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That "fully half" number... Was it obtained before, or after, distributing live hand grenades...

My brother and I were wondering if anyone has tried those new-fangled "synthetic" rubber belts. Will they be able to handle 12 horse-power without breaking? --W

Years ago my grandparents had a set of Amelia Earhart luggage-- like the photo, only in a slightly lighter shade. I always thought that putting Millie's name on luggage was sorta like painting ICARUS AIRLINES on the side of an airplane, but... Gotta go, I have an appointment down at the Sweeny...

Oh, they are just rolling around in the tail-cone with the push-rods and cables...

“Teasers are usually rich kids with nothing to do. They cruise around looking for planets that haven’t made interstellar contact yet and buzz them.” “Buzz them?” Arthur began to feel that Ford was enjoying making life difficult for him. “Yeah,” said Ford, “they buzz them. They find some isolated...

Or that the Japanese, Dutch, Americans, Aussies, and Brits all used twin tailed Lockheeds...

3W2 (Put-in-Bay, Lower Bass Island, Ohio) to 58OH (Rattlesnake Island) 2.43 nautical miles, most of which is over Lake Erie.

Yeah, but the mortgage will be paid, and you'll be a big dude in a big house.

Having thoroughly enjoyed reading Martha Lunken's account of working Lockheed Electras (10s, not the smaller 12s) through Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan in the 1960's, 'Once I Built an Airline' (Flying: April 28, and August 20, 2012), I can only imagine the value of those logbooks. '

Must be said in an imitation of Slim Pickins as Major "T. J. King "Kong" in "Doctor Strangelove." "Well... That is a might personal (ma'am or mister)... Let's just say no-one's complained so far..."

If the airframe is square there is no "front tire." :D

More like a pattern that abruptly ended on the turn to base...

Just realized I duplicated this post.

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I have an airplane, so I guess I won't need a wife. :cool:

Just use a more powerful stick on magnet to mount it.

Did he file a flight plan? 'Cause the runway model from the local news who can't pronounce multi-syllable words always points out that "the pilot did not file a flight plan."

I double checked before my first run-up. No bolts, cotter pins, or castle nuts left on the workbench or on the floor... Jus' sayin'.

e-props sells individual blades... :cool:

Not a lawyer, but IIRC the FAA "controls" airspace 500 foot AGL* and above. *Defined as the greatest height of any structure on property. Anyone can sue anyone for anything. And anyone sued can then counter-sue. Geeze, it's almost like a bunch of lawyers wrote the rules.