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This is my first flight ever. I was about 2 months old. It is with my dad in an A-9 Callair

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This is what happens if you forget to put the oil cap back on and dive under a set of powerlines. Apperantly my dad was wearing goggles but still got some burns.

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Here I am in an ultralight when I was around 10 or so.

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The coolest thing I found was an old newspaper article about my grandpa from the 70's.
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He sprayed up into the 90s. My dad (Dennis in the article) also started spraying with him in the 80s into the 90s.
 
Must be nice to come from a flying family!
 
wangmyers said:
Must be nice to come from a flying family!
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Yeah.. It's all gone now, But good memories. I'm the last pilot left.

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Dude,
what's up with the last picture and sentance? It looks and sounds ominous.
 
deafsound said:
Dude,
what's up with the last picture and sentance? It looks and sounds ominous.
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Well... In a matter of a few short years.. a lot of things happend.. :(

My dad got into the newspaper too.. But the FAA wasn't too impressed
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My uncle was arrested in Florida for something.... The FAA revoked him also.

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My grandpa had a heartattack and passed away

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And one big #@%# storm came through and took out the hangars / planes..etc.


So the only thing I have left are a few small memories and some pictures...Oh I had the altimeter from the stearmen...but some enraged woman decided to smash it out of anger....There are quite a few little pieces in those things.
 
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Oh that last part is horrible Jesse. I am glad you continue to fly even though your family has had some misfortunes.
 
HPNFlyGirl said:
Oh that last part is horrible Jesse. I am glad you continue to fly even though your family has had some misfortunes.
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It's just one of those things that you cannot change, So you just have to look at the positive side of things.

I've always wanted to be a pilot. It's something I'm not going to give up on, My entire life is based on it now. Everything from what I eat.. to what I do. I live for it.

Sure it may have been a lot easier if some of that wouldn't have happend. I'd probably have 10x the hours and be flying as a career. But I'll get there.

One step at a time :yes:
 
woodstock said:
why did she smash it up?
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Uhm... That's..a whole different story...for a whole different..thread...and whole different forum.

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Great pictures Jesse. In that single-seat yellow crop duster, where did your dad put you for the ride?!!
 
Troy Whistman said:
Great pictures Jesse. In that single-seat yellow crop duster, where did your dad put you for the ride?!!
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On his lap.

How he was able to convince my mom to let him do that, I'm not sure....Considering she won't let me take up my little sister even though she really wants to go (7 yrs old)... Now though she keeps telling her how dangerous flying is and quite frankly is just putting fear into her...but that's a whole nother issue.

He told me a story once to where he rode in the spray tank.

Apperantly he was in Flordia and there was a guy there who had never flown a Callair and wanted to.

So he told him how to fly it and climbed into the spray tank and up they went. After they were up for awhile he wanted to see the view so he opened the lid on the tank, but apperantly it was very hard to open because you had to open it into the wind..a big lid. He said he finally got it open and was just standing up there (beind the prop , in front of the cockpit) and finally couldn't hold it open anymore. So he went to close it but the wind caught it and ripped / dislocated his shoulder. The guy flying didn't notice and he just layed in the tank in pain. He said it seemed like forever and he finally heard the engine power come down when they were on final, the guy managed to make a pretty decent landing then they went to the hospital.
 
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Quite a collection of pictures, memories and ... well, interesting stories. Hope you have a great time with your aviation career and collect lots of great shots to share with your friends and family into the future!
 
jangell said:
On his lap.

How he was able to convince my mom to let him do that, I'm not sure....Considering she won't let me take up my little sister even though she really wants to go (7 yrs old)... Now though she keeps telling her how dangerous flying is and quite frankly is just putting fear into her...but that's a whole nother issue.

He told me a story once to where he rode in the spray tank..

Apperantly he was in Flordia and there was a guy there who had never flown a Callair and wanted to.

So he told him how to fly it and climbed into the spray tank and up they went. After they were up for awhile he wanted to see the view so he opened the lid on the tank, but apperantly it was very hard to open because you had to open it into the wind..a big lid. He said he finally got it open and was just standing up there (beind the prop , in front of the cockpit) and finally couldn't hold it open anymore. So he went to close it but the wind caught it and ripped / dislocated his shoulder. The guy flying didn't notice and he just layed in the tank in pain. He said it seemed like forever and he finally heard the engine power come down when they were on final, the guy managed to make a pretty decent landing then they went to the hospital.
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Jesse, have you or someone in your family written all these stories down? If not I strongly suggest you make the attempt. Twenty years from now, you won't be likely to remember half. The writing needn't be "publisher ready", just capture the facts and essential parts of the stories. Maybe you can make a family project out of it. Your kids and descendents of other family members will really appreciate the effort.
 
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