Aviation BS and Photo Thread

It is fun to watch him get something out of the back of the hanger. He has to pull so much stuff out that he runs out of tarmac space to park them. He keeps the Caravan on floats in the very back and only gets it out a few holiday weekends a year when he flies the fam to one of the lake houses. Warbirds, helos, and jets everywhere. He is building a third hanger, so maybe his life will get easier soon.

 

Their home airport has a tenant that is very aviation oriented. Oh and that family happens to be the largest retailer in world.

https://www.yahoo.com/video/paul-allen-flying-heritage-collection-232207439.html

 

Maybe that’s what the new hanger is for. I’m flying tomorrow so I’ll ask around.

 

The really cool thing if Steuart brings them to KVBT, they will be readily accessible to the public. His warbirds are always out for people to see at the FBO and flying over town. Steuart wants people excited about flying and promotes it heavily. The FBO caters to visitors and allows them within several feet of the tarmac.


I don’t know how many times I’ve been in the pattern with one of the P-51s or Corsair. Kinda sucks when a 3 ship of P-51s are waiting for you to get the Super Cub out of the way.

This is all that separates you from his planes

 

Nice, good job dodging the phenom lol

 

That's pretty much how they were setup at FHCAM, oil drip pans and all, lol. I'm glad to see the collection is going to a true enthusiast who is keeping everything together and will fly and appreciate them. I was worried that a collection like that wouldn't find someone to buy the whole lot and they were destined to get split up and a lot of them hidden in the back of someones private hangar and neglected or forgotten about.

 

Steuart flies them all regularly and does several meet and great type shows a year. One or two are always displayed for the public and he rotates them every week or so. The FBO has a great restaurant that attracts a crowd every day. It was designed with public access a priority.

Just got through flying and am getting tacos. My view off the restaurant balcony.




My view an hour ago as I soaked up the sun in peace.





I did ask around, but mums the word on if any of the warbirds are coming here. The new hanger is being built for a pair of Falcons, including the 8X in this video.
https://youtu.be/QIWsKwT8_nE

 

I still think the sharpest looking jet they ever did was the 20/200 model. I recall reading that the 20 was the only bizjet to be flown over Mach 1. I was told by several Falcon pilots that there are photos on the walls at Falcon Jet in NJ of a 20 being flown with afterburning engines.

 

[QUOTE="kodiakisland, post: 27404458, member: 73031 Kinda sucks when a 3 ship of P-51s are waiting for you to get the Super Cub out of the way.[/QUOTE]

Had a classmate in a C-150 take the runway at an uncontrolled field - right in to the path of a landing P-51 (from the CAF). They collided. He lived but he really messed up his back. Iirc, it was 1972-73 timeframe.
I should go look at the NTSB website to confirm...

 

Hate to keep dumping pics, but I flew again this morning and they changed out the display from yesterday. This was in the FBO today:



This is our club charter plane, which they’ve yet to let me fly


And just another cool plane at the FBO. At first I thought it was Steuart’s but his was parked across the runway.


And lastly my view from the cockpit

 

Nice pics...keep dumping! We had a local gentleman who opened up his own museum out here in Valparaiso, IN about 20 years ago. He had a pristine-condition collection and flew them all regularly. He had a P-51 "Excaliber", F4U, T-6, T-28, T-34 (which he left me fly) Stearman, A-37, L-5, an RV4, and probably a half dozen others that I can't recall. He would give rides in all of them for a fuel donation. His name was Jim Read and he sadly passed away several weeks ago. He was a retired USMC fighter pilot during the Korean War, and was a really fun guy to talk to. He will be missed. I think the Corsair was purchased by a group of guys from Michigan, and the Mustang briefly left the country for the Czech Republic, but is back home in the USA last time I searched the N number. Not sure about the others.

 

My friends in the Phenom are making me feel poor when I see their paychecks…

 

Never forget

https://twitter.com/airandspace/status/1533176948792479746?s=21&t=7MQswhQoimdRNnDXpizVuA

 

Found this one, assuming it's a legit photo then that is pretty damn cool. Reading some comments about it on Reddit, it sounds like only the one engine had afterburner as they were using it to test the engine.

 

I think he had one of those planes out yesterday, you can tell from the sound. I've gotten so used to it I didn't even look up. Or it could have been someone from the OZ1 flying club, I'm not far from their runway. Still need to make it out to the restaurant and check out the planes.

 

If you fit in a super cub, you are welcome to join me one morning for a quick trip around the area into several grass strips. Sugar Creek is a favorite but will be closing in August to build all the structures for the fall music festival coming here.


I say if because several of my friends don’t. They have to go in the 182.

 

Wow, that would be cool! Pretty sure I've seen that yellow one (or one like it) several times. What diet must I go on in order to fit?

I heard about that music festival, I could walk to it from here.

 

The cub is designed for the average male from the 1930s, so 5’7” and 145lbs.
Probably anything over 6’2” and 220lbs is pushing the ability to climb in and out and stay off the controls.

 

One of the Global Express models just broke 1.0 on a test flight recently. I suppose there's others that "could" but given the restrictions on supersonic flight, prob arent worth whatever certifications they'd need.

The fact that some of the higher end jets are up in the Mach 0.9x cruising speeds is pretty impressive by itself.

Yep, that's the one and only afterburning biz jet.



There was even a Falcon 50 variant with a Mirage nose that could fire Exocet missiles

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the...0-business-jet-almost-sank-a-us-navy-frigate/

 

I was in that FBO a couple years ago, during my Gaston's trip. We flew over there in 3 planes (A Howard, a Bonanza, and a 150) to have lunch at the restaurant one day. If I remember correctly, they had a Cobra helicopter on display the day we were there. The ramp was full that day as well. I remember seeing the Cub in the center grass, and a Cirrus Vision Jet landed just before we did in the 150.