Random Griz Aviation Musings

[FrankTheTank]

The 170 view in the joinup…. It was a little tricky because his airspeeds are so much slower.. I’m used to flying off other RVs.. 50 knots slower sure changes things…

 

[wink]

The 170 view in the joinup…. It was a little tricky because his airspeeds are so much slower.. I’m used to flying off other RVs.. 50 knots slower sure changes things…
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Really now. With a little luck will be doing some air to air photo work with my Luscombe and an RV-7A this Sunday. We will probably be at about 60-65kts difference. The RV pilot is a Hornet dude current in form, so I we have that going for us.

 

[Griz882]

Really now. With a little luck will be doing some air to air photo work with my Luscombe and an RV-7A this Sunday. We will probably be at about 60-65kts difference. The RV pilot is a Hornet dude current in form, so I we have that going for us.

He might be a bit shocked at the Luscombe’s “top speed.”

 

[skybert]

I wanna hang out with you guys

 

[mad dog]

Not an aviation musing but a motorcycle musing from tonight.

@ChuckMK23 says “DOH!”…

 

[Griz882]

Not an aviation musing but a motorcycle musing from tonight.

@ChuckMK23 says “DOH!”…

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We’ll…did he get the deer?

 

[Griz882]

Nice day of “mission” flying today. I took a grad student from Maryland up to monitor erosion and some kind of chemical levels of these grassy islands in the river. We had a lot of fun and the kid was thrilled to be in a helicopter to monitor his gear (he mentioned that airplanes sometimes move too fast to catch every signal). Basically we mapped all his sensors and I flew a route to hit them all while he used some gizmo in his lap to record the information.





Back at VKX I saw some of the guys had their toys out!

 

[AIRMMCPORET]

Nice day of “mission” flying today. I took a grad student from Maryland up to monitor erosion and some kind of chemical levels of these grassy islands in the river. We had a lot of fun and the kid was thrilled to be in a helicopter to monitor his gear (he mentioned that airplanes sometimes move too fast to catch every signal). Basically we mapped all his sensors and I flew a route to hit them all while he used some gizmo in his lap to record the information.



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Back at VKX I saw some of the guys had their toys out!
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What kind of helo?

 

[Griz882]

What kind of helo?

Enstrom 280fx. Nothing too special…but she’s mine!

 

[ChuckMK23]

Hot or not?

 

[number9]

If it's not an S1000R or S1000RR, not

 

[ChuckMK23]

If it's not an S1000R or S1000RR, not

Both those bikes are outside my riding ability, style, and wallet!!!

 

[number9]

Both those bikes are outside my riding ability, style, and wallet!!!

Just kidding, they make some other great bikes as well. I rode an R1150RT across France, Germany, and Switzerland and it was the perfect tool for the job. An electric windshield was one of those "I never knew I always needed this" experiences...

Just to clarify, the 1000R & RR bikes are completely outside of my riding ability as well.

 

[Gatordev]

Sometimes I think it would be easier to just pull money out of an ATM and throw it in the street, but a couple laps around the pattern yesterday were enjoyable.

 

[ChuckMK23]

This is worthy of a XC!!