Breaking the Sound Barrier

[wil]

Y'all could probably guess what I got kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol for...nice thing is they actually asked me to resign so it wouldn't get written in my record....to allow my application to the academy go through...but I stupidly pulled that so it never really mattered.

I helped a friend build a Quickie I took some lessons then and got to solo again...never did finish...

I'd say the concern for Q is not the DC fly zone...but Camp David's...You got into DC and they scramble, in when Camp David is occupied they launch sams.

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by wil

Y'all could probably guess what I got kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol for...nice thing is they actually asked me to resign so it wouldn't get written in my record....to allow my application to the academy go through...but I stupidly pulled that so it never really mattered.

I helped a friend build a Quickie I took some lessons then and got to solo again...never did finish...

I'd say the concern for Q is not the DC fly zone...but Camp David's...You got into DC and they scramble, in when Camp David is occupied they launch sams.

LOL, you take a wrong turn in the woods and they launch "agents"

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by Nick the Pilot

Hey, Joshua, did you know it is legal to buzz a cow but not a vehicle, structure, or human? You are off the hook! (When I used to give flight instruction, my students and I would get ... pretty ... doggone ... close ... to ... cattle as we practiced our simulated engine failures. I always reflected on how legal it was, even though it was so doggone dangerous.)

Oh, yeah, it is legal to buzz telephone polls too....

"buzzing" aircraft carriers isn't exactly smiled upon either (even though they are "Cows"...)

[flowperson]

And I always thought that a "quickie" was something way different.

flow....

[Quahom1]

Originally Posted by wil

Y'all could probably guess what I got kicked out of the Civil Air Patrol for...nice thing is they actually asked me to resign so it wouldn't get written in my record....to allow my application to the academy go through...but I stupidly pulled that so it never really mattered.

I helped a friend build a Quickie I took some lessons then and got to solo again...never did finish...

I'd say the concern for Q is not the DC fly zone...but Camp David's...You got into DC and they scramble, in when Camp David is occupied they launch sams.

wil...you and Rutan? Say it isn't so! lol (sobpmprofl)...You gotta know Hugh Baker from Nasa too!

well I'll be, small world indeed.

v/r

Joshua

[Nick the Pilot]

Wil,

Boy, that thing looks like the world's-fastest flying lawn dart!

[wil]

Rutan made the kit. This friend rented space behind my house to put his trailer. He bought the kit, we cut the foam shapes, stuckem together and fiberglassed....this is sort of the royal we...he got me when he needed another hand, 99% he did himself.

If you look at the shape of the wings and the location of the wheels it is really like an umop episdn leaf spring...cushioning landings and takeoffs...and when he stalled the bugger and in panic would not push the stick back forward, he 'glided' straight back down to the earth. Smashed hard enough that it crushed the entire bottom of the plane evenly, shredded the prop down to less than 2' long, but the spring wings held up...and he survived with only a bruised ego!

This guy had learning disabilities, could never pass the written on a pilots test...but could build an airplane...and convert a 440 engine to generate electricity with enough profit to have the utility company pay him every month!!

[17th Angel]

I saw a guy try and break the barrier of sound on a mountain bike down a mountain... lol that was too funny.... I think he skidded face first across the rocky terrain for like a mile or two lol.