Rec.Aviation "Rogue's Gallery" Update

Who is going? I don't think that I've ever seen an airplane on skis at SZT.

Mike
MU-2

"Joa" wrote in message
om...
Ahh, you're the one with the helio. I've been watching your
transition progress.

Sure climbs steep. Only plane on the field that seems to climb
steeper is our Kodiak but then again 3000fpm is hard to beat

Get some skis- we're planning a N. ID ski fly-out (probably to MT) the
week after Christmas.

Joa
Sandpoint, ID
Rans S-7


I know. I have been thinking about what I would realistically do if I
had
skiis. I'm not sure that I would use them enough. I'd want hydrualic
wheel
skis and I don't like the idea of having the extra weight of the
controller,
pump lines ect even in the summer. The whole backcountry preheating thing
is
kind of a PITA too. I'm still pondering whether to get skis...

Mike
MU-2

On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:00:20 GMT, "Mike Rapoport"
wrote:

Who is going? I don't think that I've ever seen an airplane on skis at SZT.

Mike
MU-2

"Joa" wrote in message
. com...
Ahh, you're the one with the helio. I've been watching your
transition progress.

Sure climbs steep. Only plane on the field that seems to climb
steeper is our Kodiak but then again 3000fpm is hard to beat

Mike, you should read the article in Sport Aviation about the modified
Helio two guys created. It has a 750 horsepower turbine and extended
wings. It also has the most hilariously outlandish landing gear I've
ever seen. The main wheels are knobby mud and snow truck tires and
the nose gear is off an F-101 Voodoo. It's got a stack of train horns
attached to the nose gear. They're there just for fun effect. They
use them on short final to scatter the wildlife from back country
landing strips. They defined "wildlife" as their friends who were
already on the ground... ;-)

Corky Scott

Corky Scott

An informal group from Sandpoint, Priest River, and Deer Park. I'll
email you offlist.

Joa


Mike Rapoport wrote:
Who is going? I don't think that I've ever seen an airplane on skis
at SZT.

Mike
MU-2

"Joa" wrote in message
om...
Ahh, you're the one with the helio. I've been watching your
transition progress.

Sure climbs steep. Only plane on the field that seems to climb
steeper is our Kodiak but then again 3000fpm is hard to beat

Get some skis- we're planning a N. ID ski fly-out (probably to MT)
the
week after Christmas.

Joa
Sandpoint, ID
Rans S-7


I know. I have been thinking about what I would realistically do
if I
had
skiis. I'm not sure that I would use them enough. I'd want
hydrualic
wheel
skis and I don't like the idea of having the extra weight of the
controller,
pump lines ect even in the summer. The whole backcountry
preheating thing
is
kind of a PITA too. I'm still pondering whether to get skis...

Mike
MU-2

"Corky Scott" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 16:00:20 GMT, "Mike Rapoport"
wrote:

Who is going? I don't think that I've ever seen an airplane on skis at
SZT.

Mike
MU-2

"Joa" wrote in message
.com...
Ahh, you're the one with the helio. I've been watching your
transition progress.

Sure climbs steep. Only plane on the field that seems to climb
steeper is our Kodiak but then again 3000fpm is hard to beat

Mike, you should read the article in Sport Aviation about the modified
Helio two guys created. It has a 750 horsepower turbine and extended
wings. It also has the most hilariously outlandish landing gear I've
ever seen. The main wheels are knobby mud and snow truck tires and
the nose gear is off an F-101 Voodoo. It's got a stack of train horns
attached to the nose gear. They're there just for fun effect. They
use them on short final to scatter the wildlife from back country
landing strips. They defined "wildlife" as their friends who were
already on the ground... ;-)

Corky Scott

Corky Scott

I saw the airplane at OSH. I will be interested to see the article.

Mike
MU-2

" you should read the article in Sport Aviation about the modified
Helio two guys created. It has a 750 horsepower turbine

It's got a stack of train horns
attached to the nose gear. They're there just for fun effect. They
use them on short final to scatter the wildlife from back country
landing strips. They defined "wildlife" as their friends who were
already on the ground... ;-)

Corky Scott

I was working out on papa when that thing went by one day and blew its'
horns. Scattered? I almost scattered sh*t all over the taxiway!

Seriously, I looked all over for the crash truck, because in my mind, that
is the only thing out there that could have made that $!&# NOISE!
--
Jim in NC