Gratuitous Grumman Aerobatics in this old TV show

[SixPapaCharlie]

Starts around the 18:20 mark.
Amazing how quiet these planes were back in the day. Didn't even need headsets.

Scroll around for more flying action from these bad dudes of aviation.

 

[SixPapaCharlie]

Also, is that Dabney Coleman? Kinda looks like him and sounds like him.

 

[Bill]

One, Brian, does your hair blow around like that on startup? Two, that car somehow magically got out of the way. Three, that Mannix dude has caterpillars for eyebrows.

 

[SoonerAviator]

I like how the yellow barge magically moved out of the way for the Grumman to taxi straight forward, lol.

 

[EdFred]

Also, is that Dabney Coleman? Kinda looks like him and sounds like him.

According to IMDB, yep.

 

[luvflyin]

Also, is that Dabney Coleman? Kinda looks like him and sounds like him.

Yeah. That be him. He loved flyin so much he............

 

[Deelee]

Ralph Stoner... lol.

Didn't know Grummans were approved for aerobatics

 

[NHWannabe]

According to IMDB, yep.

and the blonde woman is Diana Hyland - John Travolta's GF they met while filming Boy in The Plastic Bubble, she played his mother. She died of cancer.

 

[Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe]

Didn't even need headsets.

That part is true.

 

[Deelee]

Also, for a minute there.... while they were flying out over the water... I thought they might fly under a bridge.

 

[wsuffa]

Yeah. That be him. He loved flyin so much he............

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Is that....

Never mind, this is not an X-rated board...

 

[luvflyin]

Also, for a minute there.... while they were flying out over the water... I thought they might fly under a bridge.

There's one very close to where they were. And lo and behold, when searching to get a pic I found this.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.co...ts-fly-under-i-15-bridge-2001jan31-story.html
I ain't subscribing but it did happen. Doesn't surprise me.

 

[Deelee]

Whoa! From that ariticle:
"the dual-engine, single-wing, red-over-white plane"

single-wing??! Now we have pilots a.) flying under bridges and b.) doing it in aircraft that are obviously not airworthy!!!

Paging FAA... this must be stopped!!

 

[Zeldman]

Also, is that Dabney Coleman?

Also Mr. Brady was in there...

 

[Sac Arrow]

20:03, the two most feared words in aviation.

"Watch this!"

 

[flyingron]

That part is true.

Was uncommon to wear them back in those days (1972). I learned to fly in 1981. I didn't get headphones until 1987 or so (and even then it wasn't common).

 

[Ken Whitson]

Ralph Stoner... lol.

Didn't know Grummans were approved for aerobatics

The color of the Traveler and the ending "L" in the N-number made me do a double-take. I once owned a Traveler with the same color and paint pattern (N5965L). Never mustered up the nerve to do any rolls in it though.

 

[Ravioli]

Aerobatics without parachutes? I'm calling the FSDO to report them.

Also giggled when they showed inside views and they were leaning this way or that, cause that really happens.

 

[NoHeat]

I enjoyed the aerobatics.

Just the same, I think I’d pre-flight the plane first, especially after the mechanic tells me that the aileron is newly repaired.

 

[Deelee]

I think I’d pre-flight the plane first

Or call clear prop...

But Ralph Stoner seemed to be a pretty good test pilot. Good enough to take a passenger he just met on a test flight of a pre-production aircraft.

 

[Tarheelpilot]

Sweet.
I wonder if they made the owner cry.

 

[GRG55]

Meh. That's nothing compared to doing them in a Warrior...

 

[Ventucky Red]

20:03, the two most feared words in aviation.

"Watch this!"

And on the ground, this is usual proceeded with "here hold my beer and.....

 

[ETres]

Watching an episode of Mannix would've been the very last thing I expected to be doing this morning.

 

[Zeldman]

I always liked his car, '66 or '67 Olds Toronado built by George Barris.

 

[kyleb]

I always liked his car, '66 or '67 Olds Toronado built by George Barris.

Pimptastic!

 

[jsstevens]

I enjoyed the aerobatics.

Just the same, I think I’d pre-flight the plane first, especially after the mechanic tells me that the aileron is newly repaired.

The other pilot told him it was full of gas and controls were free, what more do you need to know?

 

[wrbix]

“We hope to sell a million of these”.......where have we heard that before LOL.

 

[asicer]

“We hope to sell a million of these”.......where have we heard that before LOL.

Need I remind you that the AA1/TR2 is based on a Jim Bede design?

 

[Kenny Phillips]

Was uncommon to wear them back in those days (1972). I learned to fly in 1981. I didn't get headphones until 1987 or so (and even then it wasn't common).

Yeah, I blame some of my hearing issues with the 1970s "screaming" cockpit.

 

[write-stuff]

 

[luvflyin]

Need I remind you that the AA1/TR2 is based on a Jim Bede design?

Not just based on. He did design it. It was gonna be a kit but they decided to just go into building them Certified.

 

[SoonerAviator]

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"Too close for missiles, I'm switching to guns."

 

[SCCutler]

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This picture is so awesome, I can’t find the words.

Spike. Speechless. Whoda guessed?

 

[asicer]

Not just based on. He did design it. It was gonna be a kit but they decided to just go into building them Certified.

I guess that depends on how you defined "based on". There were a number of changes before it hit production, including larger ailerons, longer wings and tail surface tweaks.
http://www.grummanpilotsassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Flying1967November.pdf

 

[luvflyin]

I guess that depends on how you defined "based on". There were a number of changes before it hit production, including larger ailerons, longer wings and tail surface tweaks.
http://www.grummanpilotsassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Flying1967November.pdf

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