You Know You're Old Dept.

Stuart & Kathryn Fields wrote:
Wayne: I'll see your A3D and raise with a B-36

--

Ah, the aluminum overcast. Seems there were a few other names for it.
I used to watch them land at Kelly. Seemed the rollout was a bit
longer than forever.

I was on Shemya, Alaska for a short tour and it was named as an
alternate once for some special mission. I could not imagine a 36
makeing a successful landing there.

Harry K

"BobR" wrote in message
oups.com...
I first realized that I was getting old when I was flirting with one
attractive receptionist at a clients office and he ask how old I was.
Now she was in her early twenties and had just turned 40. I told her
my age and her eyes got real wide and she exclaimed: "Wow, you are the
same age as my daddy"!

That's the sort of think that could make a guy need Prozac to face thinking
about Viagra!

Peter g
(Sorry, there are just too damned many drug ads on the radio)


Anthony W wrote:
Dan wrote:
Anthony W wrote:
Roger wrote:

You are tuely getting old when it's your back that's stiff when you
get up in the morning.

Hey, I resemble that remark... For me one of the signs of being over
the hill was going to the motorcycle dealership and asking for a part
for my XS11 and the guy behind the counter asks "what's an XS11.)

Or when someone asks if Paul Mcartney was in a group back in the
1960s.

I once told this sweet young thing at a party that I felt like out of
place like the Steely Dan song Hey 19. She asked who's Steely Dan...
Needless to say it wasn't an enjoyable evening.

Tony

Roger wrote:
On 31 Dec 2006 14:30:11 -0800, "BobR"
wrote:

I first realized that I was getting old when I was flirting with one
attractive receptionist at a clients office and he ask how old I was.
Now she was in her early twenties and had just turned 40. I told her
my age and her eyes got real wide and she exclaimed: "Wow, you are the
same age as my daddy"!

And what's wrong with that?


That was TWENTY Years ago that's what is wrong with it!




Anthony W wrote:
Dan wrote:
Anthony W wrote:
Roger wrote:

You are tuely getting old when it's your back that's stiff when you
get up in the morning.

Hey, I resemble that remark... For me one of the signs of being over
the hill was going to the motorcycle dealership and asking for a part
for my XS11 and the guy behind the counter asks "what's an XS11.)

Or when someone asks if Paul Mcartney was in a group back in the 1960s.

I once told this sweet young thing at a party that I felt like out of
place like the Steely Dan song Hey 19. She asked who's Steely Dan...
Needless to say it wasn't an enjoyable evening.

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

In article .com,
BobR wrote:
I first realized that I was getting old when I was flirting with one
attractive receptionist at a clients office and he ask how old I was.
Now she was in her early twenties and had just turned 40. I told her
my age and her eyes got real wide and she exclaimed: "Wow, you are the
same age as my daddy"!

When I was in college, a friend remarked 'you know you are getting
old when the girls that pose in THOSE magazines are younger then
you'...

John
--
John Clear - http://www.clear-prop.org/

On 31 Dec 2006 19:25:44 -0800, "BobR"
wrote:


Roger wrote:
On 31 Dec 2006 14:30:11 -0800, "BobR"
wrote:

I first realized that I was getting old when I was flirting with one
attractive receptionist at a clients office and he ask how old I was.
Now she was in her early twenties and had just turned 40. I told her
my age and her eyes got real wide and she exclaimed: "Wow, you are the
same age as my daddy"!

And what's wrong with that?


That was TWENTY Years ago that's what is wrong with it!

Now that is a legitimate complaint! :-))

Of course you can look at is as she is no longer half your age?

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

Stuart,

When I was in high school we lived in northern Idaho. Our home was about
100 miles from Fairchild AFB. I distenctly remember hearing the B-36's
rumble and seeing the contrails streaming from each engine as they flew over
Troy.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/



"Stuart & Kathryn Fields" wrote in message
...
Wayne: I'll see your A3D and raise with a B-36

--
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Experimental Helo magazine
P. O. Box 1585
Inyokern, CA 93527
(760) 377-4478
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(760) 608-1299 technical and advertising cell

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anon wrote:
"DABEAR" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hughes Electronics has a fleet of them operational at Van Nuys Airport,
California. They even have a C.O.D. version of sorts, complete with
passenger windows.

As a kid, I remember checking out a VIP Transport A-3 at Andrews. It had
leather seats!!

I've had only one opportunity to fly in an aircraft as a passenger and
find myself sitting in leather seats:

Swift Aire Lines, DeHavilland Heron, four-engines if you can believe it
(old RAF Military Utility Transport ~ the twin version was the "Dove"),
from Los Angeles to Santa Maria.

Would love to get me one of those!

Mojave has a flight tester, modified, just sitting with the wings
off...tempting! G

Five Questions out of curiousity: 1) Are all ultralights single
engine, and if not, 2) what ultra light(s) possess the most? 3) What
is the lightest engine in use on an ultralight? And 4) how much does
the engine weigh? 5) I've been told that the replica Wright Flyers
qualify as Ultra Lights, as do some of the pioneering aircraft 1903 -
1914 ~ is this true?

Thanks in advance for any answers I can get...

anon wrote:
"DABEAR" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hughes Electronics has a fleet of them operational at Van Nuys Airport,
California. They even have a C.O.D. version of sorts, complete with
passenger windows.

As a kid, I remember checking out a VIP Transport A-3 at Andrews. It had
leather seats!!

I've had only one opportunity to fly in an aircraft as a passenger and
find myself sitting in leather seats:

Swift Aire Lines, DeHavilland Heron, four-engines if you can believe it
(old RAF Military Utility Transport ~ the twin version was the "Dove"),
from Los Angeles to Santa Maria.

Would love to get me one of those!

Mojave has a flight tester, modified, just sitting with the wings
off...tempting! G

Five Questions out of curiousity: 1) Are all ultralights single
engine, and if not, 2) what ultra light(s) possess the most? 3) What
is the lightest engine in use on an ultralight? And 4) how much does
the engine weigh? 5) I've been told that the replica Wright Flyers
qualify as Ultra Lights, as do some of the pioneering aircraft 1903 -
1914 ~ is this true?

Thanks in advance for any answers I can get...

"Wayne Paul" wrote in message
...
Stuart,

When I was in high school we lived in northern Idaho. Our home was about
100 miles from Fairchild AFB. I distenctly remember hearing the B-36's
rumble and seeing the contrails streaming from each engine as they flew
over Troy.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com/

C-82s McChord AFB 53-54
C-47s Korea 54-55 (last C-47 Sqdn in the AF)
B-36 Fairchild AFB 55-56 I probably was in one of those you
saw.....................

"anon" wrote in message
m...

"DABEAR" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hughes Electronics has a fleet of them operational at Van Nuys Airport,
California. They even have a C.O.D. version of sorts, complete with
passenger windows.

As a kid, I remember checking out a VIP Transport A-3 at Andrews. It had
leather seats!!

The VIP transport is the same frame as the TA-3 and EA-3. The TA-3 was
designed as a Bombardier/Navigator trainer. The TA-3's cabin area housed a
300 lb analogue computer , that's right, I said analogue (gears, servos,
and mechanical integrator), and several navigation tables complete with
sextant mounts. The EA-3s were loaded with electronic equipment to monitor
the USSR military technology and operations. Another variation of this
airframe was the RA-3 photo bird. In addition to cameras, it had a small
bomb bay for photo flares.

CNO's CA-3 ... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/144865.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedp...57VIPTABLE.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedp...4857IntFwd.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedp...4857IntAft.jpg

TA-3...... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg11photos/ta3b00_2.jpg

EA-3 ..... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/jpg/seabrine.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg10phot...9_interior.gif
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/gif/a-3r12.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/km2.jpg

RA-3 ..... http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/wp1.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg9photos/2p.jpg (notice the 20
mm cannons. http://www.a3skywarrior.com/jpg/guns.jpg)
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg12photos/web4.jpg

Perspective of the A-3s size ...
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/donatedpics/cat%20prep.jpg

One small point. The A-3 did NOT have ejection seats!!!
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg17photos/Adams11.jpg
http://www.a3skywarrior.com/pg17photos/Adams11.jpg
A sudden heavy gust from starboard on a close in approach with no time to
correct. Luckily the hook didn't engage a wire. LCDR John Priest got it
airborne again and limped to Iwakuni and made a successful landing with no
hydraulics and the port wing bet up 10 degrees.

Wayne
http://www.soaridaho.com