« previous next »
Pages: 1

Author Topic: Skymaster with rocket launchers!  (Read 2925 times)

Offline Frank N. O.

  • Alpha Rooster
  • *****
  • Posts: 2446
  • Spin It!
Skymaster with rocket launchers!
« on: January 25, 2011, 01:20:41 PM »
That is just too cool!!! |:)\ But how the heck did he get that FAA certified???? Even back in the 80's when they made Blue Thunder the crew had to get every single modification checked and tested before they were allowed to fly by the FAA, how did Murphy get mock weapons allowed on a civilian aircraft? How did he fit them btw, are there pylons on a Mixmaster as std?

Btw, great use of the word dummy, right up there with Shirley! |:)\

Frank
Logged
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return."
— Leonardo da Vinci

Offline Rooster Cruiser

  • Alpha Rooster
  • *****
  • Posts: 2005
  • Retired Chicken Hauler
Re: Skymaster with rocket launchers!
« Reply #1 on: January 25, 2011, 10:01:46 PM »
"    ....and stop calling me Shirley!"

 ::rofl:: ::drinking::

RC
Logged
"Me 'n Earl was haulin' chickens / On a flatbed outta Wiggins..."

Wolf Creek Pass, by CW McCall

Offline Mike

  • Supreme Overlord
  • Alpha Rooster
  • *****
  • Posts: 3384
Re: Skymaster with rocket launchers!
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2011, 10:25:00 PM »
Quote from: Frank N. O. on January 25, 2011, 01:20:41 PM
That is just too cool!!! |:)\ But how the heck did he get that FAA certified???? Even back in the 80's when they made Blue Thunder the crew had to get every single modification checked and tested before they were allowed to fly by the FAA, how did Murphy get mock weapons allowed on a civilian aircraft? How did he fit them btw, are there pylons on a Mixmaster as std?

The trick is not to certify it as "civilian" aircraft but rather as "Experimental", Frank.  ;)
The O2-A was a military aircraft back in Vietnam and does have mounts on the wings for all kinds of things.

The next trick was to not ask too many questions with the FAA and to know people and get yourself involved with the airshow circus and Vintage Warplane people.....

See?

It's "the land of the f(r)ee" !! everything is possible!
Logged
Dear IRS: Please cancel my subscription.

Offline Oddball

  • Chicken Farmer
  • Alpha Rooster
  • *****
  • Posts: 2420
  • I crash better than anybody I know
    • Myspace profile
Re: Skymaster with rocket launchers!
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2011, 10:42:04 PM »
A recently restored "Hurri-bomber" (Hurricane used for ground attack) had to go through all sorts of tests with the CAA so it could carry two fibre glass replica 250 pound bombs in flight on its racks.
Logged
"You can teach monkeys to fly better than that!"and "spring chicken to sh**e hawk in one easy lesson"

Offline Mike

  • Supreme Overlord
  • Alpha Rooster
  • *****
  • Posts: 3384
Re: Skymaster with rocket launchers!
« Reply #4 on: January 26, 2011, 12:18:00 AM »
yeah, if I remember right, Murph owned his O2 in the 80's which was way before 9/11.....

it was a simpler time back then.....
Logged
Dear IRS: Please cancel my subscription.

Offline YawningMan

  • Cockerel
  • ***
  • Posts: 173
Re: Skymaster with rocket launchers!
« Reply #5 on: January 26, 2011, 05:28:04 PM »
And a cheaper time, too. I look back and I can't believe I balked at paying $46/hr wet on a Cessna 150.  ::banghead::
Logged
Pages: 1
« previous next »