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Rest in Peace
Cavanaugh Flight Museum - Addison Airport, Dallas, Texas
I've not been there myself, but I have a cousin who took his Dad, a WWII Navy vet, and he thought it was great.
farmgirl19
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Bird,
Your even closer to looking at FG19's RV-6
I think it is at 52F Northwest Regional
If it were only mine....
I do believe that is where Homer keeps it now, instead of at his home!
It has always been called 52F, but it used to be called Aero Valley. That is where I got my first lessons, in the Cessna 120! Speaking of which...pacerron, I tried looking for the old C-120 N#, and what I found for it, didn't match the 120. I know it sold to another former TIA pilot, when the original owner passed away, the log book that was still in it with all of my flight time documented, was sent to me via Homer, but then the TIA pilot sold the 120, and I've lost track of it. When I looked for N111J, it wasn't even a Cessna listed. (It was shown as an Aircoupe.) Now that 120 was a neat little pink and white craft, that had flown in many Powder Puff Derbies. and I'd love to find it again. If I can't get the RV-6, then might have to look at the getting the J-3 back or the 120. I think my old 140A is in Utah. Of course, with the 140A having the metal wings, annuals and upkeep might be easier!Bindian; FTW has a nice little museum too, if you are ever up this way. Welcome to the Vintage Flying Museum a 501c(3) museum located at Meacham Airport (KFTW) in Fort Worth, Texas I have been there a couple of times. They no longer have the B-17, but I have fabric that came from the B-17's rudder, when it was being restored! Climbed in it a few times, but was still being made air worthy, but have never flown one. Used to know the guy that had the museum. He passed away several years ago, but his wife is super nice, and is carrying on the museum and its legacy. Good group of volunteers, and a nice collection of old aircraft.
bindian
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I'd rather have a C140 over a C120. Doesn't the C140's wings have flaps?
I'll have to check out both Museums, at Meacham and Addison, some day.
hugs, Brandi
farmgirl19
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Yes, 140A has flaps, but one can side slip the others down, without an issue. I've even done both with my 140A, when coming in OVER the powerlines in tight places. Better to go under those power lines, at times. Fabric wings need the "puncture test" at annual time, if memory serves, and I remember one friend who had a craft that had to be recovered after the annual, and we all were flying it happily up until that point. :laughing:
Fabric wings need the "puncture test" at annual time, if memory serves, and I remember one friend who had a craft that had to be recovered after the annual, and we all were flying it happily up until that point. :laughing:If it were only mine....
I do believe that is where Homer keeps it now, instead of at his home!
Since you have the log book you should have the SN.
Try looking it up by SN, Make, and Model
You must remember the attached approach? Is that your old C-47 in the grass.
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All this talk about airplanes brings back some old memories ,, I can remember the first time I flew in a plane that I didn’t have to jump out of.. it was a C-130 I think,, from Asia to Austrian,, for two weeks of R/ R.. I set and watched the ocean,, out of one of windows looking for anything that would bring me back to civilization,, then I saw it,, a shrimp boat,, not only was they shrimping with their nets in the water but they were going faster than us.. When we landed we had 30 minutes before we had to head back.:laughing:. Lou
, not only was they shrimping with their nets in the water but they were going faster than us.. When we landed we had 30 minutes before we had to head back.:laughing:. Lou
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bindian
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Yes, 140A has flaps, but one can side slip the others down, without an issue. I've even done both with my 140A, when coming in OVER the powerlines in tight places. Better to go under those power lines, at times.
Yes, memory tells me we would punch on annual inspections. Punching is fun.
Majority of the time it is localized spots that fail the punch test.
hugs, Brandi
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Bird
Rest in Peace
Speaking of side slip reminds me of something that happened when my brother and I were flying that Cessna 152 from the factory to Anchorage. Of course, I had binoculars along and was looking for wildlife and such as we traveled. I spotted a moose with a pretty good rack and said, "I hadn't seen a moose with a rack " and he interrupted me to say, "They don't have a rack this time of year." I pointed down and said, "That one does." So he said, "Well, let's go look", turned, then almost stood that little plane on its left wing, and there was the dadburnedest banging and popping you ever heard. Just scared the daylights out of me; I thought a wing was coming off. And my brother never even flinched; just said, "Did you leave your seat belt hanging out?" Yep, I my seat belt on, but had left the end hanging out and closed the door on it.
It didn't make a sound in normal flight, but that side slip nearly gave me a heart attack.