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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 12/21/2009 6:26 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 12/21/2009 7:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		I used to race "dirt track" years ago at Baylands Raceway Park in Fremont Ca.

I would sometimes go down to the west side of the end of the drag strip to the glider port where Cessna 188's were used as tugs.

There were 3 of them there in a corner of the storage lot, all balled up...

The manager said the wrecks were caused mostly by over confidence so.... be careful.

I would watch these things land at Calistoga where I took glider lessons (long ago) and the pilots would grease them in every time on the grass field with nary a bounce.

BTW... Last time I was at Calastoga, 6-7 years ago, the glider port was closed down and all over grown...

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 1/20/2010 9:02 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 1/27/2010 4:27 PM   
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Got a float endorsment 9 years ago and now I can't catch a fish without an airplane!

I am restoring a 47 Luscombe 8A with a C90-12, and no electrics....note to self....never buy annother polished aluminum airplane! there's a lot of work to get back to a polished finnish after it's been neglected for a few years.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/12/2010 9:36 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/23/2010 10:34 AM   
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licence at 17. Cessna 120 at 19 $6.000! Took lessons from Art Scholl at 25 at Flabob airport. Flew my 120 home [Powell River B.C} and bought a Pitts S1S. Flew that for 5 0r 6 years and sold it and bought a Grumman AA1B. Got married, bought a house started a family sold the plane and the rest is history!

Awesome dude, I`m from Powell River too!!!

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/23/2010 4:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Nice polish job Garfred, looks great, mine is almost there, but without the wheel spats (pants), and it's a dark red stripe and interior

My cousin has a 47 8A (with a round tail) and a 49 T8F thatys almost done it's restoration, so there are a few Luscombes around here.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/24/2010 11:31 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/24/2010 4:07 PM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/28/2010 11:20 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 2/28/2010 11:34 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 4/11/2010 10:03 PM   
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Just retired after 42 years as a pilot. I flew so many airplanes I lost track of some. flew alot of the WWII warbirds, corporate jets, and Transport category airliners. My last ride was as a Captain in the Boeing 747-400LCF.  You may have seen it at Oshkosh in 2008. It could make and interesting large scale flyer. Check it out on the WEB.  put in ''Dreamlifter''.

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I saw the Dreamlifter in Anchorage last week. Should have taken a photo.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 6/14/2010 3:56 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 7/9/2010 9:52 PM   
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Got PPL about 28 years ago. Before that i flew hang gliders then ultralite aircraft (quicksilver) Purchased a cessna 152 converted it to a tail dragger then in the late 80s i got the home building bug and built an RV6 (taildragger) and my wife and i flew to Oshkosh in 89. I must say that was something, every home builders dream to touch down at the Oshkosh air show.Most of my time is in tail draggers, once and a while in a Champ or Cessna 140. A grass field is what i learned on and a compass/deadreckoning was the main way to navigate,if you were lucky a VOR station was near by and that was fun .I would hate to pay for a private license now, a lot of cash and a lot to learn.I have not done any flying in a few years it just got to expensive.



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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/14/2010 3:47 PM   
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Have been working ofr the last few years for The Royal Flying Doctor Service out of Adelaide, Port Augusta, and Alice Springs, we operate the Pilatus PC-12, which although is a single engine, is a fantastic machine.
Earlier this year I ferried a new one which has Honeywell Apex glass, from Switzerland back to Adelaide,heaps of fun. Matt

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 9/30/2010 5:48 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 11/22/2010 7:47 AM   
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Status: offline 		Im only 60 and have worked on Cub's to L10-11's ... havent ever owned the real thing but my Dad made me chase his rc-escapments and thermal searchers since I can remember ... " Long Island Gas monkeys " We flew at the local airport ...
me and my brothers jumpin black widows and rocks chasin and watchin you real big guys flyin over our heads at the local airport ... I always wanted a big ass crop duster just to do screamin overhead passess back at cha ....
all kiddin aside ... my true love was those old Bipes
I always loved them WWi biplanes ... now I have a 1/3 scale sopwith pup ///
its named " jumpin poo 4U " ... thats all I know

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 12/15/2010 3:45 PM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 12/21/2010 6:59 PM   
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Status: offline 		 I got my PPL 16 years ago, Im third Generation pilot, My grand father got his ticket right after WWII (he was army infintry and fought in the battle of the buldge) I believe he got his ticket with 14 hours, My Dad got his in 1967 soon after the 40 hour min. was implemented, he took off for the airport here he was to take his check ride w/ 39.5 hours, landed there w. 40.1 and took his check ride. (oh and he passed) I was around planes all me life, started skydiving in 91, in 93 I met a flight instructor that wanted to learn to skydive, I taught him, he taught me. I dropped skydivers (my instructor) be fore I had my licence. I solo'd w/ 20.2 hours and got my ticket at 40.4.
 Every time Ive been in a skydiving plane I try to get right seat, I have rt seat time in DC.3's, Twin otters, Queen airs, 411's 414's king airs, Beech 18, Ive jumped from 727, Ford tri motor, Casa, caribu, C-130, B-17, bi-planes, heli's, hot air baloons, A bridge in Ca, and El'capitain in yosimite valley.
 In RC im a BIG warbird guy. Ive only been in rc a little less then a year now but I think Ill be in for a long time

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 12/22/2010 6:02 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 12/29/2010 12:31 AM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 1/28/2011 5:41 AM  1 votes
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To make a long story short, there are severe changes that the FAA needs to make and me and my instructor ( James Willard Seaman ) are proof. The FAA needs to apply more regulations, restrictions, hours for new pilots and stop killing innocent people. Enough is enough and I'm not happy with the FAA, not at all. I quit flying all together because of the FAA.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 1/28/2011 1:33 PM   
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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 1/29/2011 3:50 AM   
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Nobody quits flying because of the FAA, that's just an excuse to cover for your fear of flying or fear of crashing. Maybe you'll quit driving a car too, because people are killed every day in cars!


Through the years I've read about 25,000 NTSB reports. Most are because of #1 pilot error, #2 lack of training, #3 engine failures, #4 structure failure. 

  Van's are overall good aircraft, especially the 6 series, although the 6 series has a very heafty record for fuel problems. The 8 series is well... a different story as seen here http://aviationcrashmap.com/plane/ca/N58RV

   I read atleast 800 reports of wings coming off during straight and level cruise flight and those are factual reports. I wouldn't blame those on pilot fear, but the FAA.

  Also, I wouldn't compare cars to aircraft. In a car you have the ability to swerve, whereas in a plane that looses it's wings at 15,000 feet, it's kinda hard to hire an airframe mechanic to do repairs when you are decending at 3,000 feet a minute, know what I mean?

   To the FAA, you need to do a better job of regulation, restrictions, more rerquired training and stress test. We pilots aren't just a bunch of numbers, we are fathers, mothers, brothers, sister, friends, uncles, etc...

  I didn't quit flying because I'm scared to die/ crash. I stopped because I realized the FAA cares nothing about me, or you.





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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 1/31/2011 6:19 PM   
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Nobody quits flying because of the FAA, that's just an excuse to cover for your fear of flying or fear of crashing. Maybe you'll quit driving a car too, because people are killed every day in cars!


Through the years I've read about 25,000 NTSB reports. Most are because of #1 pilot error, #2 lack of training, #3 engine failures, #4 structure failure. 

  Van's are overall good aircraft, especially the 6 series, although the 6 series has a very heafty record for fuel problems. The 8 series is well... a different story as seen here http://aviationcrashmap.com/plane/ca/N58RV

   I read atleast 800 reports of wings coming off during straight and level cruise flight and those are factual reports. I wouldn't blame those on pilot fear, but the FAA.

  Also, I wouldn't compare cars to aircraft. In a car you have the ability to swerve, whereas in a plane that looses it's wings at 15,000 feet, it's kinda hard to hire an airframe mechanic to do repairs when you are decending at 3,000 feet a minute, know what I mean?

   To the FAA, you need to do a better job of regulation, restrictions, more rerquired training and stress test. We pilots aren't just a bunch of numbers, we are fathers, mothers, brothers, sister, friends, uncles, etc...

  I didn't quit flying because I'm scared to die/ crash. I stopped because I realized the FAA cares nothing about me, or you.





You have read NTSB reports of 800 aircraft whose wings have fallen off in flight??? Please enlighten us, Which aircraft is the worse?? I am sure everyone here is wondering too........

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