Do You Fly Tiny Planes?

I fly a tiny airplane,and I'm proud of it.
 
bnt83 said:
That skyhawk is what 2400 pounds at gross?

The small regional jets such as the ERJ and CRJ are around 40,000 pounds at gross. So yeah, we fly tiny airplanes.
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Actually, 2550 lbs, so just a smidge above tiny.
 
I love that the author contacted the FAA to most likely confirm the absurdity of landing such a teeny tiny plane at O'Hare. They came back and said Cessnas land there all the time.
 
Its amazing what's passed off as news these days...
 
I just posted on his Twitter feed:

@Dodgerman "Airplane lands at Airport" is news how?


We'll see what he says.
 
Bill Jennings said:
I see the rabbit and looks like approach lights are high intensity or close to it, does ORD do this on VFR nights or was that for our entertainment?
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O'Hare turns on the approach lighting systems for the arrival runways during nighttime conditions (both VMC/IMC). The departure runways and all the other runways not in use just have the edge lighting & centerline lighting illuminated.

For the most part, it's to prevent runway incursions and aircraft from landing on the wrong runways since we're now in a parallel runway configuration at the airport when 10C-28C opened last October.
 
Does this count as a tiny plane?
 

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Could He fly this to O'Hare?
Seriously how is this thing stable at all?

 
Cri Cri is weird.
I have had bigger RC planes.
 
AIRPLANE LANDS AT AIRPORT!!!!


FILM AT 11, TUNE IN TO SEE THIS AMAZING FOOTAGE!!!
 
My name is DHF65 and I fly tiny planes.
 
There are no Cri Cri's for sale on tradeaplane
Sux, I could skip the hangar costs and just keep it in the back of the car.
 
Ask any hundred non-pilots on the street which of the following is a photograph of an "airport"; guess what they'll say.

A:

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B:

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SixPapaCharlie said:
There are no Cri Cri's for sale on tradeaplane
Sux, I could skip the hangar costs and just keep it in the back of the car.
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You won't find many/any Cri-Cris in the US. The designer and plans guy got in a legal tussle with a stupid American and he refuses to sell plans in the US now. One could get the plans from overseas and have it shipped, or get a Cri-Cri in yerrup and have it sent over, but I think the last Cri-Cri went down a year ago and there might be one left over here somewhere.
 
docmirror said:
You won't find many/any Cri-Cris in the US. The designer and plans guy got in a legal tussle with a stupid American and he refuses to sell plans in the US now. One could get the plans from overseas and have it shipped, or get a Cri-Cri in yerrup and have it sent over, but I think the last Cri-Cri went down a year ago and there might be one left over here somewhere.
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There was a Cri-Cri that used to come to the FlyBQ at KLOM that Adam organizes. It looked like it had two lawn mower engines. Interesting plane, although I would probably NOT fly one.
 
Anthony said:
There was a Cri-Cri that used to come to the FlyBQ at KLOM that Adam organizes. It looked like it had two lawn mower engines. Interesting plane, although I would probably NOT fly one.
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Lawn mower engines???? Well - I never heard the like!

They are weed whacker engines as everyone knows... :rofl:

muuuaahahhahahahaaaaaa!
 
Anthony said:
There was a Cri-Cri that used to come to the FlyBQ at KLOM that Adam organizes. It looked like it had two lawn mower engines. Interesting plane, although I would probably NOT fly one.
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You should see the twin turbine Cri-Cri. Now that one I would fly!
 
The Midget Mustang was pretty tiny lol, me, a cat, and a backpack and that plane was full.
 
I'm surprised this made news. I've landed at KEWR a couple times and ATC wasn't shocked at the request.

I'd also bet quite a few angle flight missions have landed there in similar equipment.
 
Those Cessnas are huge. My aircraft weighs 8 lbs and fits in a backpack.
 
Ya know the Boeing 737 is nicknamed "Guppy" because it's so small?
 
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