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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 5/28/2004 4:07:52 PM   
althepal


 

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From: Mayaguez 00680, PUERTO RICO (USA)
Status: offline 		RCU Tower... Alpha Juliet Charlie with you...

I started flying when I was in my 20s, but had been invilved with models since age 9
Flew Robin Dr 400, soloed after 7 hours( was lucky?). Moved to US, get PVT, Inst, Com, CFi, CFII, IGI, AGI and MEI ( Mei was initial flight instructor). Anyway, do not fly anymore for health reason. BUT, having said that, I want to outline the point that flying models was a great learning tool for understanding aerodynamics, principles of flight.....I did use models, in classroom, to explain a lot of those to students...Hell, it is easier to carry a 18x6 prop in your bag than a a real full size one!
Passion for aviation still intact...now I try to apply my experience in full scale to models...the circle is complete!
By the way....anybody from Georgia, USA? I remember two designated examiners I had check rides with...JACK B SCOGGINS, from Valdosta...the Scoggmonster... and BOB HOWELL!

Any informations about them would be refreshing

A J Carrette

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 5/31/2004 6:59:05 PM   
otterdriver


 

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From: soldotna, AK, USA
Status: offline 		Hey Guys Great thread allot of full size pilots on RCU I am a bush pilot here in alaska I am 45 and have been flying since I was 12 in my dads PA12. Now days I fly a beaver most of the time a little cub work every now and then I havn't flown down in the lower 48 much a little around the Tuson area you guys have allot of MOA's to dodge down there but I had fun. Mark,

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 6/13/2004 1:07:53 AM   
Lowlevlflyer


 

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From: Davis, OK, USA
Status: offline 		Hey guys, glad to see so many full scale pilots here. I started flying when I was 15, in a local CAP squadron. Got my private in 89, and commercial in 91. Got a little over 3000TT now (there were several years that I didn't fly for a living), with about 1500 of that being Ag time. Cropdusting and pipeline patrol constitutes the biggest part of my time in the air. I've been working on my instrument rating as of late, and multi next. Now, if I could just figure out how to handle an R/C model like I handle a real aircraft, I'd be happy! Any other ag pilots or aerial patrol pilots onboard?

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 6/26/2004 12:12:15 AM   
cummings66


 

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From: Moberly, MO, USA
Status: offline 		Here's a picture of our plane. I'm in the leather jacket next to it, and my wife is in the leather jack further forwards. We're at Miami County airport K81 near Paola KS. We flew in for lunch and met some friends there. If you're ever in the area they have very good BBQ and awesome cheesecake. Right now I am debating going to a warplane fun fly tomorrow or flying to Miami County. It's a tough call...

Got my certificate in 1999 after deciding to go for it. I'd been flying models for probably 10 years prior to that and never did have a bug to fly full scale until I was a base commander for a local CAP Flight Encampment. Being around it for 7 days all day long kind of got to me and the day after the encampment ended I was training to be a pilot. 88 days and 44 hours later I made it. Shortly after that we bought this plane to fly around in, it's been fun.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 6/26/2004 1:46:01 AM   
h-ray-RCA



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From: Bellingham, WA, USA
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ORIGINAL: feihu-RCU

There are bold pilots and there are old pilots - I'm one of the old pilots, a retired ATP.
Civilian flight instructor
Army Primary flight instructor
In WWII, service pilot in Air Transport Command, CBI flying the Hump-got 2 air medals and the Distinguished Flying Cross
Captain for CATC, an Airline in China
Captain for Aloha Airlines
Professional Aerospace and Electrical engineer - NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
1937 - designed and built my first Free Flight model
2004 - just completed drawing and constr details for 36" Aerocommander for 280 elec power

Confucius say, "Instrument takeoff like toothpaste - easy to get out, but velly difficult to get back in !



Damn!! Just logged my 8,000 hour and was feeling pretty smug, then I read your resume.


Wish we were all on an overnight together so we could get the beer flowing and the stories going.

:cheers:


Steve

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 6/29/2004 6:24:20 AM   
Shoe



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From: Ridgecrest, CA, USA
Status: offline 		I fly hornets during the week to pay the bills and Discuss Launched Gliders on the weekends for fun.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 7/9/2004 8:09:35 AM   
dabigboy


 

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From: Tucson, AZ, USA
Status: offline 		Ooooh, cool thread.

I "officially" started flying in '98 when I soloed, although with my dad being a pilot, I had lots of time riding in planes before that. Just finished a 2-year degree in aviation technology at a local college. Got my commercial and instrument, was going for the CFI but decided not to take the checkride (although I did officially complete the course). I felt I just got too burnt out of the school and training stuff to be "with it" enough to even pass the CFI checkride, much less be a competent instructor. Not sure what kind of flying I'm going to try for........I got really tired of "normal" training maneuvers and cross-country oriented stuff (although actually going places is pretty fun). But I took a 10-hour aerobatic course a couple months ago, and LOVED IT!!!!! Used a Decathlon, that's probably the most fun flying I've ever had. Even when we just cruised around and practiced takeoffs & landings it was great, that plane is fun for short hops.

Got a little over 200 hours now. At the moment I'm kinda taking a break and sorting out what I want to do. With just a part-time job to take care of, I *do* have a lot more time for R/C now. Might try to find some sort of service-flying, like pipleline patrol or perhaps bush flying of some sort............doing aerobatics professionally crossed my mind, but I don't have the funds to get into it and I don't think I'd be committed enough to practice sufficiently (I just want to go have fun when I do aerobatics ).

-Matt Bailey

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 7/13/2004 10:58:56 PM   
iAlex


 

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From: Ridgecrest, CA,
Status: offline 		Private Pilot Glider. About 90 hours of flight time so far. Been flying for almost 3 years now. Longest soaring flight has been a little bit over 4 hours, and I have reached a max altitude of 14,000 feet while thermalling. Been involved in Radio Control for close to 15 years.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/6/2004 7:30:17 PM   
airbatic


 

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From: Warner Robins, GA, USA
Status: offline 		My F-15 searing towards targets gives me tingles in the spine. And seeing the target disappear
charges me to no end.

Kraus

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/7/2004 4:08:40 PM   
Reverett


 

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From: , GA, USA
Status: offline 		Kitfox Model IV N4273A

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/7/2004 4:33:00 PM   
Reverett


 

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Status: offline 		Kitfox Model IV N4273. Sorry, I didn't get the pictures attached on the last post.[image][/image]

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/7/2004 4:45:08 PM   
Reverett


 

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Status: offline 		Oops meant to attach pictures of before and after test flying a Kitfox Lite that ended in near disaster. The models are a whole lot safer to fly.[image][/image]

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/12/2004 8:12:31 PM   
iAlex


 

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Status: offline 		What kind of engine are you running in your Kitfox? I've thought of building one, but I'm also finding myself drawn to the Murphy Rebel.

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RE: Full scale flyers....roll call. - 8/13/2004 1:19:30 AM