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About 80% of general aviation aircraft fly using Lycoming engines. Clearing the trees at the end of the runway. Leaving 4500ft for 6500ft. Maintaining airflow and generating lift across the wings. All are impossible without a reliable engine. Lycoming powers my training aircraft and so fuels my quest for a private pilot certificate. This blog is a record of my thoughts and experiences on life, flight, and learning.

04 June 2007

Baby DA-40!

I went up to the airport today, and I thought something had happened to the DA40! It was like somebody had taken a giant heat gun and shrunk it, then taken the canopy off and turned it around. And then I looked a little closer...Ahh...a DA-20! How could I have missed that! I spent a little time walking around, pointing and going "ooh" and "ahh" and dreaming about fully developed spins (the DA20 is spin-certified). My Uncle "UP" was taking a marathon flight lesson - 2-3 hours or something like that, with 15 landings, high air work, and a bunch of other stuff. Here you can see a happy student ready to get fed into the Cuisinart of the sky. Ceilings were about 3500ft and it was gusty - 11 gusting to 17, but right down the runway.

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