914Driver said:The one I see is definitely a two seater, I prefer slower and quieter.
There is a lot of lift in that photo. Probably enough to keep this aloft for awhile
914Driver said:The one I see is definitely a two seater, I prefer slower and quieter.
There is a lot of lift in that photo. Probably enough to keep this aloft for awhile
Yes- but us slippery little guys just hug the base and go FASTER.
In reply to classicJackets (FS) :
That whole explanation of the four hooks in the underbody is great, but I wonder how many rusted off before they got across the country?
#70's rust resistance joke
Adrian_Thompson said:Mach 2 in the 50's bitches.
They are an impressive machine. In a related tale in the late 1990s the company that I flew for bought a King Air C-90 from a company in Alpena Michigan. Another pilot and I spent a full day with the gentleman that had flown the King Air for the previous 15 years. Over lunch we were BSing about airplanes that we had flown, other pilots etc. He had learned to fly in the 1950s USAF. When I asked him what was the hottest ship that he had flown he said it was the RF-101 Voodoo. He told us that he was at Minneapolis St Paul getting cleared for takeoff and given a route at low level and out of the way that he needed to go. He asked if an unrestricted climb to 41000 feet direct to destination was available. The controller replied that it was if he could be at or above 18000 feet before crossing the airport's boundary. He said wilco. He told us that he was leveling off at 41000 about 8 miles from the center of the airport 
RF-101 Voodoo
Oh, yeah. J. Edgar looks like he can handle this. Just look at the stance. Good thing he has a block wall behind him, because if he actually pulls the trigger, he'll be flat against it and then on the floor.
F-104C cockpit or box office depending on the pilot. Very well laid out and simple
What is Blau gas/blue gas? And why should we be interested?
Pomona. Max Balchowski with Old Yeller Mk II around 1959.
Palm Springs road races, 1956
(Jan Harrison was a "dear friend" of Shelby, who was racing that weekend).
a couple of A4D Skyhawks a beautiful airplane with impeccable manners
Edit: Why I hate photobucket!
In reply to pilotbraden :
We did work for a doctor in the 80s. Doc Nielsen was a naval aviator flying Scooters in Nam. But in 65, he was training near New York City. He's shooting approaches, coming in from out over the Atlantic.
Then the 1965 East Coast blackout hit at the exact moment he was headed East out over the drink. 180 deg. turn and...nothing. Black. No lights. No city. No horizon. No radio response when he radio checks (base generators hadn't kicked in yet.)
He though he died.
Fortunately, 15 seconds later he gets contact from base. Even after getting shot at in Vietnam, Doc said those were the longest seconds of his life.
There's got to be an easier way to check how much fuel it's got. 
pilotbraden said:
Yay, Scooters! Many, many of these passed over my young head back in the 60's. Parent's first home was less than a mile away from and apparently in a direct line with one of the runways at NAS South Weymouth. They had a bunch of these for training along with P2 Neptunes (big radials and a pair of small jets for takeoff) that were part of a sub chaser squadron statiioned there. I spent a lot of time looking up!
Professor_Brap (Forum Supporter) said:
RX7 owners... I feel attacked.
Satchel Paige hears your stupid question, and looks at you motherberkeleyerly.
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