Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[bindian]

This is the toy that I want! I really need to win the lottery! :laughing:

Oh sweet! I forgot a RV6 looks a lot like a Throp T-18. I was gonna build one before kids came along.
I love the paint job! The TI paint job brings back memories. My mentor mechanic on DC-9s cut his teeth at TI before they got -9s and flew Convairs. We were TDY in Miami taking care of our -9 that was wet leased to Air Puerto Rico. Each afternoon, we had to reprosition our DC-9 from remote parking (parked beside the Concorde) of the airport to a gate on the other side at 1:30 pm. That time of day had everybody taking off or landing and we had to hold sometimes for 15-20 minutes. He told me all about the TI Shuffle at HOU. TI had so many flights changing gates, the tower held an orchestrated movement of where all the -9s would taxi to and from, thus the TI Shuffle.
hugs, Brandi

 

[NativeSon]

I never got to finish getting my License. I started at NAS Memphis Flying Club. I had about 25 hours and was fixing to start on Cross country. But the Navy had other ideas and sent me on a little pilgrimage to Southeast Asia ...........WESTPAC. Flying at Memphis was very affordable. $10 and hour for a Cessna 150 dry and $15 and hour with an instructor. When I got back to "The World" I just never could afford it again with going to school and all.

Charlie

 

[farmgirl19]

NativeSon; A few weeks ago, I stopped at an old airport that I used to fly out of, and hang out at, back years ago. The original owner has long since passed away, but new owner was just coming in about the time I was leaving the area. Back then, rental on something like a Cessna 152 was $20/hr, and the CFI, for another $20, so an hour with instructor was $40. So, I am at the airport and just casually asked what the C-152 rents for. Guy says, $150/hr! I almost fainted! I think that was with instructor, but still. Cost of fuel, maintenance and all of the other things has done it. I understand it, but sensibility just wouldn't let me go play.

That's why I'd like the toy. I really don't have a use for it, but with the person that built it, the paint scheme and all, it would have history for me, and be fun, when I had time. And a lot of planes are good investments, if kept clean. I sold my Cessna 140A YEARS ago. Sold for more than it was purchased for, and I thought I had done well. I could get WAY more than 4X that today. And could still have been flying it! (On the hot, bumpy Texas days! :laughing

 

[farmgirl19]

bindian; I love round engines so much, I have several tracks of audio, of just that! Still makes my pulse quicken!

I really NEED to win the lottery. Maybe I could get the rv6, AND a Cessna 195! :drool:

In the meantime, I'll keep dreaming. It is a Monday, so back to work for me!

Oh, and pacerron: Does Homer share with you the same jokes that he sends me? None of them are safe to post on the forum! :laughing:

 

[jinman]

I had a fun time in the garden this morning. I picked a 5-gallon bucket full of blackeyes and my wife picked squash, okra, and cucumbers, filling an 8-qt bucket. We also picked two more ripe ****** melons over 6 lb each. When we went to pick tomatoes, Kathy noticed the vines were stipped at the top of several branches. I looked and found a big fat ol' tomato hornworm making himself at home on the stem. As I looked around, I found another one, so I told my grandson I'd pay him 10 cents for each one he found. Well, he found 21 of them and I'm sure there were more. I sprayed Malathion to put an end to that nuisance. The picture of the coffee can with the hornworms is a few of what my grandson found. I told him he was opening a can-o-worms.

 

[pacerron]

NativeSon; I sold my Cessna 140A YEARS ago. Sold for more than it was purchased for, and I thought I had done well. I could get WAY more than 4X that today. And could still have been flying it! (On the hot, bumpy Texas days! :laughing

I bet you can still see an instrument layout like this with your eyes closed.

I enjoy tying the door window up and hanging out with my camera to get some good low altitude pictures from the old high wing aircraft.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

FG, I know you must be skinny because you mentioned flying in a Cessna 120. My instructor had a 120 before he bought the Citabria. I was a 30 or 32 inch waist size and he must've been quite a bit bigger (but not huge) because we had to squeeze in to get the door to shut.

I offered to bring a bungee cord to help hold it shut.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I remember my instructor flying that 120 into IAH taking a last minute passenger friend to a connecting flight. This was back around 1976. I can just imagine the tower having to give him the time to get it on the ground and out of the way. I would have been scared to crap. They should have told him to just stall it right by the ramp.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I had a fun time in the garden this morning. I picked a 5-gallon bucket full of blackeyes and my wife picked squash, okra, and cucumbers, filling an 8-qt bucket. We also picked two more ripe ****** melons over 6 lb each. When we went to pick tomatoes, Kathy noticed the vines were stipped at the top of several branches. I looked and found a big fat ol' tomato hornworm making himself at home on the stem. As I looked around, I found another one, so I told my grandson I'd pay him 10 cents for each one he found. Well, he found 21 of them and I'm sure there were more. I sprayed Malathion to put an end to that nuisance. The picture of the coffee can with the hornworms is a few of what my grandson found. I told him he was opening a can-o-worms.

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Hate dem worms. I had some kind of nice flowering shrub type plant that they could devour in a day. ticked me off. They end up being some kind of huge moth.

 

[bindian]

bindian; I love round engines so much, I have several tracks of audio, of just that! Still makes my pulse quicken!

I really NEED to win the lottery. Maybe I could get the rv6, AND a Cessna 195! :drool:

In the meantime, I'll keep dreaming. It is a Monday, so back to work for me!

Oh, and pacerron: Does Homer share with you the same jokes that he sends me? None of them are safe to post on the forum! :laughing:

FG,
I got to work on a customer's Cessna 195 numerous times. I always marveled at how the engine would swing away from the firewall for mx. Very plush aircraft.
hugs, Brandi

 

[farmgirl19]

I bet you can still see an instrument layout like this with your eyes closed.

I enjoy tying the door window up and hanging out with my camera to get some good low altitude pictures from the old high wing aircraft.

Oh, be still, my heart! You have an "updated" radio. :laughing: Are you sure my fingerprints aren't in that plane?

And did you know Homer, back when he was flying these? Yes, I was flying this one, but I know Homer flew them long before I did!

 

[farmgirl19]

FG, I know you must be skinny because you mentioned flying in a Cessna 120. My instructor had a 120 before he bought the Citabria. I was a 30 or 32 inch waist size and he must've been quite a bit bigger (but not huge) because we had to squeeze in to get the door to shut.

I offered to bring a bungee cord to help hold it shut.

Kyle; I don't know that I would call myself "skinny", but I could still fit in a 120 or 140, with another person, as long as we were both friends!

 

[farmgirl19]

Here's a cool video! I don't think this is how Donald expected his plane to be flown, but I'm sure the pilot said, "Watch this!"

http://www.youtube.com/v/hrziTee4b2c&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version

 

[jinman]

At the risk of making everyone jealous, I'm happy to report .15" of rain so far this morning with a bit more possible. It just dipped down enough out of the Red River counties to catch my corner of Wise County. It's sure rare to wake up to showers on the roof on the 30th of July. Two of my grandkids are coming to spend a few days with us this weekend. It will be nice to have everything green, especially since I have some left-over fireworks from July 4th. We'll set off a few, but make sure we do it early after dark and quit before 10 PM. We are also going to leave very early one morning and be at Fossil Rim Wildlife Park when they open the gate so we can see all the animals before it gets hot and they go back into the woods to seek shade.

 

[bindian]

Here's a cool video! I don't think this is how Donald expected his plane to be flown, but I'm sure the pilot said, "Watch this!"

http://www.youtube.com/v/hrziTee4b2c&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version

WOW. #3 and #4 engine shutdown on pass and gets them started in a left bank. That's some experience flying that plane for sure. Awesome video.
hugs, Brandi

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Here's a cool video! I don't think this is how Donald expected his plane to be flown, but I'm sure the pilot said, "Watch this!"

http://www.youtube.com/v/hrziTee4b2c&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&version

Holy sheep dip batman! I was cringing the whole time.

Remember Bob Hoover? I missed seeing him in person, but was introduced to him by home video back in the '70's.

 

[pacerron]

At the risk of making everyone jealous, I'm happy to report .15" of rain so far this morning with a bit more possible. It just dipped down enough out of the Red River counties to catch my corner of Wise County. It's sure rare to wake up to showers on the roof on the 30th of July. Two of my grandkids are coming to spend a few days with us this weekend. It will be nice to have everything green, especially since I have some left-over fireworks from July 4th. We'll set off a few, but make sure we do it early after dark and quit before 10 PM. We are also going to leave very early one morning and be at Fossil Rim Wildlife Park when they open the gate so we can see all the animals before it gets hot and they go back into the woods to seek shade.

Jim,
How about some pics of your greenness this year? Last year you kept us posted with how the constant watering kept
the yard in good shape. Let's see how mother nature is doing it this year.
We have had so much rain up here that the garden isn't doing well at all. So far 21 quarts of green beans, a batch of Salsa, some peppers, and enough extra tomatoes to eat everyday. It got cool again so the ripening at night has almost stopped.
We had 0.50 inches in about 20 minutes the other night and it looked like the overflow pipe on the pond was not going to keep it from going over the dam. Lucky the rain stopped, in our case.
Meanwhile the deer are going nuts playing in the fields since they can't get to the garden.
Ron

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Airshows, I love 'em. Went last year to Randolph AFB. Great static display but no B-2 there. Blue angels did their amazing thing. Many other stunt pilots and the old FiFi bomber took off and did a fly by.

Have not been out west to a CAF, but have caught many of their shows in the past.

 

[jinman]

Holy sheep dip batman! I was cringing the whole time.

Remember Bob Hoover? I missed seeing him in person, but was introduced to him by home video back in the '70's.

Kyle, I don't know if I mis-read your statement, but Bob Hoover is still living unless I am sadly mistaken. While working at SimuFlite Training and QuickTurn, our subsidiary company, he came to visit and fly some of our simulators. Bob is a legend and seems to have been a legend most of his life since escaping from a German prison camp, stealing a German Fokker aircraft, and flying it to safety. The whole controversy over the FAA revoking his license because of his age is quite an entertaining story.

 

[jinman]

Jim,
How about some pics of your greenness this year? Last year you kept us posted with how the constant watering kept
the yard in good shape. Let's see how mother nature is doing it this year.

I thought I was boring people with my pictures. I'll try to get some and post them later. This year, my whole place is green, including weeds.