Drag Strip Landing at NPR
 

Something different on our drag strip. After I landed on the track, my buddy who was along to bring my plane back to Gulf Shores begged me for the opportunity to make a landing on the track. Carolyn Cartwright hopped in the back for her first flight in a small plane.

The video of the takeoff and landing was made by a student pilot riding in the left front seat. You get a good bird's-eye view of the track & pit area.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFhGqICpN6I

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Very well done
That must have been a blast...

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Looks like fun to me.

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Pat when the plane is landing what was the beeping noise.

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It is a stall warning device that let's you know that your plane is almost too slow to fly. Sort of like a Matie Box that warns you about breaking out. :)

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Thankyou Pat.

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I now know what a football feel like going thru the uprights. I guess that is a 3 point landing?

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What was the dial?

Don

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instead of dive bombing the brakes, just pick the front wheel up

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Learning to fly is still on my "list". I had a chance several years ago when I lived in NC.. I had a customer that he and his son both flew.. They had a grass strip behind the barn and they offered my their plane for my flying hours.. All I had to do was take the classroom and they would supply the aircraft for my flight hours for fuel only... Couldn't beat that but a career move came before I got to do that.. But the move did allow me to become a USCG Captain on a vessel of 100 tons or less.. So guess I can't complain... But that still does look like fun to me!!!!! But I want to ride the space shuttle also....... So what do I know???