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Bill Haynes’ First Flight, from Laurel Kenner
May 25, 2010 |
Department of Happiness and Heroes:
Specs who know Bill Haynes will be glad to hear that last week he successfully flew the plane he built. [To see picture of actual plane, see our prior post from April 23]
The flight took place in the turbulent conditions over the mountains near Chino, California. Bill noticed shortly after takeoff that his throttle automatically went to idle, so he spent the next 45 minutes holding the throttle in his right hand and working the controls with his left hand. "If you're flying a plane for the first time, you don't want to land it right away," he told me.
Ha. I would have wanted to land it right away. You may remember that Bill is 86 years old.
In addition to being a tough ex-fighter pilot Bill is a rocket scientist. He's also a helpful and optimistic person, which puts him right in tune with DailySpeculations.Com .
His web site: www.timeleft.org
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Wow, this guy is awesome. I don’t even like to fly passenger jets.
Bill, they just wanted to make sure you weren't القاعدة [AlQaeda]…….
Please go to www.timeleft.org my Father’s website. He was killed in a car accident 08.15.09 on his way to church. You may contribute to his blog. Thank you for your article about my Father. God Bless.
Barrett Haynes
I am the late Bill Haynes’ son- Barrett. Dad was killed in a car accident 09.15.10 while driving to church Sunday morning. He is now the missing man, but make no mistake- he is your wing man from now on… & with the ground crews.
God Bless you all, Barrett Haynes
DailySpec carried an obit on Bill Haynes:
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