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--> Rocket-List message posted by: "Tom Martin" <fairlea@execulink.com>
Rocket ride givers
I give a lot of rides in my Harmon and over the years I have had a lot
of
interesting passengers and have heard some pretty outrageous things from the
back seat, but last nights comment is worth sharing.
The passenger was a woman, a long time friend of my wife. She had never
been in a small plane and when asked if she wanted a ride, she did not
hesitate. During the take off roll, and up to about 2000 feet, she never
stopped laughing and shouting; I knew this was going to be fun. We levelled
off and she calmed down enough to look around and down, and she said all
those things that people say in their first plane ride. I give very gentle
rides to timid passengers, it is not my intention to scare anyone from a
second flight but on our way back to the airport we passed over a Cessna
172, he was about 1000 feet lower and going 90 degrees to our course.
Without thinking, I had no choice, I dropped my right wing swooped down to
blow past this guy. With the descent I was probably going well over 200
knots, it was perfect evening with no bumps so there was no feeling of
speed. That is until you pass someone who is going less than half your
speed. She was surprised that I would get close to another plane, and I was
at least 500 feet from it when we went by it, and she asked, "what is wrong
with that plane?!!" I replied "nothing, it is a training aircraft from a
local flying school" and she replied, after a pause,
"You mean they can teach you to fly backwards"!!!
Tom Martin
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--> Rocket-List message posted by: "Tom Gummo" <t.gummo@verizon.net>
Tom,
I too had a interesting passenger yesterday. We are having a small air fair
at my local airport, APV, and have several CAF aircraft on display. A SNJ,
Navy version of the AT-6, arrived a day early to give some promotional
rides. One of the high rollers cancelled and my building partner Jack, or
KABONG, as he like to call himself got to take his place. I asked the pilot
if he would mind if I flew a little formation with him to get a couple of
pictures. Anyway, besides the pilot a lady crew chief came along and as a
joke I asked her if she wanted to come along, she did. At first, she didn't
believe that I could keep up with the SNJ.
I let the SNJ get completely airborne before I took the runway. After my
normal TO, at the end of the runway, the rocket was already several hundred
feet above the SNJ and about a 1/2 mile back. The rocket quickly closed the
gap and I was able to fly formation for a couple of minutes on the SNJ.
Once the photos were taken, we departed the formation and I decided to show
her the plane. I did a couple of aileron rolls to check out her system (I
don't try to get people sick) and she was doing nice. Next she asked to do
a loop. So, I showed her one. Then she asked if she could do one. I said
OK but that I would be guarding the stick to make sure things don't go
wrong. Of course, she didn't pull hard enough at the start of the loop and
we got a little slow at the top. At the top, the plane stalled and did that
little shake it does under those conditions. I helped her recover and
finished the loop. While this was happening, she said that both she and the
plane had just had an orgasm.
She is a nurse, a pilot, a CAF member, not bad looking, and single. She is
even thinking about getting a RV after the ride.
Tom Gummo
Apple Valley, CA
Air Boss for today's Air Fair
Come and see us.
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--> Rocket-List message posted by: "Tom Gummo" <t.gummo@verizon.net>
Gary and ALL,
The Air Fair part of the day went very well. :-)
The "paying" crowd seemed much smaller this year. :-(
For those who came, I was very busy as Air Boss so didn't get to say hello.
The bad news is that the FAA said that I didn't a bad enough job to be
fired.
The good news is that I still have my medical and pilot cert.s
Thanks for coming.
Tom "NO Longer Air Boss"
Apple Valley, Ca
TWO FAA inspectors verse ONE Air Boss = a tie
do not archive
----- Original Message -----
From: "RV6 Flyer" <rv6_flyer@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: RV-List: Re: Rocket-List: passenger
> --> RV-List message posted by: "RV6 Flyer" <rv6_flyer@hotmail.com>
>
> Tom:
>
> The RV Flight was glad to particapate at the Air Fair. Maybe next year we
> will have an Large RV and Pitts formation for you. Paul and I talked with
> Jason when they were getting ready to leave.
>
> Sounds like you should have introduced me to the young lady pilot.
>
> Even my very slow 160 HP RV-6 can keep up with a T-6 / SNJ. The only
place
> that the T-6 / SNJ out performs the low HP RVs is on the down line as they
> have a Vne of 260 mph compared to the 210 mph RV. They also will out do
the
> RV at the fuel pump taking on a LOT more gas they we use for the same
> mission. At the Cable Air Fair, ATC told us (RV Flight) to follow the T-6
> flight. They were 3 miles ahead of us and we caught them on downwind.
We
> cut them off on the inside of the turn to catch them but they could not
lose
> us after we were at their 6.
>
> Gary A. Sobek
> "My Sanity" RV-6 N157GS O-320 Hartzell,
> 1,285 + Flying Hours So. CA, USA
> http://SoCAL_WVAF.rvproject.com
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Tom Gummo" <t.gummo@verizon.net>
> To: <rv-list@matronics.com>
> Subject: RV-List: Re: Rocket-List: passenger
> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 07:49:00 -0700
>
> --> RV-List message posted by: "Tom Gummo" <t.gummo@verizon.net>
>
> Tom,
>
> I too had a interesting passenger yesterday. We are having a small air
fair
> at my local airport, APV, and have several CAF aircraft on display. A
SNJ,
> Navy version of the AT-6, arrived a day early to give some promotional
> rides. One of the high rollers cancelled and my building partner Jack, or
> KABONG, as he like to call himself got to take his place. I asked the
pilot
> if he would mind if I flew a little formation with him to get a couple of
> pictures. Anyway, besides the pilot a lady crew chief came along and as a
> joke I asked her if she wanted to come along, she did. At first, she
didn't
> believe that I could keep up with the SNJ.
>
> I let the SNJ get completely airborne before I took the runway. After my
> normal TO, at the end of the runway, the rocket was already several
hundred
> feet above the SNJ and about a 1/2 mile back. The rocket quickly closed
the
> gap and I was able to fly formation for a couple of minutes on the SNJ.
> Once the photos were taken, we departed the formation and I decided to
show
> her the plane. I did a couple of aileron rolls to check out her system (I
> don't try to get people sick) and she was doing nice. Next she asked to
do
> a loop. So, I showed her one. Then she asked if she could do one. I
said
> OK but that I would be guarding the stick to make sure things don't go
> wrong. Of course, she didn't pull hard enough at the start of the loop
and
> we got a little slow at the top. At the top, the plane stalled and did
that
> little shake it does under those conditions. I helped her recover and
> finished the loop. While this was happening, she said that both she and
the
> plane had just had an orgasm.
>
> She is a nurse, a pilot, a CAF member, not bad looking, and single. She
is
> even thinking about getting a RV after the ride.
>
> Tom Gummo
> Apple Valley, CA
> Air Boss for today's Air Fair
> Come and see us.
>
>
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