Roly Nelson wrote:Nothing like the old stick and rudder. I learned to fly in an old Piper PA-12, which my instructor said was worry free in the event of a fire. In that event, all it does, is WOOSH, and all you will be flying is a bunch of aluminum tubing. I remember that comment well, one day when on downwind for landing, the cockpit filled with smoke and I went diving for the end of the runway. At touch down, I had too much speed, since there are no flaps on that plane, so I rolled off the end of the runway, jumped out before it exploded and found out that the muffler had blown apart, but there were no flames. I never flew that plane again, and graduated to Cessnas. in which I now have about 800 hours. I love to fly, but at 85 years old, my reaction time is a bit slower, so I'm stuck on the ground forever. Damn! So it's the woody teardrop trailer life for me, at least for another 15 years or so.
Roly, the li'l ol' So Calif woody teardrop guy
Roly Nelson wrote:Nothing like the old stick and rudder. I learned to fly in an old Piper PA-12, which my instructor said was worry free in the event of a fire. In that event, all it does, is WOOSH, and all you will be flying is a bunch of aluminum tubing. I remember that comment well, one day when on downwind for landing, the cockpit filled with smoke and I went diving for the end of the runway. At touch down, I had too much speed, since there are no flaps on that plane, so I rolled off the end of the runway, jumped out before it exploded and found out that the muffler had blown apart, but there were no flames. I never flew that plane again, and graduated to Cessnas. in which I now have about 800 hours. I love to fly, but at 85 years old, my reaction time is a bit slower, so I'm stuck on the ground forever. Damn! So it's the woody teardrop trailer life for me, at least for another 15 years or so.
Roly, the li'l ol' So Calif woody teardrop guy
Dave Gray wrote:I'm taking the Big Rig up to Oshkosh Saturday morning.
friz wrote:From the west, line up at Ripon, follow the leader and listen for instructions on final. Done it many times.
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