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May 19, 2005 at 11:30 am in reply to: More st. Maarten #615191

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oops…sorry about that…was admiring a G550 on the ramp earlier yesterday…of course didn’t bring my camera. That thing has a SWEET cockpit.
I guess I was a bit “inspired” during my posting…as I really can tell them apart..honest

May 18, 2005 at 12:35 am in reply to: Pic of the Year!! #616339

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Look again my dear Bmused55…them things are no snow dunes….I can guarantee that much…

May 17, 2005 at 11:45 pm in reply to: Pic of the Year!! #616369

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Mountains on the North Pole????

May 17, 2005 at 10:45 pm in reply to: Strange Hurricane #1391476

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that would be it…Thanks guys

May 16, 2005 at 9:58 pm in reply to: Aviation Books that would make good films? #1394550

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I didn’t personally, but part of my previous job was to perform recurrency flights for the federal aviation inspectors in the US. One of them came from the district office where Yeager lives, and he had some stories to tell.

One of them was from an airshow. During a meeting where all the display pilots got their slot times and briefings, Ol’ Chuck apparently went completely nuts when he was not first. He was CHUCK YEAGER, and he was going to display FIRST…he shouted out to the managers..including my “student”. He was told to calm down, and that he would get his slot appointed along with the others…he then started complaining that his approved manouvers were not “good enough” for a pilot of his caliber…etc etc…
End of story was that he ended up last, with the only approved manouver being straight and level fly bys in front of the crowd line…oh well.

Apparently, this is from another non-related source..not so well placed so it might be bullsh*it, the USAF wouldwill not go near the guy for their heritage flights or anything else for that matter.

Now…another aviator that I would like to see on the big screen is Bob Hoover…THERE’s pilot…
I mean..the guy flew Spitfires, got shot down..taken prisoner..STEALS a FW-190 and flies to Holland…..how cool is that. Then became Yeagers back up pilot for the X-1…and the tribute to the shuttle routine he did in the Shrike Commander….unbelievable!!

May 16, 2005 at 9:41 pm in reply to: Aviation Books that would make good films? #1394630

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If they make a movie about Yeager it wouldn’t be complete without portraying him as the arrogant a*s he turned into. But somehow I think that part will be left out…

Personally I would love to see ChickenHawk being made into a movie.

May 11, 2005 at 7:46 pm in reply to: A-7, work horse of the USAF/USN or costly mistake in the early 80's #2604878

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Lewinsky is an aircraft now??

May 11, 2005 at 5:54 pm in reply to: supersonic turboprop plane, possible? #2604906

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the rotational velocity of the propeller blade would not increase even if the planes airspeed increases…so the prop blades can go thru the sound barrier at very low speeds…like in the Harvard….it you speed that Harvard up to Mach .99…somehow…the rotational velocity of the prop would still be pretty much the same…dependent on engine RPM…not airspeed.

May 9, 2005 at 10:52 pm in reply to: St. Maarten May 08 #621433

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more info about the airport and the expansion can be found at http://www.PJIAE.com

May 9, 2005 at 2:35 pm in reply to: St. Maarten May 08 #621744

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Yeah…it will be the end of Maho Beach. As for a timeline…don’t know. Some people said it wouldn’t happen for YEARS, and then they started doing the expansion at the departure end a couple of weeks later.

It will probably be a while, as they have to reclaim a lot of land, and also buy back alot of property from car rental agencies and such to make room for the new taxiway. All this property was sold off cheap, by the government, only a few years ago.
With this sort of advanced planning it is very hard to know for sure when Maho will be history. All I know is that I am glad I got to see it…and that anyone who wants to lay on the beach and look up at 757s,747s, 737s, 727s, and A340s+++++ pass LOW overhead…should try and do so sooner rather than later…

Posted this one before, but here is the plans for the airport. As you can see on the right side….thats Maho gone!!!

May 9, 2005 at 2:05 am in reply to: St. Maarten May 08 #622062

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I don’t know, but I can ask

May 8, 2005 at 8:32 pm in reply to: Chopper Picture #622350

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Nice!!!

May 7, 2005 at 5:46 pm in reply to: A windy day at EGCC #623120

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Nice to see you got a “proper” aircraft in there!! 😉

The others are very nice too!!

May 6, 2005 at 10:58 pm in reply to: St. Maarten. #623318

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wow…that 757 turned out to be HUGE!!
how come some of my pictures are large and some normal??

May 6, 2005 at 10:56 pm in reply to: St. Maarten. #623321

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Thanks guys!!
I wish I had the money to buy a better camera to get the quality some of the other posters here get…that would be nice!!! oh well

Got a couple today.

Here is a USAir 757 taking off.

And no matter how impressive those fixed wings look…they can’t do this!!

And here is yours truly, posing for the camera..

Fly safe
Ken
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