---------------------------------------------------------- Yak-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 06/24/07: 3 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 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) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:23:27 AM PST US Subject: Yak-List: Chutes From: Jay Land 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 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 07:38:47 AM PST US From: "John A. Nielsen" Subject: Re: Yak-List: 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: > > 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... > > 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 > > > > > > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 10:18:07 AM PST US From: ByronMFox@aol.com Subject: Re: Yak-List: Chutes 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 ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message yak-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Yak-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/yak-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/yak-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.