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one available airspeed, about 60 knots. If
I held an airspeed either above or below
60 knots, the aircraft began to descend.
Once the controllers understood my
mission, I commenced my long spin and
they even communicated with me during
it. Given my descent rate of 6,000
fpm and nose sweeping full circle every
two seconds, I politely informed them
that " Traffic, two o'clock, ten miles, same
altitude " wasn't particularly useful to
me. But after about 35 turns the engine
quit, the propeller came to a halt, and
the nose pitched down enough so that
Wilbur's spin converted to a spiral. While
muttering a few words from my occasional
expanded vocabulary, I recovered
to straight and level flight before the airspeed
became dangerously high. The
propeller stopping during an extended
spin in Wilbur happens regularly with
less than 18 gallons of fuel. I anticipated
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6,000 fpm and nose sweeping
full circle every two seconds,
I politely informed them that
" Traffic, two o'clock, ten
miles, same altitude " wasn't
particularly useful to me.
and had tried to prevent it by filling the
tanks to the very top at the airport. Alas, it
took me an hour to get to 16,000 feet and
I burned off too much fuel in the process.
The next day I tried it again with
another long climb to Wilbur's absolute
ceiling followed by similar results.
It turns out that I have reached the limits
of his ability to climb in order to go
beyond my 60-turn spin. Short of getting
a lift up to a higher altitude using another
aircraft, I suppose I will have to content
myself with it. Catherine Cavagnaro is
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mathematics at Sewanee: The University
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