George are you the Rumpole of Haines??
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George are you the Rumpole of Haines??
Hey! New Holstein... hmmm...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKTBvbtjchs&feature=player_embedded
Just found that somebody put together a video of the Twin Pines event:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1TVsxGt4po
Gull chain last night:
Roy, Bass and Spider lakes
http://www.supercub.org/photopost/data/500/DSC5159.jpg
Round and Hubert Lakes
http://www.supercub.org/photopost/data/500/DSC5189.jpg
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Bill, you could always put in a Boyington "autopilot" for the long stretches. Simple and lightweight... :D
(Pappy rigged up a set of strings and rubber bands attached to the Corsair's stick so...
back here in MN, still ice from Brainerd on north. Probably 4 days away at this point given the wind predicted for tomorrow.
A friend of mine and his father from the Alexandria, MN area started in J-3's (and later moved to an Aeronca Sedan) with fox and coyote. GREAT stories on how to sneak up on a fox using terrain...
http://www.supercub.org/photopost/data/770/IMG_1545-.jpg
Still lots of sleds and fisherman here in Brainerd. 32 inches on Steamboat Bay and 26 inches in other places... :-? MSPA is going to be a fly by wheels event to East Gull Lake (9Y2) this year. ...
Brenda, as of today I move to call this state, "Frozen Snowy Wasteland" ... :???:
Eric is right about the overflow around here... :???:
Love it! 8)
Thank you for posting that Steve.
Friend of mine uses a grease pencil on the plexi for cheat sheet notes/numbers he wants to remember. Started that in Vietnam flying Cobras.
We got into it on Lake Bemidji Friday... it's deep and heavy stuff, lots more now after Saturday!
http://www.backcountrypilot.org/gallery/albums/userpics/10005/snow.jpg
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"Nifty"?
Hmmm...given the time gaps + getting used to a T-tail with sticks and a high aspect wing (this is likely the biggest issue) from what you've flown many moons ago, I'd say you're in the ballpark and...
99 GMC Suburban 3/4 ton with 454 - hauled heavy loads most of its life - Brakes LOUSY!! - other than that it went to 459,000 miles with few issues and I just gave it to a friend this winter for a...
Slotted Bushmaster:
http://www.supercub.org/photopost/data/514/DSC037451.jpg
with missing hubcap no less...
http://www.backcountrypilot.org/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1522
Garrison
28 to 1 glide ratio / 5 to 1 with full flap
http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/en/flugzeug/portrait.html
http://www.ruppert-composite.ch/en/index.php
http://www.swissluijten.com/id14.html