I Wanna Build an Aeroplane

(Badwater Bill) wrote in message ...

But, there are some good guys out there with a lot of experience who
did that too. I have a buddy I just had lunch with who just retired
from Continental with 35,000 hours. He flew P-3's and the
Constellation before that in the Air Farce. He's got some
stories...like flying through typhoons. But, he also built a Pitts
S-1 and competes with it too, so he really can fly.


Wow. And here I was impressed with the guys I knew with 18 and 19,000
hours. (The guy with 18k probably had a lot more - he quit logging
time except as required for currency some years back.) Makes you
wonder, though - what's the record? (Space station astronauts don't
count - that's cheating.)

BTW - I thought the P-3 was a Navy plane?

CB

On 14 Aug 2003 19:32:38 -0700, (Nafod40) wrote:

(Badwater Bill) wrote in message ...

Hey Bill,

In my opinion this is a motocross term; WTFO: Wide Throttle, Full
Open. It is not used in aviation. By the way 4,000 hours in GA is
probably equiv to 10,000 hours in airline hours since most of that is
on autopilot reading magazines.

I agree. Down low, dirty and slow, riding in the wx and the bumps is
where I spent that 4000 hours

4000 hours in GA? Sounds like "fly 1 hour and repeat 3999 times" to me.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
....
Nah.
What you have described is.... crop dusting.

You could get killed at least once each hour
and repeat 3999 times if your good at it.

Hmmm..
That doesn't quite sound right.


Barnyard BOb --

(Badwater Bill) wrote snip
I agree. Down low, dirty and slow, riding in the wx and the bumps is
where I spent that 4000 hours. I have 2000 more in the front seat of
Huey's on floats flying in **** wx. It was all real time.snip

Damn. I didn't know you could/would/should put a thing with that many
moving parts into a cloud. bfg Or do you scudrun in that bird? What
about ice? Did you just stay below the freezing level all the time?
What about airways? Did you have to stay low to make atc happy? How
fast does one clip along at? Got a neighbor that flys his private rig
past here once in a while (l-u-cky little *******! :-)

Only flew a R-22 one time with a friend instructor. Scared myself
pretty good in the Supulveda Basin. Was not a good day for an intro
though, windy as hell.

I understand it's hypothetical mind you, in case a dweeb is paddling
around here somewhere.

pac

Barnyard BOb -- wrote:

Nah.
What you have described is.... crop dusting.

You could get killed at least once each hour
and repeat 3999 times if your good at it.

Hmmm..
That doesn't quite sound right.


Chuckle.

"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
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I'll bet you most of the dweebs here don't even know what the term
NOTAR for helicopters means, or what adverse yaw is (why the rudder is
on the airplane).

BWB



pac


Isn't that like blowing it out your ass?

:-)

OldCop

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"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
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I'll bet you most of the dweebs here don't even know what the term
NOTAR for helicopters means, or what adverse yaw is (why the rudder is
on the airplane).

BWB



pac


Isn't that like blowing it out your ass?

Yeah, but you have to have a multidirectional asshole

Ed Sullivan, the late

:-)

OldCop

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"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
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I'll bet you most of the dweebs here don't even know what the term
NOTAR for helicopters means, or what adverse yaw is (why the rudder is
on the airplane).

BWB



pac


Isn't that like blowing it out your ass?

Yeah, but you have to have a multidirectional asshole

Ed Sullivan, the late


Hey Ed,

how'd you get that handle? I been lurking a long time (before I got
impotent? enought to post.) I must of missed it somewhere.

pacplyer
finally got a year off after twenty years hard labor

pac plyer wrote:
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"OldCop" wrote in message news:DD7%a.117253$cF.32495@rwcrnsc53...

"Badwater Bill" wrote in message
...

I'll bet you most of the dweebs here don't even know what the term
NOTAR for helicopters means, or what adverse yaw is (why the rudder is
on the airplane).

BWB



pac

Isn't that like blowing it out your ass?

Yeah, but you have to have a multidirectional asshole

Ed Sullivan, the late


Hey Ed,

how'd you get that handle? I been lurking a long time (before I got
impotent? enought to post.) I must of missed it somewhere.

pacplyer
finally got a year off after twenty years hard labor

That's an easy one because Ed Sullivan is dead. Haven't you noticed the
shew is not on TV anymore? :-)

Jerry Springer

In article , Ken Sandyeggo
says...

Kevin, I'll move this to the top. The conversion improved everything.

Ken, thanks for all and I will definitely nose about the rotorcraft forums.

Thanks to Bill also

My personal opinion, based on my understanding of the aero involved and reading
what Glasgow
has published, is that centerline (centre-of-mass) thrust is more important than
the stab both in
preventing PPO and PIO. But both are important.

You can fly a gyro without knowing theory, I think, but God help the pilots who
fly a machine that
was designed without theory.

cheers

-=K=-

Rule #1: Don't hit anything big.

pac plyer wrote:



I couldn't help but notice that Bernie the Butt**** has not posted
anything anywhere since the 12th. Kinda confirms to me that he lives
up in Eastern Canada and is in that nasty Blackout. Here's hoping it
lasts a least a month.

Thanks a bunch turkey! 30 hours in SE MI was enough thank you very
much!!!!!

Warren