TangoWhiskey
Touchdown! Greaser!
I believe in the resurrection, now. Simply amazing find and restoration.
I wonder how much of the orginal plane he was able to reuse if any.
I wonder how much of the orginal plane he was able to reuse if any.
I'd say 75% was useable. For instance 3 of the 4 aluminum spars were good. 4 of the 26 ribs had to be replaced. The fuselage was in great shape once we found the pitting to be minimal. I paid a professional aircraft welder to replace maybe 4 feet of tubing total. BUT... I did but install new leading edges, bow tips, false spars, a trailing edge, and root fairings. The engine was in good condition but all parts were sent off for inspection anyway. Only two lifter bodies didn't pass.
Mrs. Steingar has a friend who's father has one of those things hanging in a barn.
Thanks Tony. So why did they drop the "C", and the "X"?
So, NCC-1701 was certified, correct?
Thanks Tony. So why did they drop the "C", and the "X"?
So, NCC-1701 was certified, correct?
Thanks Tony. So why did they drop the "C", and the "X"?
So, NCC-1701 was certified, correct?
Oh really?
Read it was destroyed today, engine failure after take off, pilot busted up a little but walked away.
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/small-plane-down-montgomery-county/nPYsr/
Got it. Thanks again. Guess they wanted passengers knowing what they were getting into without having to decipher the code.
Read it was destroyed today, engine failure after take off, pilot busted up a little but walked away.
http://www.whiotv.com/news/news/local/small-plane-down-montgomery-county/nPYsr/
They rebuilt it once, they can do it again.
Maybe... but the first time, it was simply neglected. Now it's wrecked. That's going to take a lot more work and money. A lot more. Really sad.They rebuilt it once, they can do it again.
They rebuilt it once, they can do it again.
"Chicken Bristle Road"... You cannot make this stuff up...
Ah yes, the old, 'I'll just turn back' routine... Lucky he survived, most don't... Betcha you could go there and look and there were backyards or garden plots basically straight ahead off the departure end where you could stuff it with with out major structural crushing... It is all in the mind set - look ahead young man...
Ever since this thread started, the video kind of went viral around here at work, and now the plane has crashed not far from me!
I Google maped the airfield, and if he was taking off to the west, there's nothing but trees, so that was probably the direction of takeoff. Off to the East PLENTY of options - nothing but farmland.
Very windy here yesterday, from the West.
They rebuilt it once, they can do it again.
Ah yes, the old, 'I'll just turn back' routine... Lucky he survived, most don't... Betcha you could go there and look and there were backyards or garden plots basically straight ahead off the departure end where you could stuff it with with out major structural crushing... It is all in the mind set - look ahead young man....
I do not appreciate the statement quoted. I departed to the west with a left head wind of no more than 15 knots at the time. After departing ground effect I realized a problem was developing. I glanced at fuel, carb heat, tach reading (only 2050) and mag switch. I began to plan for a 180 but initiated no turn as I realized I was too low. I am fully aware of the "death turn" and wanted no part of one. Straight ahead were trees. I picked the thinnest and shortest of the trees and aimed to climb over them. As I neared I knew there was no hope to top them. Looking back I know I was not climbing and may even been descending. I was too busy flying to get a final look at the tachometer. In the final seconds I made an abrupt turn, but no more than 20 degrees heading change, to land in a thicker batch of trees. The thicker trees I believe absorbed more energy before allowing the Cub to hit the ground. I DID NOT make the 180 turn back to the field as was stated so confidently above. I also never stalled. I once lost an engine on takeoff when I was 17. Fortunately that aircraft suffered no damage, and my point being I flew the Cub all the way to the end.
As far as recent flight time I had flown the Cub over 19 states and 5000 miles in last 60 days. It is disheartening enough to read the statements of those that were not present when I've already been notified the NTSB will likely call it pilot error due to density altitude. At departure time DA was calculated to be 2700. But I had flown the Cub recently in DA 3800 with a passenger. I also had it over the Blue Ridge Mtns at 7000 feet and flew in and out of Jackson County Airport (elev 3000) with same amount of luggage but twice as much fuel. I know something was not right other than density altitude on that final flight.
Sir, please gather all facts before discrediting the skills or decisions of other pilots in the future. I don't mind people discussing (in fact I want them to so lessons can be learned) what I did or did not do but please learn what those were first.
Thank you,
Jared