The Airplane Fanatic Thread

[RMac5 1551]

That’s cool! Good job amigo

[markstanco 12653]

Great day today.  Did the solo.  Did the 3 landings with no issues.  Man, that thing hauls ass with no one else in there.   And I learned to have to pull out the power a little earlier because i floated a bunch on the first landing.  I was expecting it, but was like, when will it descend.  What a day.  Will remember it for a long time.  Glad to get to move on to the next step.

Nice job. Without scrolling way up, what were you flying to have a signafic weight change? 150 or a p28?

On my takeoff for solo, I literally said LEEREEROOOOOYYYYY JEEENNNNNKKKKINS. I am not kidding, and that's on my grandmother's grave.

[Texas St. Armadillos 1381]

Nice.  All I said to myself was "Let's rock."

Just a Cessna 172.  It probably felt faster than it really was.  The extra bit of floating was noticeable but I compensated with more flare by the last one.  Just an adjustment.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

6 hours ago, Texas St. Armadillos said:

Nice.  All I said to myself was "Let's rock."

Just a Cessna 172.  It probably felt faster than it really was.  The extra bit of floating was noticeable but I compensated with more flare by the last one.  Just an adjustment.

I did all my private stuff in a 152, and still remember feeling like I was hauling a$$ doing 120kts when I bumped up to a 172 for instrument work. 

Congrats. 

Edited September 2, 2019 by Bobby_Batronic

[DaysOff 8005]

Same.

[markstanco 12653]

My trainer plane:

https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N8274F

[Armybrat 40994]

That 152 wouldn’t get me off the ground solo.

[DaysOff 8005]

My trainer plane:

https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N8274F

Haven't flown GA in over 20 years, but that pic makes me kind of miss it. On the other hand aviation has seen the last of my wallet and exists to pay me now.

 

[dcbc 14568]

On 9/3/2019 at 10:42 AM, markstanco said:

My trainer plane:

https://flightaware.com/resources/registration/N8274F

I need to see if I can find the one I soloed in.  Pretty sure it was N _ _ 99 Papa.

[markstanco 12653]

I need to see if I can find the one I soloed in.  Pretty sure it was N _ _ 99 Papa.

Maybe we can help. Very resourceful folks on here, and airplanes aren't exactly private with all the websites.

Year, make, model? Also, do you have your original logs slappy?

[dcbc 14568]

18 minutes ago, markstanco said:

Maybe we can help. Very resourceful folks on here, and airplanes aren't exactly private with all the websites.

Year, make, model? Also, do you have your original logs slappy?

Was just looking for my old log book without much success.  It was a Cessna 172 (browns over white), based out of West Houston Airport as a rental around 1988--1999.  That's all I've got at the moment.  Probably 1970s model.  Most of them seemed to be back then.  Always my favorite draw of the bunch back then. 

Edited September 5, 2019 by dcbc

[markstanco 12653]

So a white dude between 5'4" and 6'2" between the ages of 26 and 52?

[Assman 1830]

I would like to announce to the Surly aviation nerds that I have accepted a job offer from SWA.  I'll still be flying the Herk part time as a Reservist.  Good bye and good luck.

[Anton Chigurh 3321]

I would like to announce to the Surly aviation nerds that I have accepted a job offer from SWA.  I'll still be flying the Herk part time as a Reservist.  Good bye and good luck.

Hell yeah man, congrats!

[DaysOff 8005]

Nicely done Assman. Class date yet?

[Armybrat 40994]

37 minutes ago, Assman said:

I would like to announce to the Surly aviation nerds that I have accepted a job offer from SWA.  I'll still be flying the Herk part time as a Reservist.  Good bye and good luck.

Congratulations!

The hazardous Herc flying experience should help with the 737 Max gigs. 😉

[dcbc 14568]

On 9/4/2019 at 10:14 PM, markstanco said:

So a white dude between 5'4" and 6'2" between the ages of 26 and 52?

That's about right.  Suspect is hatless; repeat hatless.

[Assman 1830]

4 hours ago, DaysOff said:

Nicely done Assman. Class date yet?

In class as we speak.  Just a few weeks late in announcing.  I love it here so far.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

1 hour ago, Assman said:

In class as we speak.  Just a few weeks late in announcing.  I love it here so far.

Niiiiiiccceee. Congrats. Squash the C.

[Your Mom 4870]

Congrats brother!  Beers on me next time we cross paths. 

[Gil Bang 26099]

 

[Chad Fuck 17843]

Had to pass through Dayton for work. A couple highlights:

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[Armybrat 40994]

I do believe I see Roosevelt’s & Truman’s Sacred Cow Douglas C-54 in that tail view. On TOS I posted a couple of blurry pics of it when we got to go on board for a private tour when it was in Puerto Rico in the early 1950s. Included one pic of me sitting in the President’s seat.

Edited September 14, 2019 by Armybrat

[Chad Fuck 17843]

I do believe I see Roosevelt’s & Truman’s Sacred Cow Douglas C-54 in that tail view. On TOS I posted a couple of blurry pics of it when we got to go on board for a private tour when it was in Puerto Rico in the early 1950s. Included one pic of me sitting in the President’s seat.

They don’t let you sit there anymore. But I bet they’d like to see your pic.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

XB-70, B1, B-36 and a 707 in one building or several?  

[Armybrat 40994]

If so, it is one damn big building/hangar.

[Chad Fuck 17843]

XB-70, B1, B-36 and a 707 in one building or several?  

XB-70 and VC-135 in one hangar with plenty of room to spare.

B1 and B-36 are in another.

NMUSAF has four gigantic hangars. These pics are just a small sample of everything they have. It’s the best aviation museum there is outside of the NASM. You could literally spend a couple days there, easy.

[Chad Fuck 17843]

I mean just look at the pic that references the bone. Did you see the C-133 parked beside it? And the AC-130 parked behind that?

Massive hangars.

[Bobby_Batronic 1994]

I'll have to check it out if I ever get back to Dayton.  Bunch of bucket list planes in that building.  I was surprised to see a B2 sitting in there.

[Chad Fuck 17843]

I'll have to check it out if I ever get back to Dayton.  Bunch of bucket list planes in that building.  I was surprised to see a B2 sitting in there.

If you have even a passing interest in aviation, it’s a must. I’ve been a few times and I always find something new and interesting I’ve overlooked before.

Btw, most of the stuff that represents active AF inventory (C-17, V-22, F-22, B-2, etc) are early test articles. The B-2 they did heat/cold tests on and I think it’s pretty much an empty shell.

[Gil Bang 26099]

As a non-pilot, I never had a full understanding of ETOPS.  This article explains it in layman's terms

https://thepointsguy.com/guide/why-flying-with-2-engines-is-better-than-flying-with-4/?utm_campaign=thepointsguy&utm_content=46F5E4A8-D723-11E9-AE69-04984744363C&utm_medium=social&utm_term=editorial&utm_source=twitter&__twitter_impression=true

[pops 7044]

If this is the find an airplane thread, then find my grandpa's. A Cessna 421c. Tail number started with November Juliet bravo   

[Chad Fuck 17843]

If this is the find an airplane thread, then find my grandpa's. A Cessna 421c. Tail number started with November Juliet bravo   

Try starting here:

https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/

[Homercles 10206]

 

[BTW 370]

Sorry for the FB video link, but this is worth clicking and watching to the end (all 45 seconds of it).

https://www.facebook.com/jefbwerner/videos/10219351653969669/

It’s a friend of a friend here in Midland and was taken during this past weekend’s airshow out here.

[spystud13 2371]

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Edited September 19, 2019 by spystud13

[BTW 370]

It took me a while to track down the video so let's see if this works 

It's a .mov file so it won't let me post it directly.  Here is the dropbox link

 

 

Edited September 25, 2019 by BTW

[davidg 4040]

There's similar video of a camera or phone falling out of a plane and it lands in a hog pens lens up. Next frame is a pig wandering into view, grunting, then starts to eat the camera.

[spystud13 2371]

From the Startle-gram yesterday... 

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A McKinney, Texas, teenager died after a plane he was believed to be piloting crashed in Arkansas, according to the Washington County Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies say they received a 911 call around 8:43 p.m. Monday from a resident who reportedly saw the plane crash near Cove Creek South Road, deputies said. 

First responders went to the area where the plane reportedly crashed and began to search for it.

“The plane was located by a deputy at 11:13 p.m.,” according to the department.

“The single-engine, fixed-wing 1966 Cessna 150G was registered to Wingnut Enterprises LLC out of Allen, Texas, according to a preliminary report from the Federal Aviation Administration,” KFM5 reported. “The two-seater plane had only one occupant at the time of the crash, the report said.”

The Arkansas State Medical Examiner’s Office will confirm identification, and next of kin has been notified, the Sheriff’s Office said.

The FAA and the National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the crash.

17-year old kid. 

[markstanco 12653]

Very sad.  Interested to see what happened.  Spatial disorientation possibly?   Night time in Western Arkie has a lot of dark areas, and planes go down there a lot per our local civil av (I think that is the group??) guys that go out and look for remains. 

[Gil Bang 26099]

B-17 crashed in Connecticut this morning. Total loss.

[Lat22 4051]

Very sad. Hopefully the crew made it out. It was Nine O Nine owned by the Collins Foundation.

[elfenix 34385]

 

 

[Chad Fuck 17843]

Terrible.  Wings of Victory Tour comes to Dallas every year, and every year Chad Jr. and I crawl through her.   

B-17 will likely be rebuilt (like they're doing with Liberty Belle that all but burned up a few years ago).  But what a sad loss of life.  This is a tragedy.

[DaysOff 8005]

It's time to stop flying these war birds so they're around for future generations.