AOPA Pilot Magazine - March 1958 - (Page 59) 1 , M Wands 0 O ( C o n h d from m e 99) The pfiok h o w he'll probably find icing, turbulence, and the udmown i n t w clouds, which i s not enough h &h maF a seasoned ~&wan but never&+ less a bit m g h for a pilot Msing a ref w h m course. E n t m i ~ cloud mass, a however, ia not l i b diying into cold m*; the pflot mdddt b ~ h8 r n o the change i the check piIot hadn't told f Airline Type PROFICIENCY COURSES fw him "You're i it," he observed w m U y . n H mdd see the fog tlmugh the hood e louvres: fog that swirled OIT the wing tips, condensed on the windshield, gray and irnpeneble. The bumps started h come, and the pilot m t l y buched Business Aircrafi CAA Approved Seabee Modification Pilots and Owner - Pilots of single and Multi-Engine Business Aircraft In Your O w n Plane FLIGHT ELmRONlC-LINK ACADEMIC Training m m e d to Your Personal Needs k u r s e includes: 0 Engineering Analysis Performance Tests a Complete Instrument Truining or Refresher hmiliarizutjon with latest procedures, 0 techniques and of a wing-kip m&cation which off e r ~ po~sibiIityo f considerably imthe proved performanm over the original M e @design. Engineered by Ned C. Rim of East Harkford, C m . , the modi$cation conaista of a ~ng-apan increase plus a spill-plak addition, The span i n crease is obtained by replacjig the inal conbur wing tip with a 20-inch straight amtion. R a h o f 4 i m b i i n c m ~ d100 feet s per minute, stalling speed decr%asd6 m*p.h,landing diabnce decreased %%, sea be^ ownem can now W e advantage * about 16Qhours, according h Rice, and he caukion~ t the jo! should b done m only by an aircraft sheet metal mechanic Much of this t h e i required s for khe 1 W n g and mplachg of the upper MVMthe two outbuard wingof skin sections t permit am=s ia the a main wing Epare which must Im strengthened. regulations Emergency Work and takeoff distance decread 16%. Plans and other CAA r e e d engineering data are available for $300 from Rice and dl necessary parts for the job can be p w c W from a b d a r d ~ ~ running at p m n t prim, aps , pmximatdy $Ern. Eice states that stress analysis a h o m that khis strengthening of the last four feet of the WC wing outboard panel in WrabIe "if a wing extension i added which m d t a i s b s nu stantially improved performance'' Seabee owners m ~ bave the modiy WGHT PROF/CiENCY SERVICE, INC. h a c h u m Refd Fort Wo*, Texas T i e required for assembly runs fication h~tdledat Himbury Flying Service in C o m d c u t or h v m a B m , Ltd,, Toronto, Canada. Further information may be obtained from Ned C. Rice, 470 Silver b n a , East Harkford 8, h n n . MARCH, 1958
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