Bücker

Fort Worth, TX, United States

Professional pilot (ret). A&P, CFII, bi-plane nut, AKA the “Jungmann Master” according to Sport Aviation (total lol).
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Replied on G17S… only 20 GModel 17’s were ever m...

Apr 26 at 08:09 PM

Me either. A real piece of history. The last of the fabric wing executive transports. Aluminum ruled after this era.

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Apr 26 at 10:28 AM

This man got it right.
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Commented on Air Force Museum

Apr 24 at 08:09 AM

One of the most facinating airplanes ever. If you haven’t seen this thing in person, go to the Air Force Museum and check it out. The XB-70 was off the charts in performance and innovation. The Russians went crazy designing things to combat it in case we actually moved it into a bomber program. Mach 3 speeds at 70,000+ft they should have been worried!

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Commented on Look at how little this plane is; no ...

Apr 23 at 02:39 PM

Well, I know what it is. But I’m cheating since that’s me at 16 at the left wing(s). The back of my Student Pilot Certificate was signed off to solo this thing sometime in 1969. And it flew terrible! It didn’t have many good qualities, except the cool factor! I assure you, I was the only guy in my high school flying around in a single seat tri-plane.

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Commented on Gorgeous airplane that was way ahead ...

Apr 22 at 09:12 AM

As a Bücker nut (awesome flying airplane) and someone who thinks the Boeing 727 was a most elegant airliner, I don’t have a difficult time saying the Hughes Racer is maybe the most beautiful airplane ever built. It’s hanging in the Smithsonian. When you see it in person, it’s astonishing.

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Commented on Braniff colors

Apr 20 at 04:30 PM

Alexander Calder’s work, if I’m not mistaken. Those were the days. I guess today airlines pony up to get their names on sports arenas, but having an artist paint a couple of your airplanes… now THAT’S cool!

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Commented on Indeed

Apr 20 at 04:26 PM

“SLAP!” with a big jagged circle around the letters.

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Apr 20 at 08:53 AM

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You can still build a classic homebuilt from plans. There are still parts available to help with the tricky items. This Midget Mustang, N6V was the first one I think. I flew along with this airplane in 1969 to the EAA convention in Rockford (the year before it moved to OSH), and I remember the pilot talking about it being the original MM. Oh, how I wanted something like this. Or a Cassatt racer. Something I could build on a teenager budget.

Commented on Hmmmmm, which one?

Apr 19 at 06:40 PM

And you keep your eyes outside!

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Commented on Been there, done that.

Apr 19 at 08:28 AM

And later you’re like… “What was I thinking?”

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