Sikorsky To Acquire Schweizer Aircraft

Kirk Stant wrote:

That's it! That explains everything! That's why no one ever gets
hurt in a 2-33 - THEY AREN'T REALLY FLYING! It's just a simulator!
We should paint them all blue and put the instructor's seat on the
outside, next to the student.

On super windy days, one of the great things about the 2-33 is you
can get in it and stay on the ground and "fly" it just like Kirk says.
It's a real blast for early students...

What other aircraft have ONE wheel, so you can do this?
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Mark Boyd
Avenal, California, USA

In article 413777d6$1@darkstar,
(Mark James Boyd) wrote:

Kirk Stant wrote:

That's it! That explains everything! That's why no one ever gets
hurt in a 2-33 - THEY AREN'T REALLY FLYING! It's just a simulator!
We should paint them all blue and put the instructor's seat on the
outside, next to the student.

On super windy days, one of the great things about the 2-33 is you
can get in it and stay on the ground and "fly" it just like Kirk says.
It's a real blast for early students...

What other aircraft have ONE wheel, so you can do this?

I've "flown" Blaniks on the ground on just the main wheel, while waiting
for the tow plane. For that matter I've done the same in the Janus.

-- Bruce

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Hoult | 174.8263E | /\ here. | ----------O----------

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:47:20 +1200, Bruce Hoult
wrote:


I've "flown" Blaniks on the ground on just the main wheel, while waiting
for the tow plane. For that matter I've done the same in the Janus.

.... please add ASK-21, DG-505 and ASH-25 for me...


Bye
Andreas

At 13:42 03 September 2004, Andreas Maurer wrote:
On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:47:20 +1200, Bruce Hoult
wrote:


I've 'flown' Blaniks on the ground on just the main
wheel, while waiting
for the tow plane. For that matter I've done the same
in the Janus.

.... please add ASK-21, DG-505 and ASH-25 for me...


I did it in an SG-38; so there!

(Mark James Boyd) writes:

Kirk Stant wrote:

That's it! That explains everything! That's why no one ever gets
hurt in a 2-33 - THEY AREN'T REALLY FLYING! It's just a simulator!
We should paint them all blue and put the instructor's seat on the
outside, next to the student.

On super windy days, one of the great things about the 2-33 is you
can get in it and stay on the ground and "fly" it just like Kirk
says. It's a real blast for early students...

What other aircraft have ONE wheel, so you can do this?

Well, a Blanik will do that quite well, once you remember to raise the
tail.

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In article ,
Andreas Maurer wrote:

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:47:20 +1200, Bruce Hoult
wrote:

I've "flown" Blaniks on the ground on just the main wheel, while waiting
for the tow plane. For that matter I've done the same in the Janus.

... please add ASK-21, DG-505 and ASH-25 for me...

You got the nosewheel off the ground in an ASK-21? Wow. That normally
happens during takeoff at much higher speed than getting the tail off on
a tail-dragger.

Next someone is going to say they've done this in a Grob. Or an IS28!

-- Bruce

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In article ,
Andreas Maurer wrote:

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 22:47:20 +1200, Bruce Hoult
wrote:

I've "flown" Blaniks on the ground on just the main wheel, while
waiting
for the tow plane. For that matter I've done the same in the Janus.

... please add ASK-21, DG-505 and ASH-25 for me...

You got the nosewheel off the ground in an ASK-21? Wow. That normally
happens during takeoff at much higher speed than getting the tail off on
a tail-dragger.

Next someone is going to say they've done this in a Grob. Or an IS28!

Yup. In a G103 and an IS28B2. The wind was blowing at a good clip though.

Bill Daniels

Mark James Boyd wrote:

... then good luck ... getting soloed before
you get bored, broke, or old...


I found a very easy way to get soloed before getting
old: start when you are already old :-)