Recent content by supercub185

My father and uncle were both pilots. Grew up around bush type planes. All I dreamed about as a kid. Worked paper routes, mowed cemetary and sold night crawlers. Soon as I turned 15 I started taking lessons and I paid for them mostly by myself. I remember when I was a kid and when I heard my...

I owned a couple Maules. Good plane for the money but you are right about the earlier Maules and their paint. Both my 80s models had razorback and I wonder if that was part of the problem with adhesion?

Impressive photos, you should do well .

I operate a towing road service company. 12 years ago I bought a snap on battery 1/2 drive impact gun. It has changed hundreds of tires over the years and still going strong. Did have to replace the batteries after about 3 years. The second set are old and running strong. We keep them charged...

On floats and skis its a must most times.

I enjoyed the cap when I was young. I was a teenager flying the plane wet for 12.50 an hour. It seems much different now. I got courtmartialed. One of the few in history. I quit drinking shortly thereafter.

I had no tailwheel training. I bought a maule on the west coast when I was a kid and flew it home. Luckily I dint kill myself. I asked a few old timers for advice and they said if it starts to drift to one side don't give it too much rudder and get the rigomortis out of your legs. Around here...

My strip is about 1800 on wheels or skis, the water is a couple miles. Lots of planes land at my strip to install/remove floats.90ME.

It was the warmup band . They dropped their instruments and ran, along with many concert goers. Troopers told FAA i was lower than 20 feet. They identified me by sight, not tail numbers alone. I am very greatful to hold a second class medical and commercial ticket. Life has been good in...

When i was young, drunk and stupid, i made 3 low passes over an open air assembly (rock concert). The FAA liftem my ticket for awhile, then the state arrested me in a restaurant for same offense. They issued a warrant for reckless operation of an aircraft. The fine was about $300.00. I sobered...

I received my hp endosement in an odd way. The flight instructor had not flown a tailwheel aircraft. At the time there was no tailwheel endorsement requirement. I had only a couple hours of tailwheel time and no experience in this new aircraft. The owner sat in right seat, instructor in rear and...

I think so.

I sold a taylorcraft to a gentleman who was waiting on a special issuance medical. Before getting his medical back he totalled th t-craft with a friend on board. Neither were bruised too bad. He was required to wait for his medical to be reinstated , then had to take a checkride. The FAA was...

We jump out of the 185 and get into a tailwheel 172.:D

Up here the local fbo's with taildraggers stay busy. I think a big problem in some parts of the country, is pilots who have never flown one scare off new pilots. You do not hear the comments about evryone will eventually ground loop them and they are impossible to fly in crosswinds. My area has...