Any pilot's on board?
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 6,366
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From: Fort Lauderdale, Florida
I haven't flown in a long while, but I was flying J-3 Cubs and an occasional Aeronca Champ. Eventually I want to build a fast kit, like maybe an RV6 kit or something faster. There's a 3/4 scale P51 kit that will cruise at 450 mph with an aluminum big block Chevy, if I can afford it.
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 18,401
Likes: 3
From: Retired but working
Cruise-In VI Veteran
Got my private ticket at 16.
Father had a P-51. Had 50 hours in it.
Also a Bonanza 100 + hours
A-26 Antique
B-25 Antique
WWI Jenny 3 hours
707(KC-135) 20 Hours + landings and takeoffs (Boom Op) (the Just-In-Case Factor)
Air Force Aero Club Skymaster (Old FAC bird), Cessnas, Cherokee.
Original cost when I started with the Aero Club was 17.50 Hour wet.
Now it's 80+
Will never be updating my medical. Too much $.
Father had a P-51. Had 50 hours in it.
Also a Bonanza 100 + hours
A-26 Antique
B-25 Antique
WWI Jenny 3 hours
707(KC-135) 20 Hours + landings and takeoffs (Boom Op) (the Just-In-Case Factor)
Air Force Aero Club Skymaster (Old FAC bird), Cessnas, Cherokee.
Original cost when I started with the Aero Club was 17.50 Hour wet.
Now it's 80+
Will never be updating my medical. Too much $.
Race Director
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 10,926
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From: Not where I want to be!!
St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-‘19
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Race Director
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 18,401
Likes: 3
From: Retired but working
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Melting Slicks
Joined: Sep 2004
Posts: 3,024
Likes: 18
From: DFW Texas
CMI checking in here.... 3500+ total J-3's through the new CE515. Only get a chance about 6 or 7 times a year anymore, but it's free when I do get to go check out the new birds in the skies.....
Favorite - tailwheels, low, old, and slow, door off - laughing every minute of flight. They serve no purpose but to just go have fun! Burn 5-6 gal/hr of car gas.
All the rest are known as "high speed transportation devices used in the search and acquistion of old airplane parts"
Favorite - tailwheels, low, old, and slow, door off - laughing every minute of flight. They serve no purpose but to just go have fun! Burn 5-6 gal/hr of car gas.
All the rest are known as "high speed transportation devices used in the search and acquistion of old airplane parts"
Instructor
Joined: Jul 2005
Posts: 179
Likes: 0
From: East Central Illinois
Hey Ken... Nice to have you on board! Congrats on your '99 purchase.
I haven't posted on the forum for awhile but I thought I'd better chime in on the pilot roster.
Commercial single land and sea, multi engine land, instrument.
Last airplane I flew regularly was a Piper Arrow... Sadly, as of the past three years or so I've let my medical go and now I'm just a Vette pilot.
I haven't posted on the forum for awhile but I thought I'd better chime in on the pilot roster.
Commercial single land and sea, multi engine land, instrument.
Last airplane I flew regularly was a Piper Arrow... Sadly, as of the past three years or so I've let my medical go and now I'm just a Vette pilot.
Race Director
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 18,401
Likes: 3
From: Retired but working
Cruise-In VI Veteran
Back in the "old" days, nearly all kerosene burners used water injection. It was quite a sight, especially during an ORI with four B-47s on the runway at the same time, all full-throttle, and all using rocket-assisted TO. The smoke and thunder was awesome! A sight never to be seen again. Here's my first attempt at adding a pic in my message, hope it turns out.
JATO all the way. They just got a RB47 at the air museum at Wright Pat for static display. Lat plane my Dad flew while he was in the AF. They went to BUFFs and he retired.
Burning Brakes
Joined: May 2003
Posts: 850
Likes: 0
From: Green Lane Pennsylvania
Commercial, single engine land and sea, multi engine land, instrument airplane. CFI-I Current aircraft Mooney Ovation M20R equipped for known ice FAR part 23. Total hours 3,600+
By the way 100ll av fuel at Signature BWI two weeks ago was over $7.50 and if I remember correctly jet fuel was $8.41.
By the way 100ll av fuel at Signature BWI two weeks ago was over $7.50 and if I remember correctly jet fuel was $8.41.
Last edited by Blue Lightening; Jun 5, 2008 at 12:41 PM.
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 3,745
Likes: 5
From: Lakewood WA
36 years in the cockpit. 6 with the Air Force and 31 flying ExxonMobil Execs. T37, T-38, EC-135, C-141 with Uncle Sam and Gulftream II, III, IV, Cessna Citation V, Saberliner, and my last few years before retiring from ExxonMobil, Bombardier Global Express.
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Race Director
Joined: Nov 2003
Posts: 14,372
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From: Indianapolis IN
St. Jude Donor '05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17
I flew these while in the Army, but haven't piloted anything since I retired eight years ago.
Last edited by Cocked and Locked; Jun 7, 2008 at 08:07 PM.
Le Mans Master
Joined: Aug 2004
Posts: 9,420
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From: Southern New Jersey, The wet part at the bottom
St. Jude Donor '08-'09-'10
Back in the "old" days, nearly all kerosene burners used water injection. It was quite a sight, especially during an ORI with four B-47s on the runway at the same time, all full-throttle, and all using rocket-assisted TO. The smoke and thunder was awesome! A sight never to be seen again. Here's my first attempt at adding a pic in my message, hope it turns out.
Oh my aching 02 sensors!