Aviation BS and Photo Thread

All the crew chiefs from Charlie CO decided to have lunch by my 58.



Ahhh The XV-15. Talked to the pilots and it has the Lycoming T53-L-13 engine of 1,400 shp same as the UH-1H.







Here is my little girl. My wife died and had to get out of the Army in 96 to raise her.

 

Finally got a couple hours today. I had the airport to myself

 

Here we just call that Class E airspace...so, Canada!

Keep the dirty side down brother

 

Badass were you at HLR?

 

I tan into two other Cardinals yesterday. Today it’s windy as beans and I flew backwards. 60kt headwind against 43ias hanging by the prop. That was fun

 

...^^^... Good pic ... 3 beautiful planes ...

 

...^^^... Lots of good BBQ places in Memphis ... which one did you pick ?? Just curious

 

I got Central this time around

 

Just found out today that our 182 was totaled about 3 weeks ago in a hailstorm, airport never notified us.
Monday dad is going to go talk to the airport and access the damage.

 

Total bummer!!! Sorry to hear that.

 

Just posted this in another thread but this is applicable too. Stumbled across a CH-53 and CH-46 (long live the Phrogs) out in the desert of SoCal. The 46 had engine problems and set down. The Marines spent a cold night in the desert with their bird. The next day the 53 brought out parts and tools to do some wrenching on the 46. They let me do a walk through of both even though, or maybe because, I'm a former jarhead.

 

Here's some more. I have a special relationship with this aircraft at Fox Field out in Lancaster. Even though it is configured as a KC-97 records indicate it only flew in the Air Guard as a C-97. My father flew this aircraft and my mother flew aboard it as a flight nurse. Gives me chills just typing that as she passed away over ten years ago. Last year I found this in my dad's logbooks. He flew this to Vietnam on several occasions, not to mention other places like Hawaii. These were majestic, yet little remembered, aircraft which served both commercial and military service.

 

Wow another 909 pic. My mom took this when I got her a ride.

 

And a pic of my dad in USAF flight training about 1953

 

The things you find when going through old hard drives...back when I worked ops at KLGB...

 

Im pretty disappointed because I flew a lot in that plane growing up, several trips from San Diego to Laurel Ms and lots of flying around San Diego but we were getting ready to sell it anyway, it needed a lot of maintenance to be airworthy and dad wants both a kit fox and rans 21 because he’s working on building a private strip on our land so he can fly to his hearts content when he retires in 8 years.

 

Funny I may have controlled you did you do the REFORGER mission in '87? I was a tactical controller at Ft Carson but our Company HQ was at Hood

 

Love the B-1. That plane is the loudest thing I have heard in my life.

 

Love these shots.


Tonight I flew to the next town over and had dinner delivered to the airport. That was the most convenient thing I’ve ever done! 12 minute flight or 25 minute drive.

 

.
...^^^... Great pics and memories ... thanks for sharing them ...

Just curious ... was that the aircraft that was nicknamed a "Guppie" ??