Life Through Your Camera

[Lt.Fubar]

Either that, or it was Aurora spy plane contrails 

[4X-NTY]

Yep, this diagram is exactly what I saw! thanks!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRN_VB8I4bU

[Rooster Cruiser]

Whoops!  A little bit of a balloon effect on your flare.  Nice recovery from it.   

RC

[Oddball]

Photos of my recent project a Scottish Aviation Bulldog TMk 1a:

Before:


And

After:

[tundra_flier]

Photos of my recent project a Scottish Aviation Bulldog TMk 1a:
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Ouch!  Reminds me of my R/C days.   

[tundra_flier]

Here's my latest video.  This landing and taking off again from Goldking.  It's an old airforce runway that's maintained by a small group of miners and homesteaders out in the area now.  And yes, it's uphill after the first 500' or so.  I intended to land a bit long to avoid a long taxi on the rough gravel, but was about 1/2 second from going around when it finally settled in.  I'm still coming to grips with the glide ratio on the Challenger.  I even did a little ridge soaring with it just before the landing, not much, but managed to maintain altituded for a few minutes with the engine idled.  Anyway, since I only cruise at 60mph and only a 2 hour range, this strip was a necessary stop to drain my bladder and transfer a can of fuel into the tank to get me home after exploring the north edge of the Alaska range for a bit.  Also note the smoke haze.  There are a couple fires burning about 40 miles west of here.

Phil

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31XrTx2n-4o&feature=channel_video_title

[Mike]

Photos of my recent project a Scottish Aviation Bulldog TMk 1a:

Before:


And

After:

what happened??

 

[Oddball]

I bought it second hand from some one in the club I'm with,  got it home and found out that ALL of the hinges where glued in wrong and the controls where stiff  with no movement so ended up replacing them all with new ones.  but with me I reckon it had way too much movement on the controls, it rolled right corrected with left aileron but it was too low after take off and ended up over correcting, the left tip caught the grass and ended up doing two cart wheels down the field leaving a trail of parts behind it.  At least it flew and went out in style...................it was one of the best crashes with a model I've ever had  *sniff*
At least the engine survived and it lives on in a Glen's model Cap 232 will post photos of it soon.

The before photo was taken on a Friday night and the after was taken on Saturday afternoon.

[G-man]

The before photo was taken on a Friday night and the after was taken on Saturday afternoon.

I suspect therein lies the problem---How many "wee drams" did one have on Friday night....?

[Oddball]

not saying 

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Whoops!  A little bit of a balloon effect on your flare.  Nice recovery from it.   

RC

Ah, ya noticed that... 

Also, you can tell when I applied full power on takeoff. It's when the camera fell off the glareshield. Whups.

[Frank N. O.]

Aww, poor puppy Technically though it's still a good landing (you can walk away from it ).

Frank

[Mike]

Whoops!  A little bit of a balloon effect on your flare.  Nice recovery from it.   

RC

Ah, ya noticed that... 

Also, you can tell when I applied full power on takeoff. It's when the camera fell off the glareshield. Whups.

yeah you can really feel those G-forces and the power of the roaring O-320 in those C-172's . . .  heh heh (jk)   

looked like a nice landing to me though....btw

[madpilot44]

So, its time for an update. I've been around the block some since I last posted anything. lets see... last semester I got to fly and solo on a T-52 (USAF Diamond DA-40), so I can add that to my list of planes flown.


I also had my name on a plane!


Then I started my last semester of undergrad stuff by briefing my research on a regional competition and got second place


And then I got some other trips, got to go to the Navy International Ball at Annapolis


and then I went to Wright Patterson AFB to brief some more guys and stop by the USAF museum


And then, finally, a month ago, I got to graduate as an officer




and of course, I had to celebrate


So now I have a bit more time for a while, since I show up next week at the Guatemalan Air Force where I get to "learn" how to be an officer all over again for the third time, and I'll be at the Guatemalan military academy for 6 months while I do this (without getting paid for those 6 months mind you), and then hopefully learn how to be a military pilot while I try to get my civilian ticket and fly on the weekends as much as I can on my savings... all in all, life's about to get interesting, but hopefully it won't be as hectic as the undergrad student's life I just finished...