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1. 07:23 AM - Chutes (Jay Land)
2. 07:38 AM - Re: Them Russian are at it again... (John A. Nielsen)
3. 10:18 AM - Re: Chutes (ByronMFox@aol.com)
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The FAA is considering extending the chute repacking timeframe to 180 days.
There is a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking out that we should all comment on.
See the entire text at:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2007/E7-9875.htm
Submit your comment here:
https://dms.dot.gov/submit/dspSubmission.cfm
The Docket number is: FAA-2005-21829
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| Subject: | Re: Them Russian are at it again... |
Here is a U-Tube film clip of that what you described in Paris.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wmAlLnqg5c
John Nielsen
Daniel Fortin wrote:
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> One of the perks of being a corporate pilot is that once in a while you
> end up at the right place at the right time. This year was exactly that.
> I just spent the at the Paris Airshow in Le Bourget. And thanks to a
> good friend of mine who connected me to the right people, we (my
> co-captain and I) were guest in one of the many Corporate lodge and were
> treated to a very nice lunch might I ad.
>
> But back to real stuff...
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> Having spent all morning running away from one TRW+ after another, we
> feared the show would be cancelled. But immediately after our extended
> lunch it began.
>
> First up was the new French Tiger helicopter. Now here is something I
> had never seen; This thing hovers at about 500' then rolls to the
> inverted and pulls a split S.... Then he went on to do a bunch of rolls,
> but no loop. The last manoeuver was something else; again he hovers,
> then the tail drops to the vertical, slides around 1/2 a fuselage length
> and recover with 3/4 of the loop. WOW.
>
> Then came a slew of the high speed stuff. The Rafale (French fighter)
> was impressive (I guess there is only 2 positions on the throttle; Idle
> or after burner. He did the complete show in afterburner... Going to
> idle only in the last manoeuver, a reverse cuban, where he dropped the
> gear and landed from the vertical...), the Eurofighter also, the F16
> lived up to its expectation and so did the Tornado. But the one I really
> wanted to see was the last one of the day. The Mig 29. Finally I was
> going to see the cobra manoeuver. The Mig took off, did a bunch of usual
> manoeuvers, did the tail slide (twice) and as he was leaving show center
> to reposition he had a fart. The LH engine threw a flame about 20ft out
> of the tail pipe. The pilot simply dropped the gear and landed :-( I
> guess I'll have to wait again. You should have seen the Russian
> mechanics, they were all looking for a rock to hide under.
>
> That pretty much it from the French front,
>
> Cheers,
> Dan Fortin
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In a message dated 6/24/2007 7:24:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jland@popeandland.com writes:
The FAA is considering extending the chute repacking timeframe to 180 days.
There is a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking out that we should all comment on.
See the entire text at:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov
/2007/E7-9875.htm
Well known repacker and RPA supporter Alan Silver has been hard at work
encouraging this rule change. Interesting, when it potentially cuts into his
business. I would guess, however, that unless you're a regular airshow participant
you might be less than religious about repacking every 120 days. ...Blitz
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