dmar836 said:Yup. A '46 Champ. Great little plane to fly. Bounced and floated a bit at the unfamiliar field. Felt bad until Larry did the same in his Luscombe and he's flown for many a year. Wasn't just me. A bit bumpy but I greased two of my landings like I knew what I was doing. Great day!
I know what you mean Geoff! It's happened to me twice! First time I was over Mission Bay (San Diego) at low altitude in a Cessna 206. I put it down on Fiesta Island. Second time was in my Ultralight flying over the Mojave Desert. Luckily I had a big dry lake bed to put it down on. Then there was the other two engine failures I had in multi engine aircraft... :shock: I guess that's what happens when you have 6000 hrs flying recips. It must be nice to fly jets!Atticus said:My father had a '46 Champ when I was a kid. As is recall, it had the 65 hp Continental. We were flying it down the Outer Banks from Ocracoke to Beaufort, one day, when the engine swallowed a valve. The prop wind milled until the metal shards were evenly distributed throughout two or three cylinders…and then it froze dead still in the upright position. I am here to tell you...there is no silence quite like the silence you experience when your only airplane engine quits running before you want it to.
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