's, just to make sure I still have it. Left the field for a short look around and climbed to 1500 feet. A few turns and I headed back, check ATIS for altimeter (still perfect) and reduce alt to traffic pattern altitude 1000 feet, check list before landing (fuel pump on, autopilot off, altimeter correct.) Call out that I'm on my way in, and get no response, so I'm alone. As I turn in towards the airfield, I notice I cannot turn the yoke. Elevator OK, rudder OK, aileron stiff! Re-check autopilot (still off), try to extend flaps and see if they've somehow mechanically hooked on to the ailerons (nope, flaps works perfectly, still no ailerons.) Try to steer with rudder, works fine. OK, here I come. Lower altitude than normal to allow for higher speed in my turns without getting problems with the final. Make a huge arc of the base-line instead of two 90 degree turns, and come in. Fortunately wind is straight in the direction of the runway. Landing is perfect, ironically one of my very best so far. As I leave the runway, I still cannot move the ailerons. Taxi to parking and find my instructor. Of course the ailerons works fine now... looks like a fool I guess, but this did happen.The theory currently is that the autopilot was on, despite that the switches were off. As I turned off the electric system, it went off and all was fine. One thing I did miss. Should've dialled in 121.5MHz and called mayday (since the airport is not controlled, and no one was listening, calling mayday on that freq would've been a bad idea,) and called it off once I was safely on the ground again. Oh, well, lesson learned. Again, I think the hours on sims like this, where aircraft behave like aircraft really do behave, helped me in being able to successfully land the aircraft.
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Werner Molders
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posted 06-15- 08:47 AM
Whoa bjorn! I'm glad you made it down ok! Thats kinda strange that your switches said AP off but it wasn't off... Is that plane in for some kind of maintenance after having that happen?Werner ------------------
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Aui
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posted 06-15- 02:30 PM
I still envy you Bjorn...Ah, hopefully I will eventually get to it. Just need to take my exam and work for some years I guess. But then I will also get this plane: 
 A Seawind 4-seater amphibian capable of 200 mph.
About $100,000 for a finished, used example (it's a kitplane), so it's not unreachable.
Also, what airfield are you flying from bjorn? My nearest one for flying lessons is probably Säve, Gothenburg, but it seems to me a bit too occupied. I'd prefer a more calm place I think. Medium sized passenger jets and learjets using the same runway puts a bit of pressure on you...
Btw, you didn't happen to meet the US Air Force One somewhere around?
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bjorn
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posted 06-15- 02:50 PM
Aui,I'm flying from Barkarby, Stockholm. I would't say the airport is calm, since over 100 aircraft are stationed there, but it's not *that* bad either, and definitely no jets. Its airspace is crammed in between Bromma and Arlanda, though, so it gets fairly busy very soon when you leave the traffic pattern. Tnx for the tip about the seawind. I'll have a look into that. My current favourite (but outside of my financial scope) is the Lancair (www.lancair.com.) Yummie! Another plane that looks really nice is a Fashination(sp?) (yes, that's the name of it, but I don't have a URL unfortunately, German make.) A 2 seater (side by side) kit plane, top speed 162 KTAS, stall speed around 35 KIAS, drinks only 17l fuel per hour in cruise setting. Werner: Don't know what's due for that plane now, but I don think I'll fly it until I can see a check by an authorized mechanic in its log. Next lesson is on Tues morning, and that one's a navigation flight (with instructor.) IP: Logged |
JT
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posted 06-15- 06:01 PM
Gremlins?Anyway, glad you made it down ok!
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Psi
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posted 06-15- 11:54 PM
bjorn, bummer, glad yer ok...Aui, I got to have one of those, that is just what I'm looking for. I need a plane like that to get into the high mountain lakes and fish. Do you have a URL for this bird??? That is my dream (Santa are you there!) Love that little pond hopper  P IP: Logged |
Pete Hawk
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posted 06-16- 02:31 AM
Glad you made it back, that's really scary stuff!When I was flying in the Air Force as a Flight Engineer, at the midway point over the Atlantic (flying from Frankfurt, Germany to Westover, Mass) we lost our number 2 engine on the C-5 Galaxy. Things got panicky because we had to fly lower and were burning more fuel. On top of that you now have to plan on losing another engine, and then see the liklihood of making shore, or ditching. I've had moments like this where the worst enters your mind. It's strange to think, I hope we don't end up swimming in the middle of the ocean and become shark bait! But it crossed my mind on just about every trip over seas. [This message has been edited by Pete Hawk (edited 06-16-2001).] IP: Logged |
Aui
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posted 06-16- 09:03 AM
>Tnx for the tip about the seawind. I'll have a look into that. I actually think there is one in Sweden. Don't know where it's based though. >Do you have a URL for this bird??? Of course =)
www.seawind.net
www.seawindsna.com
http://seawindpilots.com Lots of flight reports:
[/url]http://www.seawindsna.com/seawind/testreports.htm[/url] To bad I have so many expensive interests... IP: Logged | |
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