Aviation MegaThread!!!!

Let me be the first to say I hate you!

Thanks!!

It was a fantastic experience. I'd love to do it again, if I could afford it.

Yeah, I'm guessing that's not an inexpensive ride, but worth a go one time for sure.

$150 for 30 minutes. In 1980.

For 30 min here last summer.

Been a few years ago


And the sothern cross

Also had this guy, he didnt do well against the big unlimiteds or the Super Corsair but was still fun to watch.

We lost another aircraft and member of the warbird community today.....


http://www.jamestownsun.com/event/article/id/168789/

http://www.flyingmag.com/technique/accidents/bob-odegaard-killed-crash-super-corsair



bob and his super corsair.




Some of the folks on scene said they thought it looked like he was trying to get out at the last minute after recovery failed.

What a loss. RIP.

Yeah, both the pilot and the aircraft.

A bit of reading

http://www.museumofflight.org/aircraft/goodyear-f2g-1-super-corsair

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F2G_Corsair

That's another place that is a "must see" for any plane nut. We went there two years ago and had a really great day.



Bob Odegaard was a real asset to the warbird community, and his passing is a huge loss. Blue skies and tail winds, Bob.

MODERN CRIB BUILT USING PARTS OF A BOEING AIRCRAFT



http://pursuitist.com/house/modern-crib-built-using-parts-of-a-boeing-aircraft-wing-house/

Toy 1....



1946 J-3 Cub. Basic aviation and out of proportion fun..
Toy 2...



Great Lakes 2T-1a-2...1929 design built in 1975. About halfway between a Stearman and a Pitts...

I like those 2 toys... How's the lake to fly?

It's a joy. A notch easier to land than a Stearman because of the wide track gear...and lots of rudder authority. I'm mostly an ex-helicopter pilot by profession but I would compare it to a Waco YMF-5 for ease of landing. No spades and 4 ailerons so a bit of a workout to do acro...after a 30 minute session I'm done. Inverted fuel and oil...so it does most of the 'gentleman' manuevers just fine... It will stay negative longer than I will.

The above Great Lakes biplane from a different perspective...:)

You can watch the Reno Air Races on line, live at

http://www.livestream.com/guide/livetv

for some reason it is under "2012 Hot August Nights Car Parade" but it is streaming very well.

How I spent part of my day:

I love vintage airplanes...especially biplanes......

10,000+ in helicopters and I don't care if I get another minute ... but I hope I have another 20 years of flying older airplanes...

Yesterday at a bike tech day we were wrenching and such down in Larkspur, Colorado. The house is tucked back in the foothills with tall pines at the house and some trees lining the driveway.

We hear a "thwoop, thwoop" sound. Like a pair of Chinooks but I have heard chinooks and it's close but not the same. Like I have never heard it before.

Then we see them through the "tunnel" of trees. Two Ospreys!

The house faces south. They flew over the house, toward the south and made a 90* turn to the east so they were halfway through their turn when they were sighted through the trees. One of them made a 30-40* banking turn and you could see the top of the wing and the HUGE rotors.

They were MAYBE 500 feet AGL.

VERY COOL!