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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by dawg, Mar 18, 2009.

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  1. Holy crap! What a picture! I'll bet a few of those I-4 motorists ended up with poopy pants when they saw that big ole Connie coming down on 'em!!!:eek::D

    And yes, we should b/s over a beer sometime!
     
  2. unclescooby
    Joined: Jul 5, 2004
    Posts: 4,993

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    from indy



    Flying is easy. Cars don't go as far after they run out of gas.
     
  3. farm boy
    Joined: Oct 25, 2006
    Posts: 178

    farm boy
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    from reedley

    got my A&P in '70 really never worked in the industry. My favorite instructor Bob Lock, ruint me cause all he'd teach is antique stuff, then I had no desire to work on anything modern. Took the ground flight course, part of the curriculum, and only an hr. of flight, the money thing, so sorry I didn't finish:(.........But I do have a couple of 'shaky Jakes'', Jacobs L-6 that need a pt 17 or a upf7 or better yet a Pitts SAMSON...Oh Yea!
    Just a wannabe, OLY
     
  4. It also seems to me that people in aviation are more personable and less critical of one another than those in the car hobby lately. ( except for that one comment I recieved over the radio above Bartow Airfield: "Are you a student pilot, or just an asshole?":D)
     
  5. Ramblur
    Joined: Jun 15, 2005
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    Hey Doc, Kermit has some projects going down your way. I believe there's
    a Kingfisher and P39 being done in Wangeretta?? maybe near Melbourne?
    That ring a bell with you at all. I could be totally wrong tho...:eek:
    Hawker Tempest V supposed to be heading this way from England too,someday...
     
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  6. DocWatson
    Joined: Mar 24, 2006
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    Yeah, the old Drage's facility in Wangaratta its about two hours north of Melbourne, I knew he had a P-39 that I believe is an ex Aussy P-400 (P-39Q) here but I didn't know about the Kingfisher, man I love those things!

    I love the pic of that Connie on the shallow glide path, what a sight that would have been. Awesome!
    Doc.
     
  7. HarryT
    Joined: Nov 7, 2006
    Posts: 722

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    Got my ticket in '78. SEL, Inst.
     
  8. VanHook
    Joined: May 26, 2005
    Posts: 244

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    Started flying in 96. I worked saturdays at the local airport for two years in exchange for flying lessons.
     
  9. I am not a Pilot, but my wife is. ;)
    We own a 1949 Globe Swift and a Piper Cherokee
    also live in an airport community called "Propwash 16X"

    [​IMG]
     
  10. Flat Ernie
    Joined: Jun 5, 2002
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    Got my PPL SEL in '83, but now do this for a living:

    <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gv_a8TQe2M8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gv_a8TQe2M8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

    MC-130H Combat Talon II - Chariot of Armageddon!
     
  11. HellRaiser
    Joined: Jun 14, 2006
    Posts: 1,241

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    FAA Ops Inspector. SEL, MEL, Inst, Sea plane, PVT to ATP, CFI, CFII, 135, 121 check airman. "RET"



    HellRaiser
     
  12. synchro7
    Joined: Jul 17, 2006
    Posts: 349

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    Not yet, I have a Cessna 150F I have to fix before I can finish. Repainting it. Also all I have left for my A&P is the writtens, O & P. Before someone has a hissy fit, the strip and paint is being assisted and supervised by an IA.
     
  13. lostforawhile
    Joined: Mar 23, 2008
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  14. Shobra
    Joined: Oct 6, 2008
    Posts: 82

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    from SLC, Utah

    Does my Avatar give it away?

    SEL/MEL CFI CFII and all those other letters...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmxiZZZ-2_4

    Gotta love "The Duke"

    Oh yeah and I built them for McDonnell Douglas / Boeing for 5 years too.....
     
  15. dodgord
    Joined: May 23, 2007
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    hanglider pilot! does that count?
     
  16. Super88
    Joined: Nov 21, 2001
    Posts: 395

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    Private, but not current at the moment.
     
  17. ironhunter
    Joined: Jul 20, 2002
    Posts: 406

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    I was last weekend...yep. My son was sawing up a bunch of shit that was left from the the ice storm. He'd saw it and I'd pile-it...
     
  18. 1Bad67
    Joined: Mar 22, 2006
    Posts: 223

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    Never had my license, but I've taken the stick a bit with a buddy who has his, in an old T-craft.
    Eric
     
  19. super plus
    Joined: Dec 14, 2006
    Posts: 566

    super plus
    BANNED

    I can drive a plane, just can't fly one
     
  20. Andy
    Joined: Nov 17, 2002
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    First dual lessons in 55. Sold my plane in 94. The most fun was a J-3 landing on grass with the door open. You can hear the tires kiss the top of the grass. Also making 80* bank turns over the middle of Grand Canyon or flying thru Monument Valley below the tops af the formations.
     
  21. kustombuilder
    Joined: Sep 18, 2002
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  22. LongT
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    I've flown Maules. Had a friend with a private strip he had one. Cool plane.
     
  23. DocWatson
    Joined: Mar 24, 2006
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    Tac flying, that brings back some memory's. I miss that!
    I should be biased about how good Aussy pilots are but I must say that the New Zealand pilots are better low level Tac pilots.
    Having said that..............
    I have had the privilege to be chauffeured around by some US SOAR birds and you guys are just insane......scary insane.......like them shooting DOWN at us from a standing position insane, while flying over featureless flat desert! :eek:

    Doc.
     
  24. Bill Van Dyke
    Joined: May 21, 2008
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    Not much anymore but 30 years of fighter time. F-102, F-100, A-7, F-16. Great sights and great memories. Last legal napalm drop
     

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  25. Two things I learned from a gruff examiner during my commercial check ride:

    1. Q. What makes airplanes fly?
    A. Money.

    2. Q. What's the difference between knots and miles per hour?
    A. Knots are more expensive.
     
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  26. Ranunculous
    Joined: Nov 30, 2007
    Posts: 2,465

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    I drive a forklift occasionally and move pallots.I even have a license.
    They're traditional pallots;old and rusty.Some are wood.
     
  27. Kramer
    Joined: Mar 19, 2007
    Posts: 911

    Kramer
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    PPL, SEL back in the mid 80's. Stopped flying for over 20 years, got back into it about 4 years ago.
     
  28. Hogdriver
    Joined: Mar 31, 2009
    Posts: 224

    Hogdriver
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    from VA

    80 hours a month like it or not. It pays the bills and keeps me in beer, cigarettes and hot rods. Closing in on 9000 hours in the MD-80 but that's lame flying compared to the 11 years flying the A-10 Warthog. Now that was living! Life just ain't the same when you put down your 30MM cannon. By the way it only shot 60 rounds a second. 20 years of flying down with 19 more to go!
     
  29. CLSSY56
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    Last edited: May 21, 2010
  30. Love those things!
     
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