Thread: Sunday follies

Met up with my old flying buddy Moon a few Sundays ago. We decided that Sunday would be a great day to commit aviation. Dragged out the J-3 clone;



And head off into the rough and bumpy blue yonder. I've had rougher flights in the past, but not many. Cubs have light wing loading and every updraft hits you in the butt. Like driving down a bad road. It was a blast.


Smokin right along at 72MPH indicated and about 800' AGL. Ground speed was closer to 50MPH. Cubs aren't well known for speed.



Johnson County, TX That's the Dallas skyline off in the distance on the horizon.



We had a 22KT crosswind at landing. The published limit for these things is around 18KT. Moon made it look too damn easy. He asked me if I wanted to land it, and I asked him if he wanted to live to see the sun go down. I let him drive on that trip


Here's a link to a short movie of the landing. Marc kept that left wing low all the way to touch down just to keep it lined up on the strip. The camera was level with the wings. The plane was leaning.
Landing Video by Wullie_01 | Photobucket


and a link to a movie showing how rough it was. LOL
FLIGHT055.mp4 Video by Wullie_01 | Photobucket


We kept the flight pretty tame. 20 years ago we did all kinds of crazy stuff. Thinking back it's a damn wonder we're still here to talk about it. Guess the Good Lord had his quota of fools and idiots on the days we were messing up.

That's it from the "bunker". See you boys around.

Nice landing, grass helps a lot with a crosswind.

Our baby. 1946 Cessna 120.

and I thought I was nuts...LOL, great landing, hope you had a blast

That is a sweet heart!

Friend of mine bought a 120 out of Alaska. It had the BIG tires, a bigger engine, and a home made fuel tank behind the seats. It was a lot of fun until the FAA got involved. He had to pull the tank and jump through a bunch of hoops to get it certified for flight in the lower 48. He sold it.

Cessna's with tail wheels have a LOT of class.

Nice to hear from you again, looks like it was fun. Was it an afternoon flight? I think I would have been hurling my cookies all over the windscreen.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Nice to hear from you again, looks like it was fun. Was it an afternoon flight? I think I would have been hurling my cookies all over the windscreen.

Bob

Hey Bob!

Yep it was afternoon and close to a 100°F.

Marc and I used to take turns trying to make each other puke in a Pitts S-2. We never managed it but we did manage to come back with blood shot eyes from negative G loads. Good thing a Pitts is built like a tank or we'd have snapped the wings off. We put ourselves to sleep pulling hard G's a time or three too. LOL

WOrst plane I ever flew about putting you to sleep was a clipped wing Cub with a 300HP engine. The seats in it were evil and you were folded in half with your knees damn near up to your chin to start with. Didn't take a lot of G to make you stupid no matter how hard you tried to stay awake.

The GOOD OLD DAYS!!

I used to pull negative g's in a Citabria just to feel the sensation of my face coming off. Fun................