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FiFi’s TOLD card for a lightly loaded short flight at 86,000 pounds, nearly 25,000 pounds below gross weight. She was loaded at just over half tanks, with 2,900 gallons of 100LL on board.
important today than ever. It’s so a granddad or grandmother will bring the current generation to the airport to see and touch an old airplane. Share stories about a time when we were losing the war in the Pacific. About a brother on a ship in the Pacific who never came home. Or a neighbor who walked on to the beach at Normandy and survived but brought home the scars left by walking among the bodies on the blood-stained sand of Omaha Beach. •
Preserving and flying these airplanes to preserve those stories, good landing or bad landing, is rewarding work. And occasionally, a “roll-on landing” is nice too, especially nice becauseyouknowyouearnedit. T&T
On any given day, you might find Doug Rozendaal fly- ing aerobatics in a P-51 at an air show, flying a twin or turbine doing pilot service or charter, or flying his B-55 Baron or F-1 Rocket working in his lubricant, packaging and real estate businesses. He holds an ATP, CFII, MEI, SES, and several type ratings in World War II aircraft. Email Doug at dougr@petroblend.com.
The pitch window for landing is very narrow. In accordance with CAF custom, after scraping the tail-skid, the author takes ownership of the infraction by signing the new paint.
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