What a nice thing to say. Thank you!
This was my favorite of some of the other photos that I posted of the airplane in another thread here. It has a kind of dreamy (that's not the word I'm trying to think of, but it's close) quality to it.
Awwww.
What a nice thing to say. If it would have had one more seat, I would have been workin' on a ride.
Bi, straight or gay plane, I don't think labels are neccassary. All will fly and it is not for us to judge.
Bi, straight or gay plane, I don't think labels are neccassary. All will fly and it is not for us to judge.
It's a replica. Several parts are authentic, though. It has the original Hisso engine.
We ALL look good in our headsets. Our hair might not look good afterwords, though.But headsets suit you just fine.
Well, you have a good point! I have a photo of the sun setting in my spinner with the moon rising on top of the spinner. Maybe THAT one will make it.
We ALL look good in our headsets. Our hair might not look good afterwords, though.
Spike, I love how you see the world. And something tells me you could use some agreeable calm about now.
We still hope you'll make it to the farm someday. We've had a Bo land here before. 
Well, we haven't had a snake in the house since last fall!
And the weather is so nice, we don't even want to move at the moment.
Thank you.
Tom shot the video. I wish he would have been here when the airplane landed. The pilot did a go-around the first time when he ran out of runway landing to the north. He had a hard time seeing the oak trees on short final and made a high final to avoid the trees. The wind was right down that runway that day. It's interesting how they start that Hisso engine...and kind of a pain, too. You almost need a crew with you when you travel in that airplane. Plus, it doesn't have any brakes.
It's a (Replicraft) plans-built job, with some original parts and many owner-fabricated parts (including tricky stuff like the engine cooling shutters for the Hisso). I haven't seen it myself, but it's supposedly built to period factory specs, and the photos and video (thanks, Diana!) are impressive. He built most of it in a small shed in his backyard.
Thanks for the link...I was trying to figure out how to find that.It's a (Replicraft) plans-built job, with some original parts and many owner-fabricated parts (including tricky stuff like the engine cooling shutters for the Hisso). I haven't seen it myself, but it's supposedly built to period factory specs, and the photos and video (thanks, Diana!) are impressive. He built most of it in a small shed in his backyard.
I love how he describes the process: "Building the S.E.5a is simple, if you just build one part at a time..."
Just magnificent, and it's for sale (or already sold?).
Sport Aviation article (page 30):
http://www.sportaviationonline.org/sportaviation/201008?pg=5#pg5
Well, we figured out what happened. Tom had accidentally pushed a button on the side of the camera before he gave it to you, and all the shots are ultra bright. Although, you got some good footage.Thanks Diana, Tom did a great job with the video... unlike that last joker you tried to use
That's why I didn't make a video of the fly-in. Besides, it would be hard to capture the essence of just how hot it really was that weekend. 
I keep trying to get a photo on but I keep getting beat out by some gal from Missouri....
Maybe we should start a thread here of photos that we submitted that didn't make it. At least they would be great photos to share. Thanks!
