Texas Spring/Summer Thread

[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.