pic of C-152 pilot in flight suit - where?

[jello]

I was at a college meet years back out in Prescott and one of the dudes was in full regalia prior to a short field landing contest.

 

[U-I pilot]

Hey it's Salina, KS!

Yup....i snapped that shot last week sometime. They must have done well...they finished 4th or 5th overall i believe.

 

[User546]

I had the avatar. They took it down

Why on earth would they take down that avatar?

 

[mattpilot]

Why on earth would they take down that avatar?

I never got an explanation. They also took down the thread "TOTAL TOOL" which was devoted in its entirety to the dude in the avatar

I assume the tool that was in the picture complained.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Re: the AFA dudes at NIFA.

I think everyone moves their aircraft this way. You frequently have to reposition the airplane over fairly long distances, at least longer than you would like to pull it by yourself with the Cessna tow bar. The safety judges never want to see an airplane moved in tight quarters without at least three people present.

 

[EagleRJ]

...and the Academy guys might just be following Air Force regulations. Maybe they require wearing Nomex and protective headgear when flying any aircraft- be it an F-22 or a C-172.

The guy in the picture prob. wasn't AF or CAP, since he had an O2 mask hanging from his helmet, and was preflighting with the smoked visor down. Definite signs of Toolage.

 

[User546]

I never got an explanation. They also took down the thread "TOTAL TOOL" which was devoted in its entirety to the dude in the avatar

I assume the tool that was in the picture complained.

Well, atleast you learned your lesson and replaced it with a cloud thats giving us all the middle finger! Way to go Matt!!

 

[Stifler's Mom]

Re: the AFA dudes at NIFA.

I think everyone moves their aircraft this way. You frequently have to reposition the airplane over fairly long distances, at least longer than you would like to pull it by yourself with the Cessna tow bar. The safety judges never want to see an airplane moved in tight quarters without at least three people present.

I guess they wouldn't have liked my method of pushing down on the horizontal stab to reposition a 152 into a parking spot.

 

[Stifler's Mom]

I am looking for the link that had some dude in a flight suit and helmet checking the oil on a C-152. I think also a pic of him in the cockpit

thanks

http://forums.flightinfo.com/showthread.php?t=53103

Second post down.

 

[Chest Rockwell]

Stifler,

These guys were probably moving the aircraft several hundred feet. These airmeets usually have rules that don't allow anyone to taxi anywhere close to your eventual tiedown spot.