Newton's laws of motion as applied to me.: Photos

Monday, August 01, 2005

As promised here are a couple of shots taken during my solo yesterday:

Engine checks

Taxi for take-off

At Monday, August 01, 2005 7:21:00 pm, Anonymous said…

That airplane is quite the looker! Makes the C-172 I fly look ancient.
At Tuesday, August 02, 2005 4:02:00 am, Oshawapilot said…

I was just thinking the same thing - that's certainly a sleek airplane compared to a C152/C172, etc.

I saw a few of them at the Oshawa airshow recently. Nice little plane.

I can only immagine that that cockpit becomes a pressure cooker when it's sunny out, though.

One advantage of a highwing, no sizzling in the sun. :)
At Tuesday, August 02, 2005 9:00:00 am, Chris said…

Yeah it does look kinda funky, I think it makes a good short distance VFR aircraft because of the view forward is superb. The heat thing really is a downside though, it heats up very quickly and soon turns into an oven.
At Wednesday, August 03, 2005 4:13:00 am, Anonymous said…

It must get pretty hot in there for sure. What is the ventilation like?
At Wednesday, August 03, 2005 10:11:00 am, Chris said…

Ventilation is pretty poor, there are two air vents which seem to let in little more than a breath of air at any altitude. Additionally it has two small slide windows in the canopy, these are ok for ventilation but to get a real cooling draft from them you have to poke a sectional map (folded) into the airstream to direct the air inwards. The windows are about the size of a small envelope.

Newton's laws of motion as applied to me.