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Airplanes

Scraptastic!

Scraptastic!

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'nuff said...

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Here's one of my favorite airplane porn sites. ERROR

I love the Pilatus PC-12 and Socata TBM turboprops; Mooney M20, Piper PA-18, Helio Courier, Found Bushhawk and Cessna 185 piston singles; Beechcraft Mod 18's, Aerostar and Piper Twin Comanche piston twins; Glasair, Lancair and Pipistrel Experimentals and just about every floatplane/amphibian out there. 8)
 
I'll settle for this

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An A-10.

Probably part of my fascination is because it's pretty much a giant gattling gun with wings.

For some size reference of the actual gun built into that aircraft;
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Other than this airplane, the bit of interest I have goes out to middle 20th century-ish military prototypes. So many odd concepts, which seemingly worked somewhat, but obviously weren't optimal.
 
I've flown both a Cessna 150 Aerobat and a Piper Tripacer, both of around 1950's vintage. Betcha y'all didn't know general aviation used to be an obsession of mine, eh? ;)

I never actually got a license; as long as you are flying with someone who is certified, it's not necessary.

So I have utter respect for the classics. Who needs a brand new Cessna 172, anyway? :)

These days, though, as pricey as avgas is, it's a hobby that's pretty much the luxury of the very-well-off.
 
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Some of my flight time was logged in this 1941 Taylorcraft BC12D

panel pic: 85 miles per hour,headed south at 2200 feet above sea level,35 psi oil pressure, 2 inches of suction at venturi,cold,under 100 degrees F and near flat and level flight(30 feet per minute climb rate)...approx. 70 % throttle on 65 raging horsepower
 
Actually true 100 octane low leaded avgas does not burn well in a high compression automotive engine as it is engineered to burn slow in a relatively low compression slow running (2100-2500 RPM) aircraft engine. Track tests have shown me that avgas did not gain performance over high test pump gasoline,and cannot hold a candle to racing blends by lower timeslips results. Yes,it is a higher octane rating by numbers,but automotive fuel is rated by research octane divided by motor octane to achieve the average number...avgas is only rated by motor octane and is misleading by that result. Snake oil octane boosters in the parts stores are a joke as well. Mind the overall timing number of 28-32 total advance and keep in mind that the timing mark made on the elastomer damper ring was only good for assembly at the factory and are known to creep backwards with each time the engine accelerates giving you a false sense that you have set it correctly with your timing light as the mark moved toward the late ignition side of the event.
 
I love a good air show. You never know what they might "demonstrate".

Yeah- you could feel the heat from where I was standing. Awesome.

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The Blue Angels: Fallon Naval Air Station

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wyverary said:
I've flown both a Cessna 150 Aerobat and a Piper Tripacer, both of around 1950's vintage. Betcha y'all didn't know general aviation used to be an obsession of mine, eh? ;)

I never actually got a license; as long as you are flying with someone who is certified, it's not necessary.

So I have utter respect for the classics. Who needs a brand new Cessna 172, anyway? :)

These days, though, as pricey as avgas is, it's a hobby that's pretty much the luxury of the very-well-off.
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Did my training in a Cessna 150, after I qualified I went up thru' the 172 and 185. Did my night rating and instrument rating before starting my training on a Seneca III, although I never finished it. My greatest thrill was flying a Vampire jet, take off and landing were carried out by the pilot but I got to fly it around once we were at altitude. That cost me a months wages but was worth every penny.

Nowadays it's a bit too expensive so I just keep my hours current so I can have a 'jolly' once a year :)
 
I once had a ride in a new Dassault Falcon 10 business jet at Mach 1 at the bottom of a dive with a hot dogging pilot showing off for us...at that speed he dropped us below the hills about 50 feet into a valley towards his farmhouse before a vertical climb...from what I remember,the positive g force on climb out was so intense that you could not lift your arms...the negative ones after the vertical climb transition to the next dive were enough to make a few pilots puke during that ride...we got the thrill ride after my father and I made a towbar attachment on a very rushed basis (about two hours of turnaround)so it could be hangered for insurance purposes. It was delivered without one. I have often wondered what that 15 minute ride cost the corporation...:p
 
U.S. pilot licenses never expire. I received mine on February 29, 1974 in a Piper Cherokee although I had to get a new license a few years ago from the Federal Aviation Administration when they converted from paper to plastic.
 
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Loomis said:
U.S. pilot licenses never expire. I received mine on February 29, 1974 in a Piper Cherokee although I had to get a new license a few years ago from the Federal Aviation Administration when they converted from paper to plastic.
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I know this is gonna sound weirdly picky and fact check-like but I don't recall having leap year that year. Granted, I was 4. I remember a lot that happened that month. Anyway, I digress.
 
2aspirin said:
I know this is gonna sound weirdly picky and fact check-like but I don't recall having leap year that year. Granted, I was 4. I remember a lot that happened that month. Anyway, I digress.
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I guess it was either 1972 or 1976 but I distinctly remember it was on leap day. The original paper license is long gone as are my flight logs.
 
2aspirin said:
It is cool that the licenses are without expiration. I did not know that.
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While my license never expires I am not allowed to fly without a current medical and I would not try to go up without some new training hours from a flight instructor. I do not remember the specific rules but I think i am required to have a certain number of recent hours before i could take up a passenger. I am pretty rusty on the rules since it has been thirty years plus since i have flown and some of the rules may have changed.Mostly i just use my pilot license as an Identification card.
 
Sounds I actually enjoy. Late August, you start hearing those piston-engine aircraft from another era.

The Reno Air Races...it's still an event here. :)
 
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