Dream Airplane poll

Own - Cessna 172N
Dream - Spitfire
Dream Build - Velocity XLRG
Realistic Build - Dyke Delta JD2


"Bob Babcock" wrote in message
om...
I read the Kitplanes discussion and thought that a poll of this group
would be interesting and more relevant. Perhaps in response to two
questions;

What airplane do you own?

What dream airplane would you like to build and/or own?

My vote on both questions is the correct choice, of course.

The Bowers Flybaby. Which, you all will surely agree, would win any
poll of well educated homebuilt airplane enthusiasts as the ultimate
dream plane.

Bob
Calgary, Canada
Flybaby C-IADT

Bob Babcock wrote:


The Bowers Flybaby. Which, you all will surely agree, would win any
poll of well educated homebuilt airplane enthusiasts as the ultimate
dream plane.

Bob
Calgary, Canada
Flybaby C-IADT
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FLYBABY...
ULTIMATE dream plane?

Don't know what yer smokin', Bob, but....
could you send some to Kansas City? g

I enjoyed my Flybaby for what it was 40 years ago.
The dream, and the open cockpit was unique, but....
the dream and honeymoon were very short lived.
It was slow, far from aerobatic and damn cold for
too much of the year to be user friendly for me.

I never could bring myself to relax with the maze
of floppy flying wires. No loops, no rolls, no spins...
and after 100 hours, the boredom did me in.

There is a difference between living and being ALIVE.

YMMV.


Barnyard BOb - an RV grin is the ULTIMATE

Own: Citabria model carved from teak.
Dream: Mountain Goat STOL: http://www.bushplanes.com/
Assuming that it comes close to its claims.

But if we were just dreaming. I'd love to find a 300+HP STOL Aircraft that
will cary 4x200 lb adults, 800 lbs of gear, that cruises at 160+KTAS while
burning less than 10 gph, taildragger, stick, and then have somebody give it
to me.

"Carl J. Hixon" wrote in message newsD8od.162126$hj.43333@fed1read07...
Own: Citabria model carved from teak.
Dream: Mountain Goat STOL: http://www.bushplanes.com/
Assuming that it comes close to its claims.

But if we were just dreaming. I'd love to find a 300+HP STOL Aircraft that
will cary 4x200 lb adults, 800 lbs of gear, that cruises at 160+KTAS while
burning less than 10 gph, taildragger, stick, and then have somebody give it
to me.



That's not just a dream...that's a fantasy!

In article . net,
UltraJohn wrote:
Bob Babcock wrote:

I read the Kitplanes discussion and thought that a poll of this group
would be interesting and more relevant. Perhaps in response to two
questions;

What airplane do you own?

What dream airplane would you like to build and/or own?

My vote on both questions is the correct choice, of course.

The Bowers Flybaby. Which, you all will surely agree, would win any
poll of well educated homebuilt airplane enthusiasts as the ultimate
dream plane.

Bob
Calgary, Canada
Flybaby C-IADT


Barely started KR-2

either X-15,
drawbacks:
only a single-seater
_terrible_ handling characteristics
*damn* that "tow-plane" is expensive
XB-70
one sweet-looking plane, but
an excoriable safety record
and the hanger-expense is a killer.
or SR-71
world's fastest two-seater, but, d*mn,
the way she leaks fuel on the ground.
(there are GA planes that can fly for
an _hour_ or more, on what a BlackBird
on the ground leaks in one *minute*)

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In article . net,
UltraJohn ja
Barely started KR-2

either X-15,
drawbacks:
only a single-seater
_terrible_ handling characteristics
*damn* that "tow-plane" is expensive
XB-70
one sweet-looking plane, but
an excoriable safety record
and the hanger-expense is a killer.
or SR-71
world's fastest two-seater, but, d*mn,
the way she leaks fuel on the ground.
(there are GA planes that can fly for
an _hour_ or more, on what a BlackBird
on the ground leaks in one *minute*)

And that fuel cost more than the finest aged Whiskey.
Don't forget the upkeep and crew for the refueling plane as well.
They take off on minimum fuel, refuel and then go some where.

I think I'd like to have a fuel hungry Sukoi 37. I think that's the
designation. The one with vectored thrust.

But on a more pratical note the SAI 261?, or the latest model of the
F-33 Bo with a modern panel.


Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com

Robert Bonomi wrote:

In article . net,
UltraJohn wrote:
Bob Babcock wrote:

I read the Kitplanes discussion and thought that a poll of this group
would be interesting and more relevant. Perhaps in response to two
questions;

What airplane do you own?

What dream airplane would you like to build and/or own?

My vote on both questions is the correct choice, of course.

The Bowers Flybaby. Which, you all will surely agree, would win any
poll of well educated homebuilt airplane enthusiasts as the ultimate
dream plane.

Bob
Calgary, Canada
Flybaby C-IADT


Barely started KR-2

either X-15,
drawbacks:
only a single-seater
_terrible_ handling characteristics
*damn* that "tow-plane" is expensive
XB-70
one sweet-looking plane, but
an excoriable safety record
and the hanger-expense is a killer.
or SR-71
world's fastest two-seater, but, d*mn,
the way she leaks fuel on the ground.
(there are GA planes that can fly for
an _hour_ or more, on what a BlackBird
on the ground leaks in one *minute*)


Yeah, But if you could afford it , Don't you just love it!

At the stage I am at with my homebuilt. Any plane that flies would be my
dream plane.

Ebby

Barnyard BOb - wrote in message . ..
FLYBABY...
ULTIMATE dream plane?

Don't know what yer smokin', Bob, but....
could you send some to Kansas City? g


Your customs agents just don't appreciate them Cuban cigars my friend, or I would send yoou a few. Sorry.


I enjoyed my Flybaby for what it was 40 years ago.
The dream, and the open cockpit was unique, but....
the dream and honeymoon were very short lived.
It was slow, far from aerobatic and damn cold for
too much of the year to be user friendly for me.


Your describing my cup of tea. Simple cheap flying. I'm a Canadian
UL pilot. About the middle between your UL and Sport Pilot
privelages. I can't legally carry passengers unless they are licensed
pilots themselves. My license training, plane, GPS, radio, helmet,
cost me much less than a decent Lycoming for a RV (a finer aeroplane
and company do not exist at normal levels of cost).

I never could bring myself to relax with the maze
of floppy flying wires. No loops, no rolls, no spins...
and after 100 hours, the boredom did me in.

There is a difference between living and being ALIVE.

I am alive when 1000 feet up and looking at the Canadian Rockies
glowing on one tip and a few thousand square miles of emergency fields
of dryland prairie on the other while spotting a big buck in the river
valley. A simple UL would be enough if they didn't have those
infernal 2 strokes and our area didn't have the sturdy mountain
breezes that blow regularly from dawn to dusk.

YMMV.


Barnyard BOb - an RV grin is the ULTIMATE

Hard to argue that one Bob.

Own: a Challenger II with a Rotax 503

Realistic Build : a Savannah 2 place side by side equipped with a 912S

Jean-Paul