This is just like flying !
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This is just like flying !
That's what my Uncle Jim said as we flew down Route 15 coming south from Mansfield. I'm flying at a cool 85 scanning ahead for bogeys (deer at the side of the road). Just letting the engine run on auto-pilot and occasionally flicking the wheel to change lanes. Then in a tighter section whipping her left and right as we go past slower cars.
You know what, driving a C4 on the open road is just like flying.
You know what, driving a C4 on the open road is just like flying.
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Re: This is just like flying ! (94lt1torchred)
Watch out! There is a Messerschmitt on your tail! He has a falshing buble gum machine on his canopy, and is gonna shoot your full of moving violations...
Take care, the skies are not always friendly!
:seeya
Take care, the skies are not always friendly!
:seeya
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Re: This is just like flying ! (Beautiful Beast)
Watch out! There is a Messerschmitt on your tail! He has a falshing buble gum machine on his canopy, and is gonna shoot your full of moving violations...
Take care, the skies are not always friendly!
:seeya
Take care, the skies are not always friendly!
:seeya
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Re: This is just like flying ! (Southern Comfort)
Watch out! There is a Messerschmitt on your tail! He has a falshing buble gum machine on his canopy, and is gonna shoot your full of moving violations...
Take care, the skies are not always friendly!
:seeya
Not a Mess. A Mitsubishi....Zero...with a fartpipe.. :yesnod:
Take care, the skies are not always friendly!
:seeya
Not a Mess. A Mitsubishi....Zero...with a fartpipe.. :yesnod:
He passed both me and the Budweiser van I had been trailing in the no-pasisng zoneand on a curve. He almost got caught by the Messeschmidt with blue lights up ahead. When the two of them turned off at Blossburg I hit the afterburners and disengaged. Then I went supersonic and bugged out.
[Modified by 94lt1torchred, 8:37 AM 11/1/2003]
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Re: This is just like flying ! (94lt1torchred)
With roughly 5,600 hrs driving birds I can say that it does have several similarities.
Before the engine is put in the start sequence, power on wait for the annunciator panel (DIC) to clear, move ignition to start, monitor the oil pressure, monitor other engine parameters as it stabilizes at ground idle at about 105F coolant she's ready to come off the start blocks. As you move away from the hanger at ground fine idle it will supply sufficient power as the ASR energizes indicating all system are nominal. Checking to ensure the flight path is clear spool the engine up to 96% and as the G force presses you back in the seat, the seat belts cinch, and a small vapor trail is left behind you. Set the power for cruise, engage the auto pilot and settle back in the seat steering with finger tip pressure on the control wheel you keep your head inside and outside the cockpit monitoring the parameters on the digital flight director and navigating around inbound and outbound traffic.
Yep one can easily describe driving a C4 that way.
By the way, with OAT at 72F (outside air temp) a clear crisp nite flying back from the coast last night on a brand new paved road for about 50 miles the LT1 just purred. I luv turning the music off, and listening to the sounds of perfect harmony between engineering and man-made materials that comprise a Corvette. At 65-70 you hear the LT1, the tone of the exhaust and the reduced noise of the Eagle F1's it is music in itself. Had an excellent drive home last night. Just thought I'd share.
After a little more than two years I have never driven a vehicle that provides so much exhilaration. The way a C4 handles and maneuvers and accelerates, what an awsome car a Corvette is. As a kid it was every thing I dreamed it would be and more.
Here's a do you ever: Do you ever, while driving at highway cruise tuck your left foot into that snug area between the door and the sill?
Have a great Saturday folks! :seeya
[Modified by 93JetJocky, 11:48 AM 11/1/2003]
Before the engine is put in the start sequence, power on wait for the annunciator panel (DIC) to clear, move ignition to start, monitor the oil pressure, monitor other engine parameters as it stabilizes at ground idle at about 105F coolant she's ready to come off the start blocks. As you move away from the hanger at ground fine idle it will supply sufficient power as the ASR energizes indicating all system are nominal. Checking to ensure the flight path is clear spool the engine up to 96% and as the G force presses you back in the seat, the seat belts cinch, and a small vapor trail is left behind you. Set the power for cruise, engage the auto pilot and settle back in the seat steering with finger tip pressure on the control wheel you keep your head inside and outside the cockpit monitoring the parameters on the digital flight director and navigating around inbound and outbound traffic.
Yep one can easily describe driving a C4 that way.
By the way, with OAT at 72F (outside air temp) a clear crisp nite flying back from the coast last night on a brand new paved road for about 50 miles the LT1 just purred. I luv turning the music off, and listening to the sounds of perfect harmony between engineering and man-made materials that comprise a Corvette. At 65-70 you hear the LT1, the tone of the exhaust and the reduced noise of the Eagle F1's it is music in itself. Had an excellent drive home last night. Just thought I'd share.
After a little more than two years I have never driven a vehicle that provides so much exhilaration. The way a C4 handles and maneuvers and accelerates, what an awsome car a Corvette is. As a kid it was every thing I dreamed it would be and more.
Here's a do you ever: Do you ever, while driving at highway cruise tuck your left foot into that snug area between the door and the sill?
Have a great Saturday folks! :seeya
[Modified by 93JetJocky, 11:48 AM 11/1/2003]
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Re: This is just like flying ! (93JetJocky)
I'm a retired Naval aviator and I agree. I love driving my C4. Luckily, I haven't scared myself as bad in the Vette as I did a few times flying. Try a night carrier landing for getting the pucker factor up sometimes.
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Re: This is just like flying ! (TSauntry)
I'm a retired Naval aviator and I agree. I love driving my C4. Luckily, I haven't scared myself as bad in the Vette as I did a few times flying. Try a night carrier landing for getting the pucker factor up sometimes.
[Modified by aj1988, 7:51 PM 11/1/2003]