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jimmci9 #2
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 11:31 am: | |
i went by the post office on the way to breakfast today... normally only go about twice amonth... and i got a Christmas present in the mail: a 2-hour warbird flight in a t6 in kissimee fla.....i know its not aluminum wheels or chrome air horns, but its definitely kewl!!! a private pilots dream!!! i'm still looking for an 0-2, a 337, or a light twin, a time builder... |
Marc Bourget
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, December 26, 2004 - 1:25 pm: | |
Jim, I have a tinge of envy here! Brings back memories. It'll make your tongue hard! I've got about 7 hours in a SNJ-5.
The real test will be if the pilot lets you sit up front! There ain't that many that feel good enough, since the rear is a blind hole at landing.
As I remember the stick forces are high so if he's letting you fly through loops, etc. do some curls and chinups for practice!
Oh! and remember ear plugs, even if you have David Clarks (unless noise cancelling)!
The next step up in the "dream realization game" is the back seat of something like Frank Sander's Sea Fury at the Chino Air Show. I realized my "non-pilot's" dream back in '82-83!
Go for it!
Marc |
Jayrjay
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 12:33 am: | |
I like the 337 (or 336) but you end up with a Center Line Thrust Rating, instead of the plain vanilla Multi-Engine Rating. You'll need lot's of hours before AVEMCO will touch you though. Cheers...JJ (ASMELCI) |
BrianMCI
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 12:36 am: | |
Geez, you guys make me nostalgic... my dad was in the Navy as an aviation machinist mate (basically an airplane mechanic)during and after WWII and worked on several navy planes including the SN-J, Plus my mom took the whole Rosie the Riveter thing one step farther... by joining the womens Navy, the Waves, and was sent first to Pensacola Fl. then to Pearl Harbor where she would top off all the fluids and run the engines up to operating temps for the pilots. She was assigned to a training squadron that had several SN-J's. Which is how my mom and dad met!
This of course explains why I love anything to do with avaition...
As a side note, the other day I was on a test drive high up near the edge of the valley when I saw a fireball at Nellis AFB here in Vegas, I instantly got a sick feeling... where the fire was could only mean a crashed plane, and it burned a huge swath. Within about 10 minutes the fire crews had it out just as I passed by the crash site.
Turns out it was the F-22 Raptor that crashed...amazed the s*** out of me, luckily the pilot bailed and was ok.
Brian |
Red4501
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 7:52 am: | |
Brian,
My Mom and Dad also served in the Navy Stationed in Pearl. My dad helped build the run way all those fly boys used. Dad was a SeaBee. Mom was a nurse. They met there and got married also. |
utahclaimjumper
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 9:16 am: | |
I owned a 337 for ten years and 1250 hrs. I wished I had it back now, I paid $6500.00 (yes HUNDRED!) and sold it after ten years of flying for $42000.00.>>>Dan |
Philris
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 10:44 am: | |
If you want to fly something that feels like the WWII trainers but is affordable, get hold of a Yak 52. Great fun, full inverted (2 minute) systems. |
jimmci9 #2
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 8:00 pm: | |
the 58p baron i get to right seat is a blast too...its a racehorse... but i'm looking for an affordable light twin timebuilder... thats why i'm looking for something like a piper apache, twin comanche... cessna skyknight... or the 0-2 pushme-pullyou.... |
Bob Belter
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, December 27, 2004 - 11:12 pm: | |
Ho, BusNutz,
SNJ is a great airplane. I have ~~ 1000 hours in them, including a tour as a primary flight instuctor at Pensacola. Quite rewarding, to take a kid who maybe had never been in an airplane, and following A, B, C stage, he can fly an airplane pretty good. Tough airplane -- the wings didn't fall off.
Now, the T-28 is a blast ---, and also the F-8 Crusader, and the A-3 Skywarrior. The F-111B (Macnamara's folly) was a TERRIBLE shitepoke!!
I'm one of the very few people who have flown all the swing-wings -- F-111A, F-111B, F-14 Tomcat.
Shheeshhh -- They all were a blast!!!!
We TailHook guys sure did get to do a LOT of interesting things. Thanks.
I'm still not done. Take a look at the shifter in my -01 Eagle bus. A left-handed A-6 Intruder stick.
Enjoy/s/Bob |
Joe Beleskey (Joebus)
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 - 6:26 pm: | |
Purchased a 337 in 88, sold it in 93 when I lost my medical (heart problem). Got my medical back in 95, now I wish I had not sold (prices have doubled). They are a Great aircraft, Flew it coast to coast in Canada, and all of the eastern states. Never missed a beat, losts of power, stable IFR platform |
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