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Rode this baby into Oshkosh the Sunday before Airventure. Logged 1.8 XC and "intro to twins"... And it was so far the awesomest thing I've done flying related.

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Parked on the North 40

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Hawker800 said:
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My ride.
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800 or 800XP?

I worked on those back in the mid-90's when I first started at, then, Raytheon Aircraft in Wichita.

Built like a lead sled - we had pictures of one that had been attacked by a MiG, lost the right engine to a heatseeking missile and had shrapnel damage all over but brought everyone home. Literally looks like it was designed and built by the Electric Boat Company to survive a dive to the bottom of the Marianas Trench.

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They were lucky, the second missile followed the departing engine instead of going for the left one.
 
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A students long xc (KPAE to some place in Oregon and Eugene) somewhere between KPAE and KAWO a few weeks ago.
 
some pics from OSH

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we parked at the basler FBO w/all the other Cirrus'.
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have about 15hrs left before my check ride... I've been advised to fly 100+ hrs before buying my own plane.

Got a taste of the cirrus life at OSH - i think i want one

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turbofan said:
What's the story behind this? Know what the missile was? Archer? Aphid?
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Don't know what kind of missiles were used, but here's the story: On August 8th 1988, President J. K. Quetta Masire and his staff were flying to a meeting in Luanda, Angola. At 35,000 ft, an Angolan Air Force MIG-21 fired two air-to-air missiles at the Hawker 800. The Botswana Chief pilot was incapacitated. A British Aerospace pilot (Arthur Ricketts) was flying right seat. He landed at Cuito Bie, a remote strip just below them. A number of passengers were injured but no fatalities. It's still flying today and for a few years, Beechcraft used the story and photos to promote its structural integrity. I still remember advertisements in BC&A magazine. As mentioned earlier, the second heat seeking missile followed the signature of the departed right engine.

Here's a couple more poor quality photos.

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Number two to land on the south runway at a friend's fly-in Saturday 8/9/14.
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Taken last night, looking West from our island. That's the ferry landing, below, where you catch the boat to come see us.

No matter where I fly in the U.S., my last ten miles is always the prettiest! :)

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Here is a slide show of pictures taken while aviating in Oregon - set to music that makes them more palatable:

 
My instructor took this while we were flying to the practice area over the Missisippi River. Was my first time being that close to clouds, had to duck under a couple on the way back to the field.
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NAS North Island from the Coastal Route offshore from San Diego Bay.
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The Hotel Del Coronado and Coronado Bay Bridge from the Coastal Route offshore from San Diego Bay.
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'Gimp
 
Working hard to get this kid hooked on aviation(he pretty much is already) and get his flight training going. Tour of downdown Madison/isthmus area.

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What variety of Piper are you flying there...looks nice.
 
N8262S is a Piper Archer. Not sure on the year.

It's actually beat pretty good but flies nice.
 
Jim Logajan said:
Here is a slide show of pictures taken while aviating in Oregon - set to music that makes them more palatable:

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Whoa, those were awesome pics. Looked like you were at an airpark at 1:06, where was that? How many different airports did you land at and over how many days?
 
Irish_Armada said:
Whoa, those were awesome pics. Looked like you were at an airpark at 1:06, where was that? How many different airports did you land at and over how many days?
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Glad you enjoyed the pictures. It was fun taking them. Had only intended them for personal memories.

The airport at 1:06 is Independence State, 7S5.

I count 17 different airports that I traveled to or from while taking those photos. Since it is a collection of photos taken over 4 years (flying 2 different planes and 3 different cameras) it is hard to assign a count to number of days involved. Not more than 3 airports in any one day. Typically just one.
 
How exactly is getting shot down entered into the logbook? Yikes
 
Found this one of a B-17 being towed to a museum at an unknown location. (1957)
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My buddy Flipper's T-34B from the backseat of my buddy Rolex's CJ-6 back in April at the All Red Star XIII Formation Training Event at Porterville, CA.

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I was delayed in Decatur, IL for several hours this evening, so I took a few shots of the plane in the storm. And sorry of the crappy graininess; lesson learned, I'll now bring an actual camera on my flights...

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And a lightning strike on the field:

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And a couple milliseconds later:

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Nice, I actually like the graininess of the first photo, looks cool.
 
Flight last night....This is around the Chesapeake bay
 

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Cpt_Kirk said:
That aircraft was substantially damaged when the airplane tilted back on its ass.

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Yeah, about that... :mad2: Caravan 101: Install the damn tail stand!!!

Still, I'm kinda surprised that they aren't built handle it better...
 
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Oddly, 100-something hours and first time on top.
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Practicing unusual attitudes
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