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14. "RE: Leering from a Learjet"
07-10-02, 18:53z 

Greetings Mike:

> Those are great pics Ben. Lucky you!

Actually, not so lucky. We suffered a non-MEL-able equipment failure and stayed overnight (it was tough finding a hotel room on the 4th of July weekend) courtesy of North American Jet. I'll spare you the details.


> I was lucky to be able to log a couple of hours in a Falcon 50 sim at
> Simuflite in Dallas a few years back. The cockpit in that plane is
> cramped as well, but once seated, it's not all that bad.

I guess it's all relative. I'm an average sized guy (69") and curve of the LJ35 cockpit placed my head within 3" of the top curve of my head.


> I actually did
> ok, as the instructor said that that the plane might actually be flyable
> again after my landings <g>.

Being flyable after landing is a good thing. :)


> That's the closest I've come to a real bizjet.

Who knows? San Jose isn't that far from Paso. :)

Ben


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  Subject      Author      Message Date     ID   
  Leering from a Learjet    Ben_Chiu      07-07-02       
     RE: Leering from a Learjet   Madape[Lead]      07-07-02      1   
        RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-07-02      2   
             RE: Leering from a Learjet   Madape[Lead]      07-08-02      4   
                  RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-08-02      7   
                       RE: Leering from a Learjet   Madape[Lead]      07-09-02      10   
             RE: Leering from a Learjet   Mike_Greenwood[Admin]      07-10-02      13   
                  RE: Leering from a Learjet    Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-10-02      14   
                       RE: Leering from a Learjet   Mike_Greenwood[Admin]      07-11-02      15   
                            RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-11-02      16   
                                 RE: Leering from a Learjet   jerryrosie[Sysop]      07-11-02      17   
                                      RE: Leering from a Learjet   Mike_Greenwood[Admin]      07-11-02      19   
                                 RE: Leering from a Learjet   Mike_Greenwood[Admin]      07-11-02      18   
                                      RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-11-02      20   
        RE: Leering from a Learjet   avbug[Guest]      07-08-02      9   
             RE: Leering from a Learjet   Madape[Lead]      07-09-02      11   
             RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-09-02      12   
     RE: Leering from a Learjet   andor[Lead]      07-08-02      3   
        RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-08-02      6   
     RE: Leering from a Learjet   alanpugh[Guest]      07-08-02      5   
        RE: Leering from a Learjet   Ben_Chiu[Admin]      07-08-02      8   

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