Aviation BS and Photo Thread

Interesting, next time they fly in I’ll get a better look at it. It is a DPS bird though for sure.

 

Anything fun to fly in? I guess that depends on how much you’re willing to pay. You can go up and do aerobatic training in McKinney if you want, or are you asking for someplace fun to fly to? How long are you in town?

 

Not really sure how long I'll be here, maybe one or two more days. No need to pay someone to do aerobatics, I used to teach aerobatics/ spins and still fly an Extra regularly, but interested to hear what else is around. After last week's weather, I'm sure some places around haven't resumed normal operations yet.

 

Ah, gotcha. I’m out working this week but would be happy to meet up and fly if you find yourself back that way in the future

There’s not many great places to fly around north Texas...it all looks the same, only some airports have cafes to eat at. Probably the coolest place is up on Lake Texoma, 3T0. It’s a beautifully maintained grass strip about half a mile from a cafe and boat marina. There are cabins to rent for overnight as well as space for tent camping. I fly there often since it’s about 45 minutes from Mesquite in my Cardinal.

 

Did 3 days in Dalhart TX for having our 172 iced to the ground for it seemed eternity

 

Florida can be the same, especially if you're over the swamp or cow pastures. There definitely isn't much elevation change as the highest point is only about 300ft msl.

 

Which was a huge advantage to me when I lost the engine in a Piper Warrior back in the day. Being at 5000' and able to glide 5 miles to find a landing area is pretty nice since there is no terrain anywhere.

 

I was hoping I'd find some fellow pilots & aviation lovers on the forum. Glad I searched.

PPL ASEL here with just shy of 200 hours, most of which are in my 150M (pic attached) and the flight school's 172.

 

You are living my dream 100%

 

Terrified of heights here as well, but flying never did bother me, as a passenger commercially or otherwise.

It sounds ridiculous when I talk about it, but it is what it is. Put me two feet off the ground on a ladder changing a light bulb and I'm shaking like a leaf. Put me two feet off the ground on the fuel steps of a Cessna or at 6,500 MSL in the same Cessna and it doesn't bother me a bit.

 

The Wilga is an awesome aircraft in and of itself. Turbine powered = More AWESOME.
Like the Kaman K-Max, also AWESOME.

Great video!!!

I'm likely outing myself. LOL.
I use to dabble in Virtual Flight.
3D (scale) Modeling, and Graphics Design was a hobby.
Here's an Aeronca-K I did with the help of actual Blueprints.

 

Yep, there’s just no gators to eat you when you go down in Texas!

Welcome!

I’m doing my best to make the most of my time here on this earth!

 

Nice - where in IN?

 

If you're in a U2 over DEN and need to look for a place to land, just glide your ass to Omaha and land at Offutt.

The U2 can literally do that.

 

Huntingburg. I live about 5 min North of Huntingburg Airport, and am a member of the airport board.

 

I know that town! My Dad was born and raised there, and his Mom and Dad lived there their whole lives. Last time I visited was about 25 years ago, and I swear it hadn't changed much since my visits as a kid in the late 50s.

 

You should see it now! They're really revitalized 4th Street the last couple of years, totally replaced the street with brick and redesigned the sidewalks. Part of a huge revitalization program for the city. The also built a park on Market Street that has hosted live music and even served as a skating rink right before the pandemic.

 

I'm up by Indy for school...looks like a nice little town!

 

Ive just gotten to the section of Sporty’s ground school where they’re talking about METARS and the weather and how French terms are used.

I wish I could take time off and just fly like that, I currently working a traveling job and haven’t been home in 6 weeks and I’m not sure when I’ll be able to go home. Talking to my coworkers it seems like 4-5 weeks home per year is about average and it’s either 2-3 days home or 7 days home, not much more than 1 week home at a time.

I definitely will be flying as much as my schedule allows, and once my dad gets his Rans Outbound built and I get a tail wheel endorsement I will be flying that when I can also.

Were you building the model 4 or the patrol? I looked at the bearhawks and really like the model 5 but I think when I build a kit plane I want to build the Murphy Moose.

Thanks for the info, I definitely expect to learn how to plan via paper and the E6B, paper fails less often than electronics.

 

Dad sent me this earlier, he was at work and an osprey flew in and landed down the dock from where he was at.
https://youtu.be/8aqF-oX0fZI