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Offline GRUNHERZ

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I just flew a T6 Texan!!!
« on: June 05, 2005, 10:39:50 PM »
:D

Amazing!!!  This is my year for flying in and now actually flying WW2 planes.  

In february I took a ride in a Stearman over Pearl Harbor - this was just a level flight but it completely blew me away.

Today it was on a completely differnt level. I flew the Texan myself from the back seat for 10 minutes nad later the pilot put on a full areobatic routine.  

AH is pretty damn good nad made it very easy for me to fly the plane in simple manouvers, to manintain heading, altitude, attitude nad do decently corrdinated turns in some pretty choppy wind. I even flew up through one of those solitary clouds and it was awesome..

One thing AH cannot prepare you for are the G forces.  You just have to experience that.  I even started to have what i must imagine to be  tunnel vision during a split-S.  Way cool!

It seems that since I've flown in the primary trainer Stearman, and now I got some minutes of stick time in  the advanced trainer T6,  the next step has got to be flight in a Mustang later this year.

I love this stuff!!!!
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Offline SaburoS

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« Reply #1 on: June 05, 2005, 10:41:24 PM »
Woot!! Man, that's cool!
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« Reply #2 on: June 05, 2005, 11:44:18 PM »
Cool... odd feeling isn't it when you're doing sustained G and you can feel the blood rushing down your neck. :D
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Offline GreenCloud

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« Reply #3 on: June 06, 2005, 12:37:45 AM »
that is kik ***..


rmeinds me of my flying ibnt he b24 lo over the Martinez Oil refinieries,
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btw im big fan of negative Gz..the old cessna does those well

Offline ramzey

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« Reply #4 on: June 06, 2005, 12:42:18 AM »
WTFG! Grun
im gonna be next :)

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« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2005, 01:27:26 AM »
I`m presuming the 2 "nads" in the text is a Freudian slip. :)
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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2005, 01:47:48 AM »
Thats awsome groin. :D  Shoot down any zeros? :lol

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« Reply #7 on: June 06, 2005, 02:37:26 AM »
someday Im going to russia to fly the mig-25.

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Offline SunTracker

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« Reply #8 on: June 06, 2005, 02:58:50 AM »
Alright fellas, its about time I tell you all the truth.

I am a viper pilot.  Yep, thats right.  I fly F-16s for a living.  But dont try to look my name up on the air force registry.  I am top secret covert ops with the Central Intelligence Agency.  Opps, I may have told too much.  Might as well spill the beans now.

I have two kills from the Gulf War.  Yeah, thats right, I am almost an ace.  I shot down two Iraqi helos.  Blew them whirley birds right out of the sky.

 However, its not all fun and games.  I had to punch out of my viper over the desert.  I pulled the handle beneath my legs, and went flying out of the jet end over end.  And wouldnt you know it, I landed right on top of a dam scorpion nest.  They stung me so bad my heart stopped beating 3 times.  Had to give myself CPR.

But anyways, now that you know who I am, I am starting a software company.  If you would like to get rich, just send your initial investment of $3000 to me.  Btw, I fly B-17s and P-51s in real life, so I know how to make a flight sim.

Offline CyranoAH

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« Reply #9 on: June 06, 2005, 03:25:28 AM »
Congrats Grun!!! It's a plane I'm really looking to fly in the following months. We have one here that's privately owned, but I know the guy and there's a pretty good chance he'll let me solo in it :)

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« Reply #10 on: June 06, 2005, 05:12:53 AM »
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...Had to give myself CPR...


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« Reply #11 on: June 06, 2005, 05:33:44 AM »
The first time I flew in an AT-6 was in Hawaii with Peter (last???) in about 93 or 94.  He died in about 95 while piloting a SAR helicopter for the Hololulu FD.

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« Reply #12 on: June 06, 2005, 07:37:44 AM »

with the pilot hunched down, it makes for a cool pix
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Re: I just flew a T6 Texan!!!
« Reply #13 on: June 06, 2005, 08:24:50 AM »
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Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
:D

Amazing!!!  This is my year for flying in and now actually flying WW2 planes.  

In february I took a ride in a Stearman over Pearl Harbor - this was just a level flight but it completely blew me away.

Today it was on a completely differnt level. I flew the Texan myself from the back seat for 10 minutes nad later the pilot put on a full areobatic routine.  






Nice !

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« Reply #14 on: June 06, 2005, 09:52:15 AM »
Eagler, thats the one that crashed.  Might be an AD on texan wings due to corrosion because of it.