Waiting for the Pilot
Feb 12, 2017 12:34:40 #
jaymatt wrote:
This old beauty was sitting at a small airport nea... (show quote)
All I know is I learned in Cesna so it's just a "paper piper" to me.
Feb 12, 2017 12:38:31 #
Feb 12, 2017 12:42:22 #
Silke
Loc: Germany
J5-A, built 1940's.
Lovely (if a little loud) plane to fly. :)
I've only been a passenger in one though, so not officially logged, even though I had my hands on the controls. :)
Did my taildragger conversion in a de Havilland Chipmunk, way back when, in Clacton-upon-Sea.
Some of the most interesting takeoffs and landings...because there is (was) a footpath across the runway and people were walking their dogs there lol.
Lovely (if a little loud) plane to fly. :)
I've only been a passenger in one though, so not officially logged, even though I had my hands on the controls. :)
Did my taildragger conversion in a de Havilland Chipmunk, way back when, in Clacton-upon-Sea.
Some of the most interesting takeoffs and landings...because there is (was) a footpath across the runway and people were walking their dogs there lol.
Feb 12, 2017 13:19:04 #
jimmya wrote:
All I know is I learned in Cesna so it's just a "paper piper" to me.
Feb 12, 2017 13:19:28 #
Feb 12, 2017 13:19:57 #
Bushpilot wrote:
Thanks for posting the shots of this early Piper J5, one of my favorites.
Thanks for looking.
Feb 12, 2017 13:38:28 #
LorrieLynn wrote:
My husband says it's a J3, made in the 1940s, before the Supercub.
Pretty little plane.
Pretty little plane.
It is a J3. Learned to fly with one. Decades ago.
Feb 12, 2017 13:41:18 #
Beautiful shots!
Because my father was a pilot, I've flown a lot in small airplanes from an early age, but never flew in a glider until rides were being offered at a local airport for a small fee. As a result of that flight, I am convinced, it would be impossible to crash a glider unless the pilot did something stupid, which is the case in all aviation. Now flying in a helicopter, which I did once, gives me the heebyjeeebies - no wings!
Because my father was a pilot, I've flown a lot in small airplanes from an early age, but never flew in a glider until rides were being offered at a local airport for a small fee. As a result of that flight, I am convinced, it would be impossible to crash a glider unless the pilot did something stupid, which is the case in all aviation. Now flying in a helicopter, which I did once, gives me the heebyjeeebies - no wings!
Feb 12, 2017 13:57:04 #
jsenear wrote:
It is a J3. Learned to fly with one. Decades ago.
Thanks for looking.
Feb 12, 2017 13:57:56 #
CathyAnn wrote:
Beautiful shots! br br Because my father was a p... (show quote)
Thanks for the nice comment.
Feb 12, 2017 15:24:53 #
Nice shots of a little beauty. Ah, memories. my favorite graduation present from high school was a flight in a yellow piper cub with a tail hook. The tiny airport had no runway so we bumped along the uneven ground. I was allowed to fly the plane for a few minutes which was a real thrill; if I had any money, I would have taken flight lessons.
Feb 12, 2017 15:27:08 #
jaymatt wrote:
This old beauty was sitting at a small airport nea... (show quote)
Nicely captured, John; the extreme perspective is spot on.
Feb 12, 2017 15:57:23 #
Sirius_one wrote:
Nice shots of a little beauty. Ah, memories. my favorite graduation present from high school was a flight in a yellow piper cub with a tail hook. The tiny airport had no runway so we bumped along the uneven ground. I was allowed to fly the plane for a few minutes which was a real thrill; if I had any money, I would have taken flight lessons.
Thanks for looking.
Feb 12, 2017 15:57:41 #
Rob48 wrote:
Nicely captured, John; the extreme perspective is spot on.
Thanks, Rob
Feb 12, 2017 17:34:20 #
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