I spent a month in NYC a couple of years ago, and the cheapest place to keep my plane was up in Bridgeport, NY. Outside, it was free. They had lots of hangars, but I was in and out about once a week, and the weather was nice, so I didn't inquire about hangar. Quick ride on Metro-North, short...
Oh, yeah, Thuds are very cool. And as long as we are talking that era, Skyraiders (Spads, Sandys), those have raw power. Slow, very cool. Huge airplanes.
Multi engine, instrument, type rating.
Then, if it is yours, they will require someone to ride along with you for a while.
If it isn't yours, they want a lot of turbine time.
Gorilla,
I was thinking about what you wrote. I tried to think of the last time I saw a sexy jet. A really cool jet. Not a techno wonder that flys itself.
Still thinking. The sea dart is as close as I can get.
Maybe the Seamaster, Actually, definitely the Seamaster. F-104??
Oh, don't let them get to you. Some of us have real jobs, or more interesting things to do. Although, what could be more interesting than reading flightinfo??
You were not out of line. As someone else pointed out, x-country is a biggie, and your instructor knows you. Each time I changed instructors (I went through 5 in quest of my PPL), I spent the first hour 'reviewing', or just flying around in circles. That's so they could figure out how badly I...
Yeah, but I bet that cost a ton of money to modify it like that. Then they have to change it back. I wonder if it actually flew in that configuration. However, it does look cool, doesn't it?
There was a big deal about the first one customer built, the FAA said he didn't do it all. Now, they got past that. I understand plans are to make it certified, but you know how that goes. It's one step beyond a paper airplane, in that they are actually selling some, as experimental (ala...
Actually, many free-market societies employ government to protect their local economies. The French did it for their farmers. The Japanese do it with most things, as do many Asian countries. Try to get a job in China, if you want to fly. With as many unemployed, or poverty level pilots as we...
Or the idiots that ask me what the second engine is for. Duh, it's for backing into the hangar, that's why it's in back.
Or the ATC person who asked me to descend, then asked me how fast I was going (Uh, 180, ma'am), then asked me if I could slow to 100. Sure, cut the power, stall it out...
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