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Oh the planes ! ..


I was told that was Harrison Ford's Pilatus behind us...


My personal favorite.. The Spartan...


Neat, B-25..



Neat formation...


We had Oshkosh transient company on the way home.. Valparaiso, Indiana..

LIBERATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cheers,
Doc.

Okay, now I wish again that I could have tagged along!!
Very happy you didn't have to belly-in at Wittman; that would be embarassing in front of all those pilots.
"Yep, he prob'ly forgot to put the gear down.."
"Yep."

We'll plan it better and more in advance next year, Rotty.. Maybe even you pick me up (there's a good chance I won't be renting from that club much more  ;)  )

I'd have MUCH prefered to have a pilot with me. The guy with me is my first student and he's struggling.. I thinks he's got more fear than he'll admit and it's not subsiding..

Hey, I saw that C-54 taxiing to take-off on Sunday, but we never knew where it went, I guess you found it.

Interesting photos. I used to overhaul those electro-hydraulic powerpacks. They're fine until something goes wrong. Didn't like them much. Good to know the emergency pump works.

Great shots in your posts!!!

  Man, I need to get to Oshkosh someday!!!!

 

We'll plan it better and more in advance next year, Rotty.. Maybe even you pick me up (there's a good chance I won't be renting from that club much more  ;)  )

Gee... I wonder why... You've read my mind, though- I'm hoping to join another club this year, so by next summer, that's a distinct possibility. It'd make a lot more sense for me to pick you up as I head west... and a detour to the UP wouldn't be so bad; a good way to avoid overflying water very much, or tangling with the Chicago airspace. Who knows? I may even have my IR by then (now I'm really being optimistic! ).

I'd have MUCH prefered to have a pilot with me. The guy with me is my first student and he's struggling.. I thinks he's got more fear than he'll admit and it's not subsiding..

Yeesh, that's not good... I guess you have to get him to 'fess up before you can make any more progress with him...good luck with that.

Interesting photos. I used to overhaul those electro-hydraulic powerpacks. They're fine until something goes wrong. Didn't like them much. Good to know the emergency pump works.

Yeah.. the design is not very airplane-like. The resevoir is build to retain just enough fluid for the manual pump in the event of a leak. And the manual pump isn't truly like a back-up system, even if there IS just an electrical pump failure.There are way to many weak links in a 177RG's gear system.