Sean Tucker Oracle Airshow

Paul Tomblin wrote:

In a previous article, "Jay Honeck" said:

A few years ago he was in an inverted spin when the crankshaft and prop
departed the aircraft. He recovered and dead-stick landed back on his
home airport.

The CRANKSHAFT departed the airplane?


That's what the article said.



Let me guess, a newspaper article? :-)


Matt

W P Dixon wrote:

Oh now Big John,
Sounds like alittle bit of Air Force jealousy there! All I will say
is I have never seen any Air Force pilot land a plane on a carrier at
night The Air Force has good pilots but I would give the edge to Navy
and Marine pilots who can land on a match stick at sea.

Landing isn't the only skill required of a pilot. All of that practice
landing on carriers likely means that other skills didn't get the same
level of attention afforded Air Force pilots.


Matt

In a previous article, Matt Whiting said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
A few years ago he was in an inverted spin when the crankshaft and prop
departed the aircraft. He recovered and dead-stick landed back on his
home airport.
The CRANKSHAFT departed the airplane?
That's what the article said.
Let me guess, a newspaper article? :-)

No, AOPA Pilot or Flying.


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Jeeze, D, you're no fun! I thought that would at least get a rise out of
you! :-)))

Oh well. I'll have to go heckle Montblack, or Jay. ;-)

Jim, you just give up WAY too easy.

How the heck could Dudley have seen a guy on a military base reading a
magazine with Britney Spears in it? She wasn't even BORN YET when Dudley
retired!

Methinks old Dud's pulling your, er, leg...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Hoover is my favorite. An "ultimate expression of the possible" is a
good way of describing it.

Second that.

Another would be the old "Flying Perfesser" (?) who did amazing stunts in
a
J-3 Cub (haven't seen that one in YEARSSSS.)

OTOH, the TB's and BA's are not only demonstrating flying skills, but
aircraft performance at the other end of the scale.

I've seen them all, from Cole to Hoover to Tucker, to the late Bobby
Younkin. They were/are all incredible pilots.

The best I've *ever* seen, however, bar none, was an old guy at the annual
Stearman Fly In (in Galesburg, IL) three years ago. He was old as dirt,
totally unknown (I wish I could remember his name) -- and did things with
that Stearman that had me jumping up and down, first in terror, then in
glee.

I truly thought he was going to hit the ground on any of a dozen maneuvers.
During some maneuvers he actually went BELOW ground level, as he flew in the
drainage ditch alongside the runway! From our ground-level vantage point,
he looked like he had impacted the ground -- a completely unnerving sight.

Best part was that it was all done in super slow-motion (a Stearman has no
other speed), RIGHT in front of us. What an amazing stick.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:J0%Be.157436$_o.40317@attbi_s71...
Jeeze, D, you're no fun! I thought that would at least get a rise out of
you! :-)))

Oh well. I'll have to go heckle Montblack, or Jay. ;-)

Jim, you just give up WAY too easy.

How the heck could Dudley have seen a guy on a military base reading a
magazine with Britney Spears in it? She wasn't even BORN YET when Dudley
retired!

Methinks old Dud's pulling your, er, leg...

Actually no. Visited Nellis last year by invitation: then into Vegas for
some fun and games. Incident is true, although I'd like to forget the night
in Vegas. Too expensive!!
Just how the hell old do you people think I am anyway??? :-))
Dudley

Just how the hell old do you people think I am anyway??? :-))

Does dirt have a grand-daddy?

;-)

Or, as I am fond of telling my older siblings, "There are islands in the
Pacific younger than you!"

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Just how the hell old do you people think I am anyway??? :-))

Does dirt have a grand-daddy?

;-)

Or, as I am fond of telling my older siblings, "There are islands in the
Pacific younger than you!"

:-)

You guys better be careful. I'll overtake that Indian scat machine of yours
and shoot it down with my Bleriot!!! :-)
Dudley

HEE HEE,
Don't feel bad Dudley, I tell my Dad he graduated boot camp with John Paul
Jones,....and my other favorite is asking what he and Moses did during on
their senior trip!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Dudley Henriques" dhenriques@noware .net wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Just how the hell old do you people think I am anyway??? :-))

Does dirt have a grand-daddy?

;-)

Or, as I am fond of telling my older siblings, "There are islands in the
Pacific younger than you!"

:-)

You guys better be careful. I'll overtake that Indian scat machine of
yours and shoot it down with my Bleriot!!! :-)
Dudley

"W P Dixon" wrote in message
...
HEE HEE,
Don't feel bad Dudley, I tell my Dad he graduated boot camp with John Paul
Jones,....and my other favorite is asking what he and Moses did during on
their senior trip!!!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

I gave a talk at a Cub Scout meeting once with several pilots from the Air
Force and Naval fighter and flight test communities.
After talking on aviation for an hour we took questions from the group. The
first question was for me from a little kid way in the back waving his hand
like there was no tomorrow. I called on him, and in front of my wife,
several of the AF and Navy's finest and THEIR wives, he calmly asked me if I
knew Wilber and Orville Wright!!!!
They STILL won't let me live THAT one down!!! :-)))
DH