Backcountry Pilot

[shortfielder offline]

http://www.neptunuslex.com/2010/12/10/g ... the-patch/

[Zzz]

Good find, Gary. Here's a better link with a larger version of the embedded video:

http://rightnetwork.com/episodes/860061618

[emflys offline]

Love me them Bearcats.

[dirtstrip offline]

Great video. Always love to watch an old pilot go home to his plane. In his mind he can still do it. When I'm 90 I'm gonna dust off my old Tundra an go flyin.

[kevbert offline]

Awesome!

[lownslow79 offline]

Something from work today. I think it's the ultimate bush plane. Love those Aussie's always fun to work with.

[courierguy offline]

I was doing some work on a solar system for one of my favorite customers, WWII Corsair pilot 90 year old Jim. As I went over, and over, the steps needed to make his inverter do what he wanted, we also carried on a conversation about flying. It was clear that he remembered little arcane details about his time spent flying off of carriers in the Corsair, these details were right at his fingertips, while meanwhile we BOTH spent 5 minutes looking for a tool I has set down a while earlier....that long term versus short term memory thing.

Just to get him fired up, I told him once I watch re runs of the Robert Conrad/Pappy Boyington TV show "Ba-Ba Blacksheep", so I know what it was all about! I was advised that the TV show was somewhat lacking in accuracy. In particular I asked him about all the beautifull nurses always hanging off of the actors arms, and all the cold beer they swig in the show. Man, he had smoke coming out his ears, wern't like that at all was what I gathered.... He was real interested in the depth perception issue while ski flying, and that lead to him stating that when they were cruising low level in the South Pacific, they'd avoid islands "there would always be somebody shooting at you", and in jigging around one island one of his flight overflew an oil slick. Due to the slicks calming effect on the waters surface, they were to be avoided as you really lost all depth perception. His crewmate hit, bent all the prop (4) blades back, and fractured his back, BUT he continued flying and made it back!

I've landed on skis now at Jim's place a few times, but he's so deaf he never hears the quiet S-7, or the ringing phone, he REALLY wants to check it out so I'll keep trying.

[OregonMaule offline]

Right on!

[MauleOne offline]

Sweet!

[Go270 offline]

Great Video!!!

If that don't put a big lump in your throat than you just need to go find yerself a differn't country to root for.

[Fisherman offline]

If that don't put a big lump in your throat than you just need to go find yerself a differn't country to root for.

Thank you!!! That's right!