Any fliers?

Sorry, not pulling your leg.

I washed planes for gratis instruction at Roosevelt Field, NY. TM Scout
belonged to John Hay Whitney.
1st Solo was in Aeronca, 1940.

The only TM Scout I know of was a single seater (like the P-40).

A P-40 pilot once returned to the Z.I. could easily be checked out in a T-6
for Flying pay profiency, happened all the time.

But you listed the Scout first, as though it was the first airplane
you ever flew. Was there a two-seater Scout? It wouldn't have been
called a "Scout," would it, as the term was used during WW I, if it
had two seats.

Enlighten me.

vince norris

On Thu, 20 May 2004 11:50:01 GMT, "Tom Swift"
wrote:

TM Scout
belonged to John Hay Whitney.

That's mighty impressive, too.

For the young sprats, "Jock" Whitney was later ambassador to Britain
and publisher of the New York Herald-Tribune and of course my favorite
newspaper, the NY Herald-Trib in Paris.

(Now I realize that the sprats never heard of the Herald-Trib, either.
Okay, the Paris newspaper was where Art Buchwald got his start.)


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On 16 May 2004 00:10:28 GMT, (Garamondextended)
wrote:

Any fliers on this NG? Any at all?

Cessna 152!

Beat that! :-)


--
Steve.

Steve wrote:

On 16 May 2004 00:10:28 GMT, (Garamondextended)
wrote:

Any fliers on this NG? Any at all?

Cessna 152!

Beat that! :-)

--
Steve.

1956 model Cessna 172 - with my name on the registration.......

I realized one day that the fuel load in the biz jet ahead of me on the taxi
way was worth more than my airplane. But it was MY airplane, not my
uncle's.

Even Ed and BUFDRVR couldn't say that, in a fiscal sense!

Bob McKellar, who, at the time, mired in the folly of youth, actually
thought he was pretty much hot ****.

On Tue, 18 May 2004 21:54:21 -0400, Bob McKellar wrote:

Any fliers on this NG? Any at all?

Cessna 152!

Beat that! :-)

--
Steve.

1956 model Cessna 172 - with my name on the registration.......

Oh, can't top that. I don't own anything that flies (apart from my hair).

I realized one day that the fuel load in the biz jet ahead of me on the taxi
way was worth more than my airplane.

LOL. And the fact that the centerline markings on the runway are wider than
the plane makes me feel fairly insignificant.

But it was MY airplane, not my uncle's.
Even Ed and BUFDRVR couldn't say that, in a fiscal sense!

True, true, but I know what I'd rather be strapped into. :-)


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Steve.

Steve wrote:
Bob McKellar wrote:

1956 model Cessna 172 - with my name on the registration.......

Oh, can't top that. I don't own anything that flies (apart from my hair).

Be grateful you still have hair. As the old adage goes...if it flies,
floats, or ****s it's cheaper to rent!

I realized one day that the fuel load in the biz jet ahead of me on the taxi
way was worth more than my airplane.

LOL. And the fact that the centerline markings on the runway are wider than
the plane makes me feel fairly insignificant.

But the rich fat cats gotta feel insignicant when I taxi into a busy
airport and attract larger crowds around my humble kite than they do
with their multi-million dollar biz jets.

But it was MY airplane, not my uncle's.
Even Ed and BUFDRVR couldn't say that, in a fiscal sense!

True, true, but I know what I'd rather be strapped into. :-)

Same here. Both the doggy ol' '56 Cessna spamcan and the BUFF would
bore me to tears therefore the Thunderchief wins hands down.

Mike Marron wrote:

Both the doggy ol' '56 Cessna spamcan and the BUFF would
bore me to tears

I'll take you on night/NVG TA sortie through the foothills of the
Sierra-Nevadas, if you're bored, you haven't got a pulse


BUFDRVR

"Stay on the bomb run boys, I'm gonna get those bomb doors open if it harelips
everyone on Bear Creek"

On Wed, 19 May 2004 22:36:25 GMT, Mike Marron wrote:

Be grateful you still have hair.

Ahhh, the joys of being 30. Sorry to rub it in. :-)

As the old adage goes...if it flies,
floats, or ****s it's cheaper to rent!

Well, I can't vouch for the boats...

True, true, but I know what I'd rather be strapped into. :-)

Same here. Both the doggy ol' '56 Cessna spamcan and the BUFF would
bore me to tears therefore the Thunderchief wins hands down.

Mmm, agreed. Can't imagine who would want to fly a BUFF. ;-) I'd have been
no good in a 105...I look stupid with a mustache!


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Steve.