Congratulations on getting her home Chuck! You are to be commended for
handling the situation as you did. What made the door open? Keep us
informed of the situation.
Thanks,
Jeff
N128LJ Gold Rush
On Nov 28, 2006, at 1:38 PM, CHUCK RHOADS wrote:
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> 50/50- Fifty feet in the air and 50 feet of runway left, OK;
however,
> not good when the canopy comes open.
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> Thanksgiving day was beautiful and I had not been home for 2 weeks so
> I decided to go flying.- The temperature was the coldest that I had
> flown my plane, 40's in the hanger.- The door/canopy did not close
> quite normal which I attribute to the temp change.- After two touch
&
> goes all looked great until the door came open.- First I thought
that
> I was a "has been", but I noticed that the plane was still
> controllable and that the canopy was still intact.- After reminding
> myself several times FLY THE PLANE, I was able to use my left hand
> to-hold-the canopy shut.- About that time I remembered that
there was
> a 20-30 story Holiday Inn just ahead of me now that I was off course,
> so stress got to be a little high.- Downwind went fairly normally;
> however, the landing became interesting because I had never used my
> right hand on the controls and thus there was no easy to control
> throttle, trim, etc.- The landing actually turned out to be pretty
> good, that may be relative because I have had many that were not
> pretty.
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> On another note, my Geo Metro engine is working great and the engine
> computer greatly simplifies the engine management.- In cases like
that
> above simplicity can contribute to safety.
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> Chuck Rhoads- A100
> N246CR- Trike
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