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W/NW: Those Daring Young Men in Their Flying Machines
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Andrew Touchon
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Kim Coxon said:
Interesting antenna arrays on that aircraft.
Gerry M
Gerry
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Early airliner service
From a recent visit to the Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, Oregon. Now home to the "Spruce Goose". If you enjoy the history of aviation, this is an outstanding display, from the Wright Bros era to moon landing vehicles. Airplane is a Ford Trimotor and its passenger cabin. Vehicle is a very early airport shuttle bus. R2a, CV 25/4, Fuji Superia extra. Hope you enjoy. Also posted in Voigtlander forum.
Gerry
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From a recent visit to the Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, Oregon. Now home to the "Spruce Goose". If you enjoy the history of aviation, this is an outstanding display, from the Wright Bros era to moon landing vehicles. Airplane is a Ford Trimotor and its passenger cabin. Vehicle is a very early airport shuttle bus. R2a, CV 25/4, Fuji Superia extra. Hope you enjoy. Also posted in Voigtlander forum.
Gerry
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Byuphoto
Would like to upgrade
Byuphoto
Would like to upgrade
amateriat
We're all light!
We need a new slogan: RFf, for people who really know how to fly.
At the extrme risk of criss-crossing three topics, has anyone here seen this little cinematic promo (by IWC, of all outfits?):
http://tinyurl.com/zvz6j
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At the extrme risk of criss-crossing three topics, has anyone here seen this little cinematic promo (by IWC, of all outfits?):
http://tinyurl.com/zvz6j
- Barrett
Brad Bireley
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Brad Bireley
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ch1
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These small airports fascinate me. A few years ago, to celebrate one of my wife's "milestone" b'days we drove to a similar little airport in upstate NY state and went skydiving.
The set up was similar - a grass airstrip, old clapboard buildings plus an old barn where you hung in a harness to practice pulling on the cords to "steer" the parasail etc. We had about 2 hours of instruction for a 10 minute jump!
They took us up to abut 4000 feet in a rickety, stripped down Cessna and we each did a static line jump. We had walkie talkies strapped to us and a ground operator "guided" our landing (telling us when to pull on the right or left side of the "sail").
The "sky operator" who jumped after us (but did a free fall such that he got between me (who went first) and my wife) took a video so, alas, no still shots to post here.
Later, while removing our jumping gear we saw a newpaper article posted on the wall that told about how one of the airport's club members had just been killed when his parachute didn't open in time. Glad we saw that article AFTER the jump!
The set up was similar - a grass airstrip, old clapboard buildings plus an old barn where you hung in a harness to practice pulling on the cords to "steer" the parasail etc. We had about 2 hours of instruction for a 10 minute jump!
They took us up to abut 4000 feet in a rickety, stripped down Cessna and we each did a static line jump. We had walkie talkies strapped to us and a ground operator "guided" our landing (telling us when to pull on the right or left side of the "sail").
The "sky operator" who jumped after us (but did a free fall such that he got between me (who went first) and my wife) took a video so, alas, no still shots to post here.
Later, while removing our jumping gear we saw a newpaper article posted on the wall that told about how one of the airport's club members had just been killed when his parachute didn't open in time. Glad we saw that article AFTER the jump!
x-ray
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My Son!
My Son!
My son and I are both pilots. He became interested when he was a very small child when I would allow him to sit on my lap and fly the plane. He made me promis that he could start flying lessons when he turned fourteen so I had to live up to the deal. The first picture is at the end of his first solo flight. I started him in gliders and after a couple of months instruction he was ready to do the solo. His first flight was a fourty five minute flight just before sunset. At sunset his lift dropped and he made a stunning landing. He continued to build solo hours untill he turned fifteen and then he started in powered flight. On his sixteenth birthday he soloed in a 150 and got his liscense on his 17th birthday. Now he's 24 and a commecial pilot with his multi engine and instrument finishing his computer science degree and will be looking for corporate flying. The second shot was a flight we made on fathers day when he was 17. He wanted to take me up for a little trip.
excuse the crummy scans
http://www.photo.net/photos/X-Ray
My Son!
My son and I are both pilots. He became interested when he was a very small child when I would allow him to sit on my lap and fly the plane. He made me promis that he could start flying lessons when he turned fourteen so I had to live up to the deal. The first picture is at the end of his first solo flight. I started him in gliders and after a couple of months instruction he was ready to do the solo. His first flight was a fourty five minute flight just before sunset. At sunset his lift dropped and he made a stunning landing. He continued to build solo hours untill he turned fifteen and then he started in powered flight. On his sixteenth birthday he soloed in a 150 and got his liscense on his 17th birthday. Now he's 24 and a commecial pilot with his multi engine and instrument finishing his computer science degree and will be looking for corporate flying. The second shot was a flight we made on fathers day when he was 17. He wanted to take me up for a little trip.
excuse the crummy scans
http://www.photo.net/photos/X-Ray
Swissmadepix
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While in the Air Force, I keep my feet firmly on the ground. Bummer - I love to fly !
Barrett, watch out for a W/NW Thread, shortly, that has quite something in common with your IWC post .
On the left: seconds before landing
On the right: "Hurry up ! We're late !"
Barrett, watch out for a W/NW Thread, shortly, that has quite something in common with your IWC post
.On the left: seconds before landing
On the right: "Hurry up ! We're late !"
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iñaki
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OldNick
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As an Aero Engineer, both in the USAF and in civilian life, I have worked with the exotic craft but my flying has been limited to the tamer variety. Below are the last plane I flew before losing my Medical Certificate because of heart surgery, and a lovingly restored 1932 Great Lakes Trainer which is owned by a friend.
Jim N.
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NelsonFoto
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Here go a few from Airfest 2006 in Fayetteville, AR - Fathers Day
Full-sized versions via clickable thumbs at:
http://nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4559
Full-sized versions via clickable thumbs at:
http://nelsonfoto.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=4559
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filmtwit
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nikon_sam
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Our son when he was flying the AV-8B Harrier II ...
He's currently a Flight Instructor in the F-35B Lightning II
airfrogusmc
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When I was young. CH-46 Crew Chief. USMC
3rd photo mounting the 50 cals.
3rd photo mounting the 50 cals.
airfrogusmc
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AveryWagg
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The dashboard of my trusty old Cessna 152. I bought it in 2005 and have slowly fixed it over time. It's pretty modest, but it was all I could afford. Home field is CYGK..
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Vince Lupo
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McGuire1 by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
Saldivar by Vince Lupo, on Flickr
Daring young women can go in those flying machines too.
Petersen Cav and Emma by Vince Lupo, on Flickr