Nah, we had double that!Originally Posted by Slüdge
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Nah, we had double that!
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Semper Fi, Cameron David Smith, my son, my hero. 11/9/1989 - 11/13/2010
Never forget, we were all beginners once. Allain Burrese
My name is Shirley Kasser Creech and I approve this message. Well, at least one of me does, anyway. Maybe. Fire. Sharp things. Squirrel!
Shirley you're not serious? No, I'm not, but do stop calling me Shirley.
I hear ya. I am laying the ground work with the sig other for building a plane, before I get too old to enjoy flying it. It makes even an expensive scooter loook cheap.
I used to fly for a sky diving club and the plane, like most jump planes in small clubs was old and tired and did not inspire loads of confidence. On one particular flight about a week after a Beech 18 crashed with a load of jumpers we were climbing to jump altitude and I was leaning the mixture for a little more power (field elevation was at 4,000' already). I leaned it just a bit too far causing the engine to run a bit rough for a second or so. The jumpers were obviously sensitized by the press coverage as I found my self dealing with a sudden trim change and then noted I was now alone in the aircraft. At least we were circling the drop zone so they were not landing in the local wal-mart parking lot.I wouldn't consider most of the sky diving jump ships to be "perfectly good" and always thought if the pilot has a chute then it's prolly for a good reason!!
Sky divers are an odd bunch who make cave divers look pretty normal.
OMG, Larry has finally lost his mind! Mine took me over 16 years to finish...
Is it ever really finished?
I've never built a plane, but have lots of experience building & restoring wooden boats. The concept of "finished" seems to refer to a very brief point in time; between completion to the point where it can be used for its intended purpose, and the onset of never-ending maintenence, repair, and periodic restoration. I bet planes are the same, if not more so!
Yea, a project is never really finished. I have to work on mine this weekendIs it ever really finished?
I've never built a plane, but have lots of experience building & restoring wooden boats. The concept of "finished" seems to refer to a very brief point in time; between completion to the point where it can be used for its intended purpose, and the onset of never-ending maintenence, repair, and periodic restoration. I bet planes are the same, if not more so!
I'm an A&P/IA and work at a place that manufacturers Crop Dusters, so I have readily available everything any Home Builder could dream of, and I can't bring myself to build an airplane. I've got two airplanes, an 83 Maule that I have recovered, new interior, engine etc. and a 46 Cessna C-140 that I stalled out half way through it's restoration, it's flyable, I just quit on it.
You start building an airplane, your going to quit cave diving, unless maybe your retired and have one heck of an income. If you want to fly, buy an airplane.
Building an airplane to fly is like building your own re-breather. (an opinion of course)
Who does that bring to mind?
Whoever said money can't buy love never bought a puppy.
Yes, but most sane people wouldn't try to build a Defiant.
"Have you ever noticed
When you're feeling really good
There's always a pigeon
That'll come shiat on your hood?" John Prine 4-7-2020
"Into the blue again; in the silent water
Under the rocks, and stones; there is water underground" Talking Heads
I can't even imagineWho does that bring to mind?
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