AOPA Pilot Magazine - September 2014 - 94

P&E

NEVER AGAIN

Uphill battle
Thank goodness for 100 horses
BY JIM HOLDER

94 | AOPA PILOT September 2014

JAMES CAREY

AFTER NINE YEARS of high-powered performance, my partners
and I sold our Beech Debonair. I was not ready to hang up my goggles, so I found a nice Aeronca 7EC Champ that had been modified
with a 100-horsepower Continental O-200 engine and a climb
prop. Now I could not go very fast or very far, but I sure had a
short take-off roll.
About a year later, and with 40 or so hours in the little gal, I
decided to fly about 30 miles to the west to a big Saturday fly-in at
Peach State Airport, near Williamson, Georgia. Peach State has a
downhill grass runway similar to that of Seven Lakes, our home
patch, near Jackson, Georgia. It was a cool morning with a forecast of much warmer temperatures as the day went on. A nice little
breeze was blowing out of the northeast, but that was no concern
to me, taking off downhill to the south at Seven Lakes. The Champ
would leap into the air as usual.
I had half a tank of gas (about 13 gallons) and planned to top off

the tanks at the fly-in. Just before departure a good friend asked if
he could fly over with me. He was an ultralight pilot and had heard
it was bumpy upstairs, so he did not want to bounce his way over.
My friend is a bit stocky, but I did some quick mental calculations
and decided I would be legal to take him with me.
So off we went, expecting to be airborne after a slightly longer
takeoff roll. This did not happen. I cannot say how much farther
we rolled, but it was enough that I actually glanced down to see if
I had left the carb heat on. It was off. I decided the little tailwind
must be the culprit.
We got airborne with runway to spare and turned out of traffic,
heading for the fly-in. On the way, I reflected on the long takeoff
roll and decided that I might not buy any 100LL, as it would be
considerably warmer when we departed for home.
Upon arrival at Peach State, we learned that airplanes were landing to the southeast-uphill-which worked out OK, because all the
airplanes were parking at the far end of the runway, where the food
and drinks were. The northeast wind favored this, as it gave us a
slight left quartering headwind for landing. Many airplanes also
were taking off uphill, hopping rides, fly-bys, and all that. Seeing
this and recalling the longer takeoff we had just made, I decided
not to buy any fuel. Probably the only good decision I made all day.
Some three or so hours later, with airplanes still departing and
arriving in the warmer noontime hour, using the uphill runway,



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