Anyone a pilot ,Eaa member,restorer,mechanic in the aviation field.Just curious,I am into restoration of old warbirds,active at a couple local museums,with flyble aircraft.
Bueller?

I'm an avionics/electrician/environmental specialist. I Started on F-111's in the air force, then moved to F-16's. I now fix T-38's & T-1's @ Randolph AFB in Texas as a civilian. I would love to see a few pictures...

I am a private pilot, love to fly.

I had the opportunity to buy a plane or a bike, well now i have the V

Show and tell...

I'll take some photos of our work and post em,I may start a thread from the Weisbrod in pueblo co and the Usaf Museum I visited recently if no objections

Worked on my Private Pilot's license before running out of money in my youth. I love vintage aircraft especially. Post up please!!

I'll take some photos of our work and post em,I may start a thread from the Weisbrod in pueblo co and the Usaf Museum I visited recently if no objections


No objections here! In fact I highly encourage it!!

:yeahsmile: If Kawasaki made a plane would YOU fly in it ???

:devil:Hell yeh .....

I fly for a living. I'd love to see pics of your warbirds!

My Other hobby is Online Simms WWII aircraft. Been a member of CAF96th.
Not a real pilot but... In my minds eye :-)

I believe Kawasaki was a manufacture of engines for many of the Japanize aircraft. Mitsubishi too Amazing how the WWII engineers still manufactuing motors. Germans still with BMW motocycles. It's a Small worlds after all.

Been flying airplanes since I was 16. Pilot for Air Canada for 11 years now.

I have an A&P, but haven't worked as one yet. I am also pursuing a degree in aviation.

Kawasaki has manufactured many aircraft (airplanes and helicopters), though many have been under license.

I bought the Versys after deliberating which I would get the most enjoyment and practical use from: finishing my private certificate, or owning a multi-talented bike.
I have not regretted my choice in the slightest!

I'm studying mechanical engineering and aviation is one of the routes I'm considering taking. Oh, and I also have a couple of RC planes: a J3 Cub and a Spitfire (both of them duct taped all around :D)

I considered owning an aircraft, but what I had in mind wasn't cheap. So I figured I could own ONE airplane or MANY motorcycles. I chose the bikes. But I still have an interest in the technical side of aviation.

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/data/840/Oshkosh_03_032.jpg

Laird Super Solution, as flown by Jimmy Doolittle.

WOW! THAT is cool, even the tailwheel is faired!
I'll bet that is one blind sumbitch in the flare!

I have a a lifelong interest in aviation, having grown up in bush Alaska, building and flying rc model aircraft and working as an A and P for American in Tulsa for the last 20 something years. Worked on my Private ticket back before raising kids got in the way. Would like to finish that sometime and build my own replica, probably something in the vintage biplane field. One of my favorites is the Bucker Jungmann, hence my user name.

I'm active duty Air Force at Beale AFB, working on the venerable U-2 DragonLady!

Dad was a pilot and big in the CAF when I was a kid. I spent a good bit of my youth and a good bit afterwards around airplanes. I never caught the bug, always found more interesting and less expensive ways to spend my time and money. I've got some stick time in some pretty vintage wood and canvas and have gone up in quite a few old warbirds.

I have a few thousand hours as an air crewman in the Navy with P3 C Orions in the early 1980's.

Retired from Air Canada (AE340s) 6 years back, and the RCAF 36 years ago (C-130s), total about 20,000 hours. Just rode to Alaska, Inuvik and BC on my KLR with another retired pilot (SAME background, different aircraft) on his. Love airplanes, but motorcycles are WAY more accessible! :goodidea:
Ed :cheers:

I considered owning an aircraft, but what I had in mind wasn't cheap. So I figured I could own ONE airplane or MANY motorcycles. I chose the bikes. But I still have an interest in the technical side of aviation.

I learned to fly two years ago at age 54. I am a Sport Pilot with 500+ hours. I fly an X-air H model with a Jabiru 2200 engine. I'm semi-retired so I fly 2-3 times a week.

I started riding motorcycles when I was 22. I have ridden mostly dirt bikes, usually street legal. Then the kids grew up and I didn't have anyone to ride with so I sold the last bike. I was without a bike for several years and wondered if I would ride it instead of flying. I bought the Versys about 3 weeks ago and now have 500 miles on it. It's my first street bike. I love it. But I still fly whenever I get the chance. I squeeze the bike rides in during my non-flying times.

John

Not a pilot, but a huge anything aircraft fan...Oh, my dream machine...Rare Bear...Awesome

Private pilot here with around 400 hours. I love anything aviation-related.

I'll start.. If you could have any plane in history... Not have to worry about parts, Maintaince, FAA inspections etc... What would you like to have..

I would like a FW 190-D

Canadair Mk VI F-86 Sabre Jet. The BEST of the best!

Ed :cheers:

PS I missed it by ONE course in the RCAF.... :sorry:

You beat me to it!:clap: I would choose the F-86, also.
Or maybe an A-10. Or an OV-10. Or a P-38. Or a F-5!

I'd settle for a Super Cub or C-180, though!:D

Amphibian, preferably a Grumman Albatross.

A FW 190 or a 152 variant, or in lu of the FW, a P47D

If somebody else was paying for the JP and maintenance, I'll take this badass...I know its a touch antiquated but it is one hots*** fighter....Oh yeah, if somebody could throw in those cool missiles that track down cellphone talking/ texting cagers, I could run, ahem, interference for us:devil:

Thought you guys might like to see some pics from my trip to Oshkosh this year.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/djs101/th_DSC02824.jpg (http://s243.photobucket.com/albums/ff309/djs101/?action=view&current=DSC02824.jpg)
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Late to this thread but will add to it. Got my A&P after retiring from county public works job. Worked in general aviation for two years after getting the FAA ticket. Loved it but the old back complained too much so I retired again.

Love the Golden Age planes and the warbirds. Especially the workhorses like
the P40, P47 and Hurricane. Picture is a P51C at Fantacy of Flight near lakeland, Fl. Fantastic Place. Many of the Aircraft are airworthy including the P51C. The owner of this collection flies them off the grass strip right next to the museum. They have daily flight demos. Maddjack I would love to see the restoration photos if you have time.
http://i997.photobucket.com/albums/af93/dwr302/DSC_0199.jpg

I'm a glider pilot, started at age 15; affordable sensations and adventures :)

OK, all you aviation fans. I friend sent me this last week. Can any of you explain this? Is there a story behind this or is it a photochop job?

http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q278/balou44/none%20ya/image0066.jpg

Perhaps a telephoto lens distorted the dangers here?

:feedback:

Looks like he is lifting off and I would bet that you are correct with the telephoto lens. Those C-17s can climb like a mother.

DEFINATELY on rotation during take-off!

If Any of you guys make it to Sun-N-Fun (where the above Laird Super Solution picture taken) let me know I will be there all week working .... If you cal it that I am on the crash response team and some other stuff. Either way let me know if you come down.

If Any of you guys make it to Sun-N-Fun (where the above Laird Super Solution picture taken) let me know I will be there all week working .... If you cal it that I am on the crash response team and some other stuff. Either way let me know if you come down.

I photographed the Laird at Oshkosh one year.

These are ones I took at the gathering Of Mustangs and Legands in 2007 (GML)

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07019-1.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07055-1.jpg
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http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07004-1.jpg

More GML
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07001-1.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07119.jpg
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More GML

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07072.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07066.jpg
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More GML
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07039.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07026.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07028.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a113/maddjack/GML2007/GML07040.jpg

I work in the field as a QE. Heavy lift helicotpters. S64 Erickson Sky Crane. (Originally Sikorsky but Jack Erickson bought the type certificate years ago) Web site below. We move really heavy stuff, fight fires, and operate in Canada, (Canadian Aircrane), Italy, Greece, Australia, and Korea as well as the US.

Can't say I'm an aircraft nut, although I do like old warbirds and jump at the chance at seeing any I can.

Wanted to be a surf pro, but I found I had to make money, so I got a job. Work really gets in the way of things I tell ya.

http://www.ericksonaircrane.com

I work in the field as a QE. Heavy lift helicotpters. S64 Erickson Sky Crane. (Originally Sikorsky but Jack Erickson bought the type certificate years ago) Web site below. We move really heavy stuff, fight fires, and operate in Canada, (Canadian Aircrane), Italy, Greece, Australia, and Korea as well as the US.

Can't say I'm an aircraft nut, although I do like old warbirds and jump at the chance at seeing any I can.

Wanted to be a surf pro, but I found I had to make money, so I got a job. Work really gets in the way of things I tell ya.

http://www.ericksonaircrane.com
Thankyou for the link!

Pmac those Skycranes go back a ways. I saw quite a few working around the Da Nang area in 1968 hauling just about everything. I had a chance to work with a crane when a Vietnamese Airforce Skyraider ditched in the China Sea close to the beach. I dragged it out of the water with a LVTR1 Amtrac retriever. The skycrane came in later and hauled it away.

Mitsubishi too Amazing how the WWII engineers still manufactuing motors. Germans still with BMW motocycles.