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perswig
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Fog off the ocean was starting to lift and only a tiny breeze rustled the sock at Owls Head Saturday AM. Was doing a quick poke around, checking out the bikes at the transportation museum (http://ohtm.org/*VinMoto.html); when I noticed the crew priming their Taube.
Couldn't be fixin' to fly, could they?
Total flight time, maybe 10-12 minutes? Max airspeed, maybe 45. Stall speed, maybe 40?
Pretty damn cool.
Dale
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ElCapPirate
Big Wall climber
Reno, Nevada
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I sometimes wonder if Vegasclimber/Travis lumped too much together in the OP, ha ha. Aviation, skydiving AND... BASE jumping? That's a lot of air!
Then I think of Mario and it all makes sense. "Anything flying, bro", he once told me with a sh#t eating grin. "That's what makes ME happy", he said.
He sure did LOVE to fly!
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 15, 2013 - 12:34am PT
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That's a cool post, Ammon. I agree with Mario :)
This thread has been amazing, with so many sharing some awesome pictures and tales. I'm glad that I was able to start a thread that has gone so well.
We have a looooong flight coming up this Friday....Vegas to Tanzania. One leg on the return flight is 18 hours as we stop in Rome. If I had planned better, we could have had a day or two to at least see some of the major sites. Probably going to be a long time before Italy makes it to the top of the travel list.
Hoping to see some cool planes when we get to Africa, if we do I will share them here outside of the TR.
Keep up the great posts! That Taube was amazing. If I recall correctly, it turns with wing warping instead of ailerons.
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Social climber
SLO, Ca
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Sep 15, 2013 - 03:04pm PT
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Cool photo. Does it say "abandon chute" on the bottom to remind pilots to clear away from their parachutes in water? When I was a kid living on a base in England an A-10 crashed into the north sea, the pilot ejected and the SAR guy got all tangled up in the pilot's parachute lines in the water-- the helicopter had to cut them loose before it got dragged in and they both died.
During smokejumper training we had to jump off a diving board with all of our gear and an open parachute and then swim clear. I was more scared of that than anything else during training! In the end, it was pretty easy because the jump suits float. Still pretty scary feeling being all tangled up in a bunch of lines in the water.
Cargo!
Look close and you can see the spotter's helmet in the door of the plane- he's making sure it's all clear and will then pull in the static lines. Totally fun doing cargo runs- "turning final....on final.....short final....kick!
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Sierra Ledge Rat
Mountain climber
Old and Broken Down in Appalachia
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Oct 20, 2013 - 06:20pm PT
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^^^
Air Force weenies are such pussies, but they do have gorgeous airplanes, though...
Yesterday was Bridge Day in Fayetteville, WV
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Oct 21, 2013 - 11:52pm PT
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Perswig, nice shots!
SLR, hahaha! My AFA brother-in-law is nigh insufferable at times.
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climbski2
Mountain climber
Anchorage AK, Reno NV
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Crazy accident. Two skydiving aircraft collide. One loses both wings. All survive including pilot. Amazing
Wonder how long it's been since a pilot successfully managed to escape a crashing aircraft. Sounds like something out of WWII. I'd guess he must have had to put the chute on while the frame was falling to earth .. then get out the door which fortunately was beside him in a Cesna.
wreckage
http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/282465/
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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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I've seen that before. How did they avoid jumping into their buddies' chutes?
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Vegasclimber
Trad climber
Las Vegas, NV.
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 5, 2013 - 10:43pm PT
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Heyas Climbski, thanks for the pizza the other day!
At every DZ I have worked at, and I believe by FAA regulations, the pilot of a jump aircraft is required to wear a parachute during jump operations.
The chute that pilots use is a round canopy, that is packed in a very thin backpack container. Even so, the pilot was very lucky to be able to get out. He probably exited via the jump door, the standard door is very difficult to open in flight, and the G forces created by a tumbling aircraft would make it even harder.
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perswig
climber
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Nov 12, 2013 - 09:04pm PT
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Snakefoot, looks like he/she's heating up on re-entry!
Cool links TGT and Hank.
Dale
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