KFfan

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  2. Posted

    I have a brother 16 months younger than me. I can remember many times our mother would reach the limits of her patients and sternly say, "just go outside!".

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    Then you know why I just had to get an Ercoupe - Got a photo of it under the wing of a split-tail B25, that belongs to the CAF at St. Charles, Missouri...

    Yes, they were parked - at Dexter, Missouri!

    EDMO

    BTW: Ercoupe flying may be fairly easy for a starting pilot, but an experienced pilot has to learn a new way of landing and forget all about what he had been doing with conventional controls! A new learning curve, driving without pedals, and landing in a crab with crosswinds!

    EDMO

    I was considering Ercoupe before I bought the KF. One of my daughters thought it would be cool to get my ticket in an airplane as old as me. The advantage of the KF is the folding wings. Hanger space is at a premium around me, unless I want to drive 50 miles. I can keep the KF in the garage and drag it 1 mile to the airport when the mood strikes.

     

    Some of the Ercoupes have rudder pedals...

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    KFfan,

    In the Army we carried a tiny can-opener called the P38.

    A WW2 pilot told me that the P-38 was a "HOT" plane to fly, but at altitude he wrapped an extra flight jacket around his feet to keep them from freezing since there was little or no heat on them.

    EDMO

     

    I still have my father's P38. It will pass to one of my daughters on my demise. Her husband is a Army lifer with 14 years in and about to head east for the 3rd time.

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    They work good as a tailhook! :lol:

    EDMO

    I'm confused. :blush: I was on submarines not carriers (thank God). :nobashing:

    How can a nosewheel function as a tailhook? Trying to land with an excessive headwind? I've seen a couple videos of that happening. :flush:

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    As a kid, I thought they were the coolest airplane. Of course that was based on looks. I liked the Beech "V" tails also.

  9. Posted

    Probably a carrier-practice landing and too heavy and fast for the tailhook!

     

    What is a practice landing?

    I think you either land or you don't!

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    Kffan, you gotta remember we have a lot of the older crowd in here with the attention span of my wife... or maybe my 19 month old daughter :lol: we are easily amused and we never, ever, EVER pass up an opportunity to flip Ed some shit about his training wheel.. I think it's on page 2 of the guy code :lmao:

    :BC:

     

    Yep, I pretty much figured all that out about a week after joining the forum. (I'm still sharp like that) At least it gives the thread a bump to keep it from dying.

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  21. Posted

    Who started this mess?

    What does this have to do with ribs?

    (bunch of old hijackers) :hammerhead:

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  23. Posted

    Make sure they have the paddles, in case you land on water! :lol:

    EDMO

    Paddles?

    They just hang on the stern and kick...

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  24. Posted

    Perfect, you don't have to hear them scream that way :BC:

    Oh no. They like carnival rides.

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