POLL : Who of you guys flies in RL

[Fastbikkel]

Soaringplanes mainly
Took lessons in K7 and Puchacz (i think pzl plane made in poland)
I fly solo on Junior, going to Astir after this.

Flew a soaringplane with engine once, didn't like the smell of gas in the cockpit. Climbed like a cow as well, it only had a VW 1.6 engine. Same as the one a VW golf  

Flew in a Sedberg once, this soaringplane is huge. I think it was used before and during WW2 to train pilots in the basics of flying.
It has an open cockpit, the two pilots sit next to each other.
This was the best plane i ever flew in, it stalled at 65km/h or so, very gentle. It climbed like toejam, and fell like a rock.
It steered like a truck, i liked that, it was very smooth.


Cool huh  


Greetings,


JG5FaBi.

[Voss]

I once talked to a Sgt. Murphy (not Audie; Audie is a relative of mine on the Killion side I just learned tonight   ). Sgt. Murphy flew gliders in WWII. He weighed no more then 100 lbs. at his heaviest point. The U.S. chose featherweight pilots so they could carry more payload. I find that interesting.    

[ 06-11-2001: Message edited by: Voss ]