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Started by fj1289, November 03, 2022, 11:59:34 PM

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fj1289

There have been some good thread hijacks about flying of late - so here's a thread for that!

Here's my ride for this week:


At Navy Fallon taking part in an exercise - didn't expected to be squeegeeing snow off the plane in the Nevada desert!

Waiex191

Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Waiex191

Takeoff from Cottonwood Airport, Rockford, IL
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

fj1289

Nice pic with the tail wheel up!

Waiex191

Quote from: fj1289 on November 05, 2022, 12:43:07 AM
Nice pic with the tail wheel up!
Thanks!  Somebody with a big camera snapped it on departure.  He sent it to a Chicagoland buddy of mine that also has a Sonex, who sent it to me.  That's my desktop background at work now. 

I'm currently ballasting up to GW and beyond as part of my flight test.  I've mostly tamed the oil so it stays in the engine. 
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Pat Conlon

There is something about all that polished aluminum that excites me....
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3) Replace your old stock rubber brake lines.
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Waiex191

Quote from: Pat Conlon on November 05, 2022, 10:48:34 AM
There is something about all that polished aluminum that excites me....
Me too - especially the 20 lb of weight savings!
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

Waiex191

 Sunrise over the home airport. I'm doing max GW testing.

Afterwards I rode my FJ to work.
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

great white

My office:









Well, my former office. They medically retired me a touch more than 2 years ago.

The Wing Surgeon looked at me one day on my annual aircrew medical and said "I just can't let you do this to yourself anymore" and that was that. No complaints, it was time for me to go (although it took a couple weeks for me to calm down enough to realize he was right) and the "golden parachute" is very generous...

great white


great white

Found a couple more on my phone:





And here I am officiating the "retirement ceremony" for a good friend of mine:


fj1289

Awesome!

I've seen a few of those at various fields in the Canadian territories.

FJ1200W

I've always enjoyed flying, albeit mostly commercial.
When we lived in St. Joseph, Missouri, one of the best technicians in the area flew ultra-lites.
He ended up with a neat little Red Barron looking little plane.
He said it was a lot harder to fly than it was to ride a motorcycle, I have no reason to doubt him.
He ended up crashing it and being killed, but he was doing what he loved, and that's not a bad way to go.  
Note: He did not crash during the flight pictured. It was a couple years later.
Steve
Columbia, Missouri
USA

Waiex191

Interesting perspective. I'm not sure I would rate flying as harder. Much less to crash into.  Less people trying to kill you.
Bryan
1989 FJ1200
1981 Suzuki GN400
Poplar Grove, IL
 

fj1289

The office for this week:



Ferry flight to Germany.