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Southron Sanders

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  1. Major Millard: THANK YOU so very much for your "in depth" Storch report. Your reports above are some of the best pilot reports I have read anywhere and are esepciallially illuminating on how it actually is to fly a Storch. WOW! 20 Knots on Final just before Touch Down! For me, that would definitely take some getting use to. Interestingly enough, there is a company down in Florida that is importing Storches that are manufactured down in Columbia, South America. They also offer flight instruction in a Storch on a per hour basis. So, I figure that I will definitely get some training in a Storch from them before heading into the Wild Blue in a Storch solo. All My Best Southron
  2. Major Millard, Sir: I am very much considering building a Storch Kit. In you report above you mention that the first Storch you flew has met with an unhappy fate. I have heard other reports of Storches here in the U.S. crashing. Does the aircraft have an "Achilles Heel," perhaps a quirk that might make it unsafe in certain operating conditions? How does it handle landing in a strong crosswind? How does it take moderate to heavy turbulence? I am a former CFI, so I know all aircraft have to be flown safely all of the time. When you reported that the Storch has "aileron authority" in a full stall, that impressed the heck out of me! With a Cessna 150 in a full stall, if I wanted to pick up a wing I had to do it with the rudder because the ailerons were on vacation. The reason for my inquiries is that I am thinking about building a Stoch and then teaching my Son and some Grandkids how to fly in it. Of course, I want something that is safe in the hands of a novice pilot. Any other insights you could provide about flying a Storch would be most Welcome! THANK YOU!
  3. I live in Georgia (in the Deep South of USA) and learned to fly back in the mid-1960's flying the usual Pipers and Cessnas. Then in the 1970's I purchased a little Beechcraft Sierra and absoutely LOVED it. Went everywhere in the Eastern and Mid-Western U.S. in it. Used it for business on many occasions. Got into another line of work, so could not use the Beechcraft. Finally sold it and got out of flying because of the expense. Now my one of my grown sons is learning to fly, so guess I will take it up again. In the meantime thinking about building a Storch Kit airplane. I live on a farm so could keep it in one side of the machinery shed and use the adjacent pasture as my "Airstrip." I have another grown Son that wants to learn to fly plus a bunch of Grandkids that will soon be old enough to start driving vehicles and flying airplanes. As a former CFI, I could get that ticket renewed and teach them in the Storch.
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