av8r wrote:
Mike Marron wrote:

The next best thing to an F-16 and the most fun you can have with
your clothes on!

How many hours do you have on an F-16?

None (but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...)

Seriously tho, this is what a former ANG pilot had to say about
trikes vis a vis F-16's (he's also flown ANG F-106's and prior to
that flew Navy A-7's off carriers).......

Q: So Jim how does flying a Trike compare to flying a Fighter
on the fun scale?

A: Equal, but different. Way different. I like all types of flying,
but they are all fun in different ways. Flying trikes is probably the
most natural sensation of flying like a bird, like you dream about,
of any form of powered flight I've ever experienced. Flying
fighters is like flying a Formula I race car with wings, except even
more physically punishing. There's nothing like being at 100'
and seeing the electrical line poles go by at 600 kts +, and there's
nothing like cruising along at 50 mph waving at people and
smelling the new cut hay and feeling like a puppy with your head
out of the car window. I'm happy to have had the opportunity to
experience both. I'd rate them both as 10's, but different forms
of fun. If I had to pick one to experience in life and couldn't do
the other, I'd pick fighters. Fortunately, I didn't have to pick just
one.

Cheers...Chris

You're welcome...Mike