adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and again and

[Dean Pappas]

Hi Ron,
Ohmigosh, no ... that's not what I meant: I would never have wanted to drag up an old unpleasant bit, like that.
It's much more funny when you can laugh at someone anonymous!
 
Nope, I'm talking about one morning when you, John Fuqua and I were judging the Sportsmen.
One of the pilots was doing a magnificent job of butchering the schedule, when he got to the last maneuver: the dreaded 3 Horizontal Rolls.
At just about roll 2, you leaned over and muttered, "here goes" and sure enough, at roll 2-1/2 the poor pilot's processor went BZZZTTTT, a wisp
of blue smoke poured out of one ear, and the elevator stick went all the way back. The Earth shook as it impacted just about 25 yards ahead of us.
We felt it in our feet.
 
That's not all ... about 1/2 hour later, we took the 250 foot walk to the water jug, and met my kid brother and Darlene Fredericks.
They were on the next line, another 250 feet down the runway with Verne Altamirano.
Over a cup of cold water, they asked if we had felt the ground shake, and did we know what it was!
Of course we told 'em!
 
 
Then there was the time you presented me with those knee pads. I still have them.

Dean Pappas 
Sr. Design Engineer 
Kodeos Communications 
111 Corporate Blvd. 
South Plainfield, N.J. 07080 
(908) 222-7817 phone 
(908) 222-2392 fax 
d.pappas at kodeos.com 

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From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Ron Van Putte
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 4:13 PM
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Subject: Re: adding interest and complexity to Sportsman ... again and again and 




On Jan 6, 2005, at 2:57 PM, Dean Pappas wrote: 


 Oh yes, 3 rolls is infinitely more useful for teaching "elevator timing" than 2.  You can fake it for 2, but the 3rd one requires that the plane be under control after 2. 
Hey Ron van Putte ... you out there? 
Tell the man about the time the Earth shook in Lake Charles! 


Yes, I'm here. What Dean referred to here was my infamous crash at the Nats. This was back in the days when some radios were having 3rd order IM problems. I was on the center line of three lines along the same runway. I was flying a JR Century 7 on channel 40. We started the day's flying with the guy two ahead of me crashing on channel 40. The next guy went up, also on channel 40, and he crashed too. I went up and the radio failed to respond as my airplane was vertical in a reverse Cuban 8 as I was setting up to enter the pattern. It went in absolutely vertical directly in front of the flightline to my left. I handed the pin to the guy behind me and said, "Let's see what kind of ba!!s you have". He wisely refused to fly. When I got to the other flightline to retrieve the wreckage, Dave Brown said to me, "Your engine never sounded better!" I guess Dean was there too. 

Ron Van Putte 

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