n2prise
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The usual stuff...until 1991.
Good thread, and it sounds familiar.
Age 11 (1958) control line models.
Age 31 (1978) Radio Control models.
Age 35 (1982) Right seat in a Comanche B flying the pattern with an old friend. He was surprised that I knew how to set up the cross-wind landing. I was flying a 1/6 RC scale model of his Comanche. Both the model and the full-size airplane had similar trim changes when the landing gear goes down.
Age 44 (1991) My first flight in a 172 in the LEFT seat with the instructor aboard. I showed him the photo of my RC Comanche. He did the pre-flight and ran the engine. I taxied out at Lantana, Florida on runway 9 and flew away with him to a practice area. I did coordinated turns both left and right while holding altitude. He was shocked. I had also been practicing on my flight simulator program. It took me about 6 hours of dual time to find the the runway with the wheels (gracefully). It was October 1991.
Passed my check ride in March 1993 after changing jobs, etc. The day I got laid off from the job, I went to the airport to fly with my instructor. Not a bad way to end the day.
My RV-9A project began in October 2002 and flew June 9, 2005. I finished the airplane when I was again without a job. I had money in the bank, and time to fly around the country during the summer of 2005. It is all in my web site -- building, flying, just having a good time.
The paint job on my RV-9A is adapted from the 1966 Piper Comanche B that my friend flew in Kentucky. The tail emblem is modified as a mix of the original Comanche emblem and the Delta Airlines emblem shape in the 70's & 80's.
The tail art on this side is influenced by my love of all things "Star Trek" of course. Ask me about it sometime.
Good thread, and it sounds familiar.
Age 11 (1958) control line models.
Age 31 (1978) Radio Control models.
Age 35 (1982) Right seat in a Comanche B flying the pattern with an old friend. He was surprised that I knew how to set up the cross-wind landing. I was flying a 1/6 RC scale model of his Comanche. Both the model and the full-size airplane had similar trim changes when the landing gear goes down.
Age 44 (1991) My first flight in a 172 in the LEFT seat with the instructor aboard. I showed him the photo of my RC Comanche. He did the pre-flight and ran the engine. I taxied out at Lantana, Florida on runway 9 and flew away with him to a practice area. I did coordinated turns both left and right while holding altitude. He was shocked. I had also been practicing on my flight simulator program. It took me about 6 hours of dual time to find the the runway with the wheels (gracefully). It was October 1991.
Passed my check ride in March 1993 after changing jobs, etc. The day I got laid off from the job, I went to the airport to fly with my instructor. Not a bad way to end the day.
My RV-9A project began in October 2002 and flew June 9, 2005. I finished the airplane when I was again without a job. I had money in the bank, and time to fly around the country during the summer of 2005. It is all in my web site -- building, flying, just having a good time.
The paint job on my RV-9A is adapted from the 1966 Piper Comanche B that my friend flew in Kentucky. The tail emblem is modified as a mix of the original Comanche emblem and the Delta Airlines emblem shape in the 70's & 80's.
The tail art on this side is influenced by my love of all things "Star Trek" of course. Ask me about it sometime.
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