Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

[mayday51]

Re: Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

quote:...>with what's-his-name in the Oracle bipe<


.....those words used to be cause for "discussion"....

[Kilo Hotel]

Re: Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

quote:...>with what's-his-name in the Oracle bipe<


.....those words used to be cause for "discussion"....

Geez, I hope I didn't offend anybody. Just one of those brain fades that happens more and more frequently these days. Somewhere I have a pin that certifies I'm a member of Sean Tucker's 'Pole Holder Club', from back in the early 90s when air racing came to Denver and he was on the airshow program. I was walking around in the pits when I nearly tripped over him as he was pushing his Pitts out to the line. Sean recruited me on the spot, and I got to watch his amazing routine from the side of the runway. You'd think I could remember a guy's name after an experience like that...but you'd be wrong.

[AAFO_WSagar]

Re: Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

Geez, I hope I didn't offend anybody. Just one of those brain fades that happens more and more frequently these days.

HAH!! Least I have an excuse

[mayday51]

Re: Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

KH,

...no offense here,
but Sean D. used to be quite explicit on the full "Sean D. Tucker" name
at every airshow I have seen and helped(?) him at.

......my prior reply was in jest/self-synical based on his reactions I had observed.

Kilo...you do fine by me.

[Unregistered]

Re: Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

[QUOTE=Randy Haskin]Thornton actually has used an F-5 "boat-tail" (the ass-end of the jet where the stabs and engine nozzles are) on at least one of this T-38s because it has a drag chute housing on it which the stock Talon doesn't have.

Randy-

I read an article in Air Classics many years ago, was written by Chuck Thornton and detailed building his first T-38. He said that the box on the back between the burner cans was essentially a "bolt on" mod to convert the T-38 to accept the F-5 Drag Chute.
The jet in these photos looks like a T-38 to me. T-38 wing, intake, boat tail. It does appear to have the drag chute mod and the AT-38B C/L pylon. I think it would look real nice in my hangar!

-Ken Dwelle

[Race5]

Re: Aviation Nation Huge Success - More Photos From Las Vegas Air Show

Ken,
When are you going to drag CM out of your hangar and come play?

[Unregistered]

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Ken,
When are you going to drag CM out of your hangar and come play?

That I can't answer. We just don't know what the future holds for Race #10. That airplane, or probably any fast unlimited, is really a pain in the ass. None of us have the time or the motivation right now to do anything with it. I will probably feel different when we get a prop for it and I get some time in the thing.

One thing we did do is to buy another racing T-6. It is a Harvard II that we sold 14 years ago named Tinkertoy. It has two gold wins (89 and 90). We figured if one T-6 is good, two should be better no? Dad and I will fly to Dallas on Thursday to bring it back. I'm very anxious to get it up in the air with Kitchen Pass and see where they shake out.

-Ken