About Boise Last Weekend......

[speeddemon]

Re: About Boise Last Weekend......

Uh, perhaps John Curtiss Paul needs to be shown where the rudder pedals are?


Sorry JCP...left yourself wide open for that one....

[Leo]

Re: About Boise Last Weekend......

Total nerddom!
Only on this board would someone notice the ball.
I think we could give ANY Trekkie a run for his money...

[Air Race Addict]

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It's a beautiful airplane and has a very good home if that makes you feel any better.

Everyone knows we're just kiddin', right? I will always love ANY and ALL Mustangs as long as I live. There is nothing better than watchin and listening to one fly around, the snap, crackle, and pop of a Merlin.........Geez Neal, if I had known you were there, I would have looked for you. Were you there both days? I may have seen you and not even realized it. I was pretty busy herding my Dad around with his O2 and cane. Sorry I didn't say hi. How was it up there with the wind? And thanks to the Paul family for having such nice events for people to get to learn about and appreciate the aircraft from back in the day.

[JCP]

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OUCH!

[JCP]

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That was when we hit a patch of major turbulence.

[speeddemon]

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That was when we hit a patch of major turbulence.

Of course......


NO SOUP FOR YOU!

[speeddemon]

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Only on this board would someone notice the ball.

What....by 'someone' you mean like a "PILOT"?

[JCP]

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It's tough having those instruments in every photo taking from the inside of that airplane!

[JCP]

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I repeat......OUCH.

[JCP]

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I repeat......OUCH.

... and it's actually less LEFT rudder!

[speeddemon]

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It's tough having those instruments in every photo taking from the inside of that airplane!

Kind of like having a toddler around as they're learning to talk? They become the human flight recorder and 'nothing' you say around them is sacred?

Its all good, John. Just couldn't pass up the observation. I'm sure if it was me, I would have said "Neal...get your feet of the pedals, man...."

[wingman]

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Gee sorry, John Curtiss! It never occurred to me that posting those pictures here would expose you to the officiall AAFO peanut gallery...

Not being a pilot, I'm not very attuned to the nuances of centering the ball. My priorities are more like "Don't throw up on the floor of the nice man's airplane, stay out of the way of the controls, try to get a picture that will justify all this, and Don't throw up on the floor of the nice man's airplane!".

Thanks again to all the Paul family for a great weekend.

Neal

[speeddemon]

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Not being a pilot, I'm not very attuned to the nuances of centering the ball. My priorities are more like "Don't throw up on the floor of the nice man's airplane, stay out of the way of the controls, try to get a picture that will justify all this, and Don't throw up on the floor of the nice man's airplane!".

Well, here's the thing, Neal. As a passenger, 'not throwing up on the floor of the nice man's airplane' can be directly linked to the nuances of centering the ball.

In most small aircraft, the pilot is located near the cg, or at least the balance point that the aircraft manuevers around. Flying in or out of trim has very little effect on a person if they are close to the 'pivot point'. But someone in the back seat is farther away from that point, and uncoordinated flight (like a skid or a slip) will have greater effect on the liquid in your inner ear canal...thus greatly increasing the possibility for motion sickness.

Damn....I might even pass for a doctor someday.

Regardless....awesome photos. And I actually think that 'catching' the instruments in the frame is cool. Oh, he's at 4300 feet, running 30' MAP, turning X number of RPM's. I liked it. Just had to give the pile-it a bit of a nudge.

And if you need ANY reference to my own fallabilities as a pilot, just take a look at my PBY story on here from about 10 years ago. I wore my 'oops' on my sleeve for everyone to see. But it was worth it....

Great stuff Neal and JCP.

[jarrodeu]

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http://aafo.com/library/history/tillamok.htm

Jarrod

[wingman]

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I think this is a good time to put in a major plug for the Paul family and their Warhawk Museum in Nampa Idaho. They are great people, with a large and seemingly very dedicated group of volunteers, The museum itself is great. Along with the two Hawks (E and N, Kitti- and War-) there is an immaculate P-51C that they hope to fly in the next month or so, and an F-86F Sabre (static) that is about done and which will be painted in the Korean War colors of their old friend Bob Love. The Pauls have at least enough land for another large hangar, and recently acquired a half interest in "Pacific Princess", so will soon be adding a flying B-25 to the museum collection. There are also lots of interesting exhibits (the museum other than the airplanes is primarily the domain of Sue Paul and the volunteers). The museum also has a very active educational outreach program with local schools and a Veteran's History program interviewing American war veterans and preserving their stories.

The weekend event was very successful, drawing 1400 and 1300 admissions on Saturday and Sunday, in distinctly unfavourable weather. They were selling sodas for a dollar and hot dogs for a buck and a half, I think. What did you pay for your last soda at Reno? They had two world War II P-38 vets speaking between the flying segments, along with Bob Cardin giving a great slide presentation on the recovery (for which he was project manager) of Glacier Girl from the Greenland ice cap ( 26 stories beneath the surface, which I had not quite comprehended before!). I especially enjoyed spending some time with P-38 pilot (and F-86s in Korea) Stan Richardson who, among many other exploits, was the pilot for General Eisenhower's famous flight over Normandy in June 1944 in a "droop snoot" P-38. A fascinating man and an American hero. All the presentations both days were standing room only, and with interesting and worthwhile audience questions afterwards.

There will be more events this year, including a "Navy Days" and a "B-25 weekend", along with a Pearl Harbor remembrance in December. All in all this is a remarkable effort for a small family-supported community-oriented museum.. I highly recommend it for anybody who is in the Rocky Mountain region and needs a Warbird fix.

I certainly enjoyed my weekend with the Pauls (and I'm also quite thankful for John Sr.'s plentiful supply of Scotch whiskey -- which I made good use of after the flying was done each day)...

http://www.warhawkairmuseum.org/

The Wingman