Flying in Santa Barbara, CA Friday on a 1.5 mile final for Rwy 25, tower makes the following transmitionÂ…
Twr: Cirrus N7788T verify your landing gear is down.
N7788T: We are fixed gear, 88T.
Twr: Continue 88T.
May be I should have requested a fly byÂ…
Jim,
I think I know where the confusion comes from. Gordon F. and PapaLima are based at Santa Barbara and have the only Cirrus with retracts. Tower might have had you confused with them. [:)]
Walt
It’s that 170Kt final that fools 'em every time [;)]
Looks COOOOOOOOOOOOOL l[:)]
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Gordon F. and PapaLima … have the only Cirrus with retracts.
Walt,
Not true! Capitol Aerials, the company that did my in-flight photo shoot, provided me with a similar conversion to the one done on N322PL. In fact, they used the identical materials and procedure, and went about getting FAA approval the same way.
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Thank you,
The COPA Team
Boy, eliminating the landing gear makes an already gorgeous airplane even more gorgeous. For the few knots of cruise-speed that you would gain by pulling up the gear at high-altitude, however, I think I will take the cheaper maintenance alternative.[:)]
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Not true!
Mike,
I sit corrected! I wonder if Alan is looking at this photos thinking “if these guys only knew what we had up our sleeve…” [;)]
They are pretty conversions!
Don’t forget your GUMP!
Walt
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Walt,
Not true! Capitol Aerials, the company that did my in-flight photo shoot, provided me with a similar conversion to the one done on N322PL. In fact, they used the identical materials and procedure, and went about getting FAA approval the same way.
- Mike.
Is this for real? Where can I find out more?
Oh boy----here we go!!
not bad, PHOTOSHOP???
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Don’t forget your GUMP!
Walt - shouldn’t that be GUM? Of if you’re LOP - GU?
Tom
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Is this for real? Where can I find out more?
Click here for more info on the retractable conversion.
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not bad, PHOTOSHOP???
Richard,
I don’t know about Gordon’s plane. Come to think of it, I don’t know about mine, either – Capitol Aerials did it, and I never asked what they used. I only know that it wasn’t a hacksaw! [:)]
Mike - I’d get my money back. In their hast they also appear to have whacked your comm antenna.
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I don’t know about Gordon’s plane.
I used Microsoft Digital Image Pro on Gordon’s picture. Actually it’s my plane w/Gordon’s Tail number and Gordon and PapaLima’s smiling faces added.
Little more fun when you don’t have a blue background. [:)]
Walt
