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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 23 Jul 2021, 01:25 |
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Joined: 10/19/08 Posts: 1493 Post Likes: +1779 Location: Far West Texas
Aircraft: B58, C180, GL 2T1A-2
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I've grown pretty fond of the Great Lakes, and note that it makes friends everywhere it goes. Even though I miss the scalpel-sharp handling of my Pitts, I find the GL to be quite capable up to the IAC Sportsman sequence, and can even be made to nibble at Intermediate. A great benefit is the cockpit heater, so acro in the wintertime is actually doable. A friend in a GL totally dominated the Advanced field a couple of years ago in his GL, which was a great demonstration of airmanship and energy management. For my passengers on discovery flights, who are fascinated by the open-cockpit experience, (enhanced with music like "Out of Africa" on the intercom), I offer a bottle of the "Biplano Rosso" Chianti, made by a good friend in Italy.
Every real aviator needs a biplane.
TN
PS: I really must thank the BT site for allowing me to lay the wine bottle on its side, so the cork stays moist. If it could only rotate it for me, it would be even more awesome.
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 24 Jul 2021, 20:37 |
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Joined: 10/19/08 Posts: 1493 Post Likes: +1779 Location: Far West Texas
Aircraft: B58, C180, GL 2T1A-2
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Hola, Alex:
Congratulations on the purchase of your Waco; the BT society will be looking forward to pictures.
I have a bottle of the "Biplano Rosso" Chianti reserved for you, and I hope that it will not be long before we meet, and share stories about biplanes, and my 180, which runs in our families.
Best,
Dr. Cap. P.A. Tomás Návar V.
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 25 Jul 2021, 02:57 |
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Joined: 10/19/08 Posts: 1493 Post Likes: +1779 Location: Far West Texas
Aircraft: B58, C180, GL 2T1A-2
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Yo' da man, Chuck! One bottle has your name on it also.
Tom
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 07:40 |
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Joined: 12/13/07 Posts: 2611 Post Likes: +2749 Location: DFW, TX (KGKY)
Aircraft: B55, PT-17, J3, SNJ
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7.5 hours to Galesburg for the fiftieth Stearman fly-in. Gaggled up over two days like a herd of turtles in the company of a bunch of wild hog outlaws from the great state of Texas (eight of us to be exact, scattered over seven Stearmans). Two Continental stockers, two 450s, two Lycoming 300’s and my happy Jake, which won the efficiency award on leg after leg after leg. Headwinds coming and even worse headwinds forecast for the ride home. Tired butts but loving the good fellowship and the chance to spend a few days around 140+ Stearmans and the common brotherhood of this crazy avocation.
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 18:07 |
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Joined: 10/07/10 Posts: 534 Post Likes: +511
Aircraft: Pitts S-2B
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Username Protected wrote: I find the GL to be quite capable up to the IAC Sportsman sequence, and can even be made to nibble at Intermediate. Howard Kirker has countless Intermediate first place trophies in his Great Lakes. It's always a delight to see what a grassroots airplane can do in the hands of a highly skilled pilot. IIRC there was a California contest recently where 4 Great Lakes were competing.
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 11 Sep 2021, 20:45 |
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Joined: 11/30/17 Posts: 1289 Post Likes: +1460 Location: KARR
Aircraft: J3, Twin Commander
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Somewhere in the Midwest today
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 20 Sep 2021, 02:21 |
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Joined: 10/19/08 Posts: 1493 Post Likes: +1779 Location: Far West Texas
Aircraft: B58, C180, GL 2T1A-2
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You can fly a kerosene burner, or you can fly a piston something, or you can fly a rotorcraft. But when you fly a biplane, your chances of getting lucky are greatly improved...
Every real aviator flies a biplane.
TN
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 20 Sep 2021, 02:40 |
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Joined: 01/06/11 Posts: 2918 Post Likes: +1630 Location: Missouri
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Username Protected wrote: 9.5 hours of Stearman time yesterday getting home. Departed Galesburg at just before 7:30 AM and shut the barn door in Texas at just after 6:30pm. Headwinds early, so we stayed barnstormer low over the farm fields and river valleys of southern Illinois and Missouri. Crossed the Mississippi at Mark Twain’s hometown and ran the ridges and reservoirs over the eastern edge of the Ozarks like a running covey of quail. An incredible day of flying and priceless memories with a bunch of fun dudes and a gaggle of old loud windy biplanes. I think I saw you in western MO, about 20 SE of Butler, MO. Sunday the 12th the wife and I were in the country and saw a flight of two biplanes SSW bound, guessing about 500ft of separation and 800 or 1,000 AGL. Seeing a couple of old biplanes adds to the ambiance of country life. I’m sure many others along your route enjoyed seeing the biplanes overhead.
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Post subject: Re: Biplane Thread - Experiences, Tips, PIREPS, Pics and Vid Posted: 20 Sep 2021, 11:36 |
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Joined: 03/17/08 Posts: 6072 Post Likes: +12504 Location: KMCW
Aircraft: B55 PII,F-1,L-2,OTW,
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I joined the ranks! (with a partner BTer Shane VandeVoort it will live in Pella IA at his homedrome)
1940 Meyers OTW. S/N 13 of 102 built 165 Warner
As Shane's son Sullivan (12 yr old) says, "It lands like a butterfly with sore feet."
And I say, "the anthesis of a Stearman. Absolutely delicate and elegant."
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