These days...... when it comes to Terra Firma.... the More Firma..... the
less Terra....
K
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> From: Ed Van Scoy <edvs@uswest.net>
> To: Keith Turk <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: all things mechanical... and Romance
> Date: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 11:04 PM
>
> <snip> the stuff they are using these day's truly can be flown by about
> anybody... cept maybe Ed... or Glen....
>
> There you go again Buckwheat.......You are making the assumption that I
or Glen
> WANT to fly the damn things....... I thought we had this discussion
before.......
> I decided I hated helicopters after I learned they had the glide angle of
a
> crowbar. I know, I know, any landing you walk away from, etc. etc. but an
> auto-rotate landing (?) after the gearbox is blown apart (stuck to the
side by
> centrifugal force & then thrown out the back like a sack of potatoes) is
NOT a
> happy day!!! I also learned that it is NOT a good thing when all the
panel lights
> turn red....May have had something to do with trying to fly in a typhoon,
loaded
> down with water buffalos (but that's another story). Anyway, green is
good -UP-
> red is bad-DOWN (hard). Gravity is NOT just a good thing - it's the law
(ask Dan
> about those sudden gusts). So, I'll do my traveling on land thank you (or
at
> least something with wings) As for Glen, he is probably happy in his
timing tower
> and has no need or desire to levitate it as it is already the best seat
in the
> house.
> Ed (A firm believer in terra firma)
>
> Keith Turk wrote:
>
> > In the world of Flying ... I think it's pretty natural to actually have
an
> > emotional attachment to something.... in my case it's the Cobra.... and
> > yeah it whined... and Yes I flew Recip's...( if you can call that Huges
300
> > a Helicopter ) But the G model Cobra....( the first of the models ) was
> > something that fit me like a worn out sweater.. It never tried to hurt
> > me.. ( well almost never ... I did get a broken wing award in it...when
> > collective pitch jammed ). most importantly somehow it managed to have
> > grace while it's million parts were flying loose formation.
> >
> > The technology of the Apache was awe inspiring.... but lacked the
> > requirement for me to be a Real Pilot... you know... where you wiggle
> > sticks and things happen without the aid of Extremely sophisticated
> > stability augmentation systems.... Sure the Cobra had some of that...
but
> > the computers had Huge cards... and it wasn't fancy.... to hit a target
you
> > MADE it happen rather then just showing up.... the stuff they are using
> > these day's truly can be flown by about anybody... cept maybe Ed... or
> > Glen..... the thing could loop and roll.... I just couldn't wear
it...like
> > the Cobra...which after a while I put on like a second skin....
> >
> > I'd like to think some of you have race cars that you have been driving
> > long enough to have the same warm fuzzy feeling's about.... ( based on
the
> > Rust I'm betting they are circle track cars....) be interesting to hear
> > about them....
> >
> > Keith Turk
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