---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sat 07/02/05: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 04:04 PM - Re: Video...- practicing (Rex Hefferan) 2. 10:04 PM - Re: Video... (jimshumaker) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 04:04:31 PM PST US From: Rex Hefferan Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Video...- practicing --> Kitfox-List message posted by: Rex Hefferan David, If it were me I wouldn't change my personal practice area because of that womans call. You could check with the local FSS about your practice area and see if they feel you should go elsewhere. I would see it as a opportunity to try and educate the caller if you could. One call with no resulting FAA involvement sounds like an overreaction by the caller. Many years ago I practiced aerobatic maneuvers over a somewhat sparsely populated area several times and never heard of any complaints. I was flying at a safe altitude near a friends house (5,000+ AGL) and they would have told me of any neighbors negative comments. Rex Colorado David Lumgair wrote: >--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "David Lumgair" > >Guys (& Gals) - > > > So here I was, all "pumped" that I had performed all these maneuvers >just about flawlessly when my cell phone rings. (Less than 10 minutes out >of the plane.) It was a friend at the local airport checking on me, he knew >I was up because I saw him when I was there for fuel. Said he was concerned >because a woman had called saying that there was a small high wing plane >"flying crazy like he didn't know what he was doing or might be drunk" by >her house and the plane kept "bobbing" in the sky. Then that plane "flipped >over on it's side and fell until it was close to the ground." Apparently >she wanted to know if she should call the police. I guess she didn't >because I haven't heard anything else and I work with the Sherrifs office >alot in my profession so someone would have mentioned it to me. After he >told me where she was calling from I figure it might have been me she was >watching as I could see the area she lives in from where I was practicing - >by her house was a bit of an exaggeration - I did pass over that area on my >way back to the field but was still at 2500+ S&L and was a long way away >when doing my maneuvers. The area where the lady lives is about 4 miles >west of the strip so I doubt she saw the steep spiral. > > Point is I would hate to have the FAA call on me because someone who >doesn't understand what's going on panics and exaggerates - I never broke >any rules either. I was practiceing BASIC flight maneuvers - things most of >us learned for PPL. I don't drink, got that out of my system long ago. I >never did any aerobatics that required a parachute. My aircraft is >certified for the maneuvers I was doing. Always maintained an altitude >where in the event of an engine failure I could safely glide to a suitable >landing area. And was out over the water when I did my maneuvers so as not >to endanger anyone. > > Guess I'll go to the practice area 60+ miles away from now on... In a >150 that could take all day to go up and back if the wind shifts. WHAT A >BUMMER! > >Dave > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 10:04:07 PM PST US From: "jimshumaker" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Video... --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "jimshumaker" Had something simiar happen a couple of years ago. I was circling over an empty field. clear of houses and vehicles and those minimum clearances. As I added power I would climb about 500 feet. Then throttle back and drop down about 500 feet. Same diameter circle and same bank angle. I had been unable to induce a spin in the plane at that time. Yeah, I got turned in for doing spins over a house. Jim Shumaker