Wanna Fly Your Own B52??

No kidding, I did my Sim training there in what was White Hall. They
had an F4 and some instrument trainers at the time. Is the runway open
at Chanute to fly into for a visit?

Yep! It's called Chanute Air Museum now, and they have an outstanding
collection. Admission is absurdly cheap, and you can taxi right up to the
door.

It's one of the "fly-in museums" we've listed on our website he
http://alexisparkinn.com/fly-in_aviation_museums.htm
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Wed, 04 May 2005 07:25:03 -0500, "Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired"
wrote:

Awhile ago I flew the KC-135 flight sim at Pease.

Heh, when I was in flight training out of Lebanon NH, we flew down to
Pease to land on that HUMONGOUS runway. It's only the one runway, but
it is just huge.

We were on short final and there was a Comanche in front of us that
had apparently just touched down, but we almost couldn't see it, it
was lost in the hugeness of the runway.

The tower suggested that we turn off at a taxiway 3/4's down the
length of the runway. The instructor told me to add power and "taxi"
in the air over the runway until we about reached it and then land and
turn off so that we didn't spend so much time putting along on the
runway.

We taxied back to the beginning of the runway for our takeoff and
launched. I think we nearly reached cruising altitude before we
passed the end of the runway. :-)

I just checked online for the runway length, 11,321 by 150 feet.
Sorta swallows you up when you're on it.

Corky Scott

Jay Honeck wrote:
Howard Eisenhauer wrote:

http://www.armyjeeps.net/b52g_bomber_link_simulator.htm


There's another one that looks just like it in Rantoul, IL, at the
Octave Chanute Museum. They let you climb around inside it and
everything!

So, can you fit it into one of the Suites?

- John Ousterhout -

Corky Scott wrote:
On Wed, 04 May 2005 07:25:03 -0500, "Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired"
wrote:


Awhile ago I flew the KC-135 flight sim at Pease.


Heh, when I was in flight training out of Lebanon NH, we flew down to
Pease to land on that HUMONGOUS runway. It's only the one runway, but
it is just huge.

We were on short final and there was a Comanche in front of us that
had apparently just touched down, but we almost couldn't see it, it
was lost in the hugeness of the runway.

The tower suggested that we turn off at a taxiway 3/4's down the
length of the runway. The instructor told me to add power and "taxi"
in the air over the runway until we about reached it and then land and
turn off so that we didn't spend so much time putting along on the
runway.

We taxied back to the beginning of the runway for our takeoff and
launched. I think we nearly reached cruising altitude before we
passed the end of the runway. :-)

I just checked online for the runway length, 11,321 by 150 feet.
Sorta swallows you up when you're on it.

Corky Scott

I always found it amusing to see aero club airplanes on bomber and MAC
bases use the main runways. They always look so tiny. Some air bases
like Langley limited the li'l planes to the first half of the runway
which makes me wonder if a big airplane has ever landed as a li'l one
was starting take off roll.

Dan, U.S. Air Force, retired

So, can you fit it into one of the Suites?

Negative. But you could easily fit a hot tub in the sim!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:
So, can you fit it into one of the Suites?


Negative. But you could easily fit a hot tub in the sim!

So buy the Sim, park it out back, and install a bed and a bathroom. You
can name it the BUFF suite (after Montblack).

- John Ousterhout =

("John Ousterhout" wrote)
You can name it the BUFF suite (after Montblack)


BUFF beats the hell out of B ...52(inches)


Montblack - with a full compliment of nukes!!!
(Hoping to get down to a KC-135 by OSH)

Montblack wrote:

BUFF beats the hell out of B ...52(inches)

Montblack - with a full compliment of nukes!!!
(Hoping to get down to a KC-135 by OSH)


I'm an Ultralight myself.

- John Ousterhout -



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Federal Aircraft Regulations

Ultralight

Sec. 103.1 (e)
(1) Weighs less than 254 pounds empty weight
(2) Has a fuel capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons

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John Ousterhout wrote:
I'm an Ultralight myself.

- John Ousterhout -

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Federal Aircraft Regulations

Ultralight

Sec. 103.1 (e)
(1) Weighs less than 254 pounds empty weight
(2) Has a fuel capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons

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Taken off a little have ya John ;^) Will we be seeing you at P'ville?
Why don't you give BOb U a boost and see if you can succeed where I have
failed and get him to come and perform another muzzleloader miracle. I
think one more and he can be put up for sainthood.

Gary

John Ousterhout wrote:
I'm an Ultralight myself.

- John Ousterhout -

-----------------------------

Federal Aircraft Regulations

Ultralight

Sec. 103.1 (e)
(1) Weighs less than 254 pounds empty weight
(2) Has a fuel capacity not exceeding 5 U.S. gallons

-------------------------------------------------------

Taken off a little have ya John ;^) Will we be seeing you at P'ville?
Why don't you give BOb U a boost and see if you can succeed where I have
failed and get him to come and perform another muzzleloader miracle. I
think one more and he can be put up for sainthood.

Gary