I think its staged.. pilot was actually doing cookies in the grassYIKES - I can see that the airplane is on the ground but it doesn't seem to be very close to the runways.....
I think its staged.. pilot was actually doing cookies in the grassYIKES - I can see that the airplane is on the ground but it doesn't seem to be very close to the runways.....
Might have oversold the drama... Night landing after flying from DBQ back to LXT. Unbeknownst to me, the nose wheel steering link came loose somewhere during the flight and the nosewheel rotated and stuck full left. I had an inkling as I was holding a little right rudder for most of the flight. Was a couple hr flight so I just filed that away in the grey matter as something to investigate during the next 100hr.But, pray tell your story of how you bent Tango Tango.
Glad you walked away!So I walked back into the muddy gas puddle to shut everything off.
Good question... one I've long considered. Best I figure is... no... not very smart at all. Shoulda' just stayed away and let the battery die. Adrenalin induced oops is my excuse.Glad you walked away!
Do have a question. Looking back now was going back in the right thing to do? I ask because I do not know?
Great idea for a thread, Downeaster!Your Top Ten?
...the USS Queen Mary
Raymond is correct. Although H H claimed to Congress that it "flew," it was considered a "high speed taxi test." I was involved in the development of putting a Lycoming engine in the Renegade Falcon. We conducted dozens taxi tests that involved lifting 5-10 feet in the air and settling back down. None of those constituted a "first flight." The actual first flight came with much celebration about 3 months after the first time we lifted a Lycoming powered one into the air.Trivia - despite photographic evidence to the contrary, officially the Hughes flying boat never flew. Hughes said he was conducting taxying trials . . .
Found this book that my brother lent to me and I lent to my son. If you haven't read it, you should.
I have one I return to often... "Five Down and Glory." It's a factual account of all American aces in both world wars and Korea with a lot of commentary from the aces themselves. It's a good read.
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