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Re: A day I will always remember! Re: A day I will always remember! Charlie Kilo is one beautiful Commander. The departure from Grand Oaks almost scared me. Seems like it took a while to get off the ground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL_IelhfJrQ Life is a barrel of fun. Ken

Wednesday I got to sit on the porch with a cold beer looking at two Commanders. The first visiting Commander landed here, it was N48CK, John and Nigel from Guernsey UK getting her ready for the transatlantic crossing. The first picture shows how eight mechanics move a Commander after replacing...

Re: A day I will always remember! Things are going great at the farm. Lots of landings and take offs under my belt. Another milestone as I sat in the rocking chair with a cold beer, admiring the Commander. Life is a barrel of fun. Ken

Re: A day I will always remember! Today (Thursday) I had to go to work and pay bills. Unlike Pete I have a day job, not that many days a week any more. Lots of fun to stay home. The Commander is back at the airport but I plan to fly her back to Grand Oaks on Saturday and maybe even do a...

Re: A day I will always remember! John, Runway 18-36 is 4600' long, the crosswind runway 06-24 is 2000' Both 36 and 24 will have displaced thresholds due to high trees. 18-36 is 100' wide with a mowed safety area of 75' each side. 06-24 will be 75' wide with same safety areas. The way to...

Re: A day I will always remember! Hi All. Today I made the first departure from Grand Oaks. I used the same runway 36 as I landed on. It went extremely well although the ground roll was rather long. Best I can estimate it was 1800'. Directional control was a handful and forward visibility...

Re: A day I will always remember! after the landing in the rain on Sunday I have been taking it easy, to a certain extent. Due to the wine celebration I did not fly anymore on Sunday, plus a couple of inches of rain came down with fairly high winds. The runway handles the rain very well, a...

Re: A day I will always remember. Re: A day I will always remember. Carl, I do not even have a tie down. Just lots of grass. I keep looking out of the farm office window every couple of minutes to make sure she is still there. It is a weird feeling . The Commander looks so out of place...

Hi Folks. Not sure how to do this but I will try to load the video. Today after almost four years of work I made the first landing at Grand Oaks Plantation. This all started about ten years ago, wanting to land at home. Normal folks drive to the airport. Not me. About five or six years of...

Re: Ahoy from Atlanta Brandon. Tell us a little about yourself, flying experience, hobbies, occupation etc. Just like when I hire somebody, rather have a man that builds race car engines than one that plays the piano. Trying to figure out how we can pick your brains, that is if you have one...

Re: Ahoy from Atlanta Hi Brandon, Welcome to the group. I am just 99 nm South of you on Victor 97, Close to Albany,Ga. Where the grass is greener and the avgas and beer cheaper. If this is your fist plane I would also make it your last plane. First thing is to sensibly figure out your...

Re: The 20 second runway Commander style Brian. I always do the belly rub first. doing the top first is like eating dessert before the main course. A good creeper, box of nice white rags and a six pack of Milwaukees Best. Life does not get any better. Life is a barrel of fun. Ken

Re: The 20 second runway Commander style What a beautiful Commander.

Re: New 112TC Owner Hi Chris, Welcome to Commander ownership. Now about this rain in Colorado, You are being a little unfair keeping it all for yourself. I just wish you weatherman would move to South Georgia for a few weeks. I like your pic of the 3 blade prop, I have never seen one in a...

Re: New OWNER..long time lurker Billy, I also have the 112 Hotshot. great plane, hook battery charger all the time just on 10 amps while I learn the avionics. Works well for me. Ken

Re: New member in Mpls. Re: New member in Mpls. Rolf, Welcome to the group. I am sure some info on a CFI will show up within hours. Ken

Re: Commander flight video This video was taken from the Commander last year. First try with the Virb. The tail of a Commander is not a good Virb platform. The weeds that you see have now all gone and the first runway should be ready for sprigging in about a month when it warms up...

Re: Commander flight video Check this one out for a slow low pass over the runway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlgCdlsEdMA&feature=youtu.be Life is a barrel of fun. Ken

Re: I"m new!Hi Re: I"m new!Hi You are talking to A&P and IAs, You need to be talking to the Commander Owners group. Start off by joining the group if you have already not done this. Post your aircraft type and serial number in your signature. There is lots of help available right here...

Re: Cookout Southern Middle TN. M29 or KSNH end of March Mike, For us "Less than wealthy" 112 owners, would they allow us to sleep in the Commander? N1182J is set up for camping in the back. Or even a tent under the wing. Life is a barrel of fun