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[Twolanerider]

Scot, are those warbirds at a hangar/museum out in central Kansas?

[REGGAB]

Half decent TADS FLIR video.  Oldie but......dumbass.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4CQfaBGWSo

[cuthbertss]

Wow cuth! Did you fly these? I just flew Cessna 150s and had five Ultralight / Experimentals. Landed on a road in the middle of nowhere on the Kentucky side of the Ohio River one time. Car had two guys and a girl trying to change a tire. One guy sat on the hood and was trying to direct the operation. One guy was using one hand and his head to lift the tire and both were giving instructions to the girl trying to operate the jack. I got out of the plane and went to help. The guy on the hood had no legs, the guy working on the spare was paralyzed on one side! I changed the tire, put everything back in the trunk, got back in my plane and flew away. I thought I had a good story until one of the other pilots said "Just think of the story that they have to tell!" LOL 

these are just a few of the goodies I was lucky enough to play with when I was younger..
flying in and to airshows every weekend in warbirds all throughout the midwest

afetr that, a Cessna just didnt do it, and i gave up on it

[cuthbertss]

Scot, are those warbirds at a hangar/museum out in central Kansas?

Yesir...

formerly the property of the Mid America Air Group out of Lawton and OKC Oklahoma BITD.

one of these days, im gonna get there to see em ....  i still have a rear hatch key and Dzus wrench for the B25

[Twolanerider]

these are just a few of the goodies I was lucky enough to play with when I was younger..
flying in and to airshows every weekend in warbirds all throughout the midwest

after that, a Cessna just didnt do it, and i gave up on it

Oh my.... 

Never got to do more than ride in a few warbirds.  A little bit of right seat time.  But nothing that really mattered.  Never having gotten to play with them for real can only imagine that it would be hard to get accustomed to Skylanes or Bonanzas again after flying those so much sexier.  Hottest thing I ever got to log many hours in was a nice Mooney.  It was a lot of fun.  And got to play a couple of weekends in a T37.  But I'd still trade Brian's bike(s) to log even a couple of hours in a Mustang.

[cuthbertss]

Oh my.... 

Never got to do more than ride in a few warbirds.  A little bit of right seat time.  But nothing that really mattered.  Never having gotten to play with them for real can only imagine that it would be hard to get accustomed to Skylanes or Bonanzas again after flying those so much sexier.  Hottest thing I ever got to log many hours in was a nice Mooney.  It was a lot of fun.  And got to play a couple of weekends in a T37.  But I'd still trade Brian's bike(s) to log even a couple of hours in a Mustang.

always had a thing for the Mustang, the Jug and the Corsair.... never got to play with any of those

fly with them , yes , in them, no

it was a fun time....  cool guys.  and in those days the Coors Light BD5 flew the circuit..   and brought a horse trailer full of samples 

[cuthbertss]

just sitting here thinking about even earlier days...

when i was like 15,  my 3rd lesson was in a Stearman PT17...  damn that was fun.... 

spent a  lot of time in a Citabria.....

and, there was a couple flying a thing called CAP-10s , a high performance tandem tail dragger,  they were called the " French Connection"

I got a few hours of aerobatics early on in one of those....  cool stuff

hmmm ANOTHER expensive hobby i thought i had put to bed 

[Twolanerider]

always had a thing for the Mustang, the Jug and the Corsair.... never got to play with any of those

fly with them , yes , in them, no

it was a fun time....  cool guys.  and in those days the Coors Light BD5 flew the circuit..   and brought a horse trailer full of samples 

The Mustang and the Corsair do it for me.  Though for reasons even I'm not sure why I love the looks of the P38.  Much rather fly the Mustang or Corsair.  But if the Lightning was a woman I'd marry it.

[Twolanerider]

just sitting here thinking about even earlier days...

when i was like 15,  my 3rd lesson was in a Stearman PT17...  damn that was fun.... 

spent a  lot of time in a Citabria.....

and, there was a couple flying a thing called CAP-10s , a high performance tandem tail dragger,  they were called the " French Connection"

I got a few hours of aerobatics early on in one of those....  cool stuff

hmmm ANOTHER expensive hobby i thought i had put to bed 

Early flight training was a hoot.  Not knowing (nor even having a clue) what you don't yet know had to be tough on the flight instructors.  But damn it was fun.

I did mine (and this is no chit) with a one legged guy named Riley flying out of his grass strip called Riley's Roost.  Taildragger time in a sweet little maroon and polished Cessna 140.  But he had all kinds of old junk around the strip.  Aztecs and a couple of 150s and a Tomahawk (hate that one).

About a year after I got my VFR tag I did some time in a Citabria too.  Instructor at the next town over had one and did aerobatic instruction.  Loved every minute of it.  That is the only flying that is more fun than riding a motorcycle.

[murphy]

http://www.filecabi.net/video/Passes_in_Jets.html

[cuthbertss]

Early flight training was a hoot.  Not knowing (nor even having a clue) what you don't yet know had to be tough on the flight instructors.  But damn it was fun.

I did mine (and this is no chit) with a one legged guy named Riley flying out of his grass strip called Riley's Roost.  Taildragger time in a sweet little maroon and polished Cessna 140.  But he had all kinds of old junk around the strip.  Aztecs and a couple of 150s and a Tomahawk (hate that one).

About a year after I got my VFR tag I did some time in a Citabria too.  Instructor at the next town over had one and did aerobatic instruction.  Loved every minute of it.  That is the only flying that is more fun than riding a motorcycle.

first solo was in a Cessna 150  with a coffee grinder radio......  try that sometime!!!!!

the nice thing is it was on like a 15 000 ft runway.
another really cool deal i got....

after i got my license i went with a dude named sabby ludovici...  like a 72 yr old CFI ... and got my SES (single engine seaplane) rating.

amazing how easy it is to land on the water.. nice and smooth.

[Twolanerider]

first solo was in a Cessna 150  with a coffee grinder radio......  try that sometime!!!!!

the nice thing is it was on like a 15 000 ft runway.
another really cool deal i got....

after i got my license i went with a dude named sabby ludovici...  like a 72 yr old CFI ... and got my SES (single engine seaplane) rating.

amazing how easy it is to land on the water.. nice and smooth.

ooooh, never got my ticket for seaplanes but did a little time in a 172 on floats.  Really liked it too.  Got to log 8 landings but never finished the rating (aside from the instructor time was never going to use it).  That scene out the cockpit just before and through touch down on water was one of my favorites though.

[cuthbertss]

yep

nice memories

i had forgotten about it until my latest little trip to STX...

nearly got landed on by the local airline

[Twolanerider]

Just noticed the coffee grinder radio mention.  Have seen a couple of the old Narco radios sitting on shelves but never actually had to contend with flying with one. 

My first solo was in an old 150 also though.  It had a radio.  And it worked.  About half the time.  Just like the single VOR.  Thank god people used to be able to read maps .

[cuthbertss]

Just noticed the coffee grinder radio mention.  Have seen a couple of the old Narco radios sitting on shelves but never actually had to contend with flying with one. 

My first solo was in an old 150 also though.  It had a radio.  And it worked.  About half the time.  Just like the single VOR.  Thank god people used to be able to read maps .

i despised that damn radio!!!!

ever flown in a staggerwing? 

that was cool too...  the steering wheel instead of a yoke was kinda funky