AVGSAS Antiques

[FlyinRock]

I probably did 4-5 thousand hours before I flew kerosene driven engines. Are there any other piston engine pilots here who can chime in? Radials, flat, etc. And helicopters? Beech 18. R4D, Bell 47, Hiller 12E? I know there are other dnosaurs on this forum.......
Semper Fi
Rocky

 

[BusyBee604]

Are there any other piston engine pilots here who can chime in? Radials, flat, etc. And helicopters?

Although I'm a fellow "Dino", aside from piston-powered T-34 & T-28s in the Tracom, I flew the USS MIDWAY's R-1820-powered C-1A (COD) on 2 deployments. The other 4k+ hours was JP -fueled.

Never; however, had the opportunity to fly a tail-dragger or afterburner A/C.
BzB

 

[C420sailor]

or afterburner A/C.
BzB

This makes me want to cry.

 

[Renegade One]

This makes me want to cry.

Busy Bee 604 has nuthin' to cry about...he and I have shared a few beers together at Hook events.

 

[BusyBee604]

This makes me want to cry.

Oh, no tears... I would like to have experienced the awesome power of AB (great for Oil Co. stockholders); OTOH, I never once in my career had to call for priority/emergency landing "LOW STATE"!
Edit: Photo, my 'Ol Squadron VFA-146 today!
BzB

 

[rondebmar]

Got about 1350 hours single engine/seat prop time ...1100 of'em in the venerable old tail-draggin' R-3350 powered Spad ...inc 302 (prop) traps ...attached photo NOT logged as a trap!

(Also read my sig ...flight leader was good friend Joe Frick ...a different adventure, different time ...more about all that later!)

 

[yak52driver]

Got 7,000 hours, almost all in avagas airplanes. I've flown about 60 different types that include Cassutt racers, J-3 Cubs, RV's, Pitts Specials, Extra 300, Cessna 310 and 340, but my favorite is my round engine Yak-52.

 

[blackbart22]

Got over a thousand hours in Able Dogs behind the R-3350, two of which failed on me. Was a guppy centurian on the One Nothing Maru where I put one in the barricade on a black-ass night. Plus time in the training command and proficiency flying in the T-34 and T-28. Was current in the U-3 at China Lake and right seat qualed in the C-117 and C-131. And BzB, you didn't miss much by not flying A/B machines. Was also current in the T-38 up there and the only thing that happened when I went supersonic was the needle went past 1. The third time I went supersonic, the guy driving the airplane was in a yellow van forty miles away.

 

[rondebmar]

Have a few items stored in my PC re the SPAD ...here's one of them:

http://www.clipwings.com/index.php?command=show_video&video_id=971

Speakers/headphones on, please!