BRD wrote:

That's the first A model I've seen with the pressure cowl of a 53-56 B model.

Matt, yes, BD has Franklin 220 power (it's sister "Lucky Rose" is kept on floats, same motor)






Hey Rob, I never noticed that about the cowl! Interesting!

Tom wrote:I went down to the river to try the new tires out

Looks great Tom! So pumped you found a cool airplane. Cant wait to see it!

bigrenna wrote:

Tom wrote:I went down to the river to try the new tires out

Looks great Tom! So pumped you found a cool airplane. Cant wait to see it!

It will be better than new by the time it comes back to the north east

S-12 Flyer - Excellent video and thanks for sharing.

BRD - Your photographs are superb. Are you a professional photographer?

No, just having too much fun playing with cameras and filling hard drives with airplane pictures.

Flew my cub during lunch.


My dad let me borrow his handheld for the J-3. Poor airplane has been neglected in the corner of the hangar, so we took it out, and down to the river after work.

Tom! J-3's and 97 mph airspeeds aren't natural! What have you done to the poor thing?!

BRD wrote:Tom! J-3's and 97 mph airspeeds aren't natural! What have you done to the poor thing?!

I was lookin to see if he was flying downhill

C-90 and airstreaks. Gotta keep up with the super cubs when your racing against darkness.

Man, Tom, that J-3 looks like serious fun!

Loving the Super Cub as well.

That's a nice looking J-3!

Valentines day Massacre at Abilene, well almost
I passed my commercial checkride woohoo!!!!!!

Flew the 182RG in the back to prove I can flip the gear lever n whatnot, but did the maneuvers in the Skalywagon

Brought along my trusty mascot for good luck!

(edited: someone thought I failed the way I wrote that the first time)

That's awesome,one day I hope to do the same.

Well I finally managed to get a half hour in today. I just got my propeller back after being re-pitched. It was awesome! I went from a 54" pitch to 52". I gained about 50-75 rpm. I didn't notice a huge difference in take off performance but I sure saw an increase in climb. I was able to hold 1100 fpm at 70 mph with two kids and 1/2 tanks! I also finaly got my new led nav/strobes installed.

Right on Skalywag! I hope to be done with my commercial soon too.

Got my first "log-able" tailwheel time today. Also my first hours in my own airplane! It was fu*&ing awesome. Ill just say I'm glad there is new bungees on the Ol' Savage. The takeoffs left a little to be desired. The whole "gyroscopic precession" thing is something to grasp in a tailwheel. A Cherokee really numbs your feel for this. The takeoffs did get better and better, but I will say the little tail wheel airplane will humble you very quickly.

The landings- Bounced her in a few times, but it was over quickly because the airplane flies so slow. The last landing was the best so decided to quit on a good note.

I had read in the interweb about the stall characteristics of the Savage Cub and I gotta say what I read was right. When its done flying, it's done. No buffet or warning or floating at all. It just drops like a rock onto the runway. We only did single notch flaps landings also.

All in all, I love the way it flies. It feels like a rocket ship, and we had a good bit of weight in the plane today.

Sorry, no pics or video. I forgot my camera, dammit.

Finished my C-12 qualification today!

Heading to the FSDO next week to update my civilian ticket. It'll add Commercial AMEL and Instrument Airplane!

Also emailed a guy about adding an ASEL to the rating. I don't think it'll take but a flight or two and then my first civilian checkride.

CamTom12 wrote:Finished my C-12 qualification today!

Heading to the FSDO next week to update my civilian ticket. It'll add Commercial AMEL and Instrument Airplane!

Also emailed a guy about adding an ASEL to the rating. I don't think it'll take but a flight or two and then my first civilian checkride.

Congratulations and a sincere thank you for your service!