Simviation Forum - Leeward Spotting 3/19-20/10

Mar 24^th, 2010 at 6:10pm

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Here are a few shots I took over spring break.

http://www.simviation.com/yabbuploads/s177_031910_03.jpg
One for Fozzer.

Citabria landing after towing a glider.

A Piper Colt.

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Reply #1 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 10:51pm

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Cool pics!

But some corrections are in order:

First one is an American Champion 7KCAB, aka Citabria. Almost a Decathlon, but not quite. Grin

Second one is a Piper Vagabond (I can tell by the rear window), not a Piper Tri-Pacer. A Tri-Pacer is a Pacer (sort of a 4-seat vagabond) horribly disfigured with a nosewheel (yuck!).
A Colt is a Vagabond, similarly disfigured (why? whyyyyy?!?!?!?).
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Reply #2 - Mar 24^th, 2010 at 11:31pm

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Well, for the Tri-pacer/Vegabond thing, according to the FAA it's a PA-22. According to Wikipedia, that's a Tri-Pacer. It may have been converted to a conventional gear.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4735Z

Thanks for correcting me about the Citabria.

EDIT: Seems that a PA-22-108 is a Colt, even though it's got a conventional gear and an O-320

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Reply #3 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 4:46am

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Reminds me of my local airfield. Wink

specter177 wrote on Mar 24^th, 2010 at 11:31pm:

Well, for the Tri-pacer/Vegabond thing, according to the FAA it's a PA-22. According to Wikipedia, that's a Tri-Pacer. It may have been converted to a conventional gear.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=4735Z

Thanks for correcting me about the Citabria.

EDIT: Seems that a PA-22-108 is a Colt, even though it's got a conventional gear and an O-320

It's officially still a Colt for registration purposes. Proper Colts & Tri-Pacers are quite a rare sight in this country nowadays as most of them have been converted to taildraggers with retro-fit kits. I much prefer the the taildraggers.

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Reply #4 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 8:59am

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Looks like a great day for flying. Cool

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Reply #5 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 10:31am

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Yea, my dad and I went up in our 185, but our alternator failed so we had to cut the flight short. Undecided

Thanks for clearing that up.

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Reply #6 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 12:12pm

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Does the name LeeWard has it's origins in Leeuwarden? a major frisian city?

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Reply #7 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 1:11pm

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My family originally came from Czechoslovakia in the early 1900's. I don't remember what their last name was, but it was very hard to pronounce, so they changed it to Leeward.

The word Leeward actually means the downwind side of a mountain or island, or the "lee" side. Windward is the opposite.

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Reply #8 - Mar 25^th, 2010 at 8:57pm

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A Colt with an O320 or O360 and a tailwheel makes an interesting plane - as does a Cessna 150

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THIS IS NOT A PANAM CLIPPER

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