For me the Huey is #1 and the 47 #2 :-)
I can make a LOT more noise with the Huey!
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For me the Huey is #1 and the 47 #2 :-)
I can make a LOT more noise with the Huey!
We now have a fourth 47 coming on board as a backup and extra duty helo :-) More rides! More rides!
Can't wait to pull pitch!
I was on the PYRO team for MOD's first AirVenture show. It was as exciting as I've ever seen with three planes and a jet truck all belching smoke and fire :-) Sitting right under them rated as one...
I was at the Ramstein airshow in 87 and 88 and would've been literally blown away by the Frecce Tricolore had my wife not complained about being tired and me actually listening to her. We were front...
I have the magnetic sign for Leo they used to slap on the VW he'd ride in after the show. I call it my Leo Loudenslager memorial tool box.3802
He was a great performer!
Another of my favorites...
If all 52 days of annual vacation are spent flying old helicopters or WWII bombers. If every day off is another opportunity to work on the B24 or B29.
I'd like to fly "FIFI" to AirVenture, but I'm gonna be busy giving rides in the Bell 47's :-)
Hey Adam,
That was chris doing the flying for you. He is a DE in all kinds of fixed and flingwing aircraft and flys large corporate jets out of MKE. That helo won top honors (I forget the year...
For ten years I used the cheapest little two man tent, but I'd put a tarp over the ground AND another tarp over the top of the tent and use my camp chairs and bungees to hold it open for airflow. ...
Every year I invite everyone to stop by Pioneer Airport and get the best view in the house of AirVenture from one of the three beautiful Bell47's we give rides in. Price was $45.00 per person this...
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Two weeks ago today I'm standing in front of Consolidated B24A Ol'927 thinking to myself, "Self, you are about to go into the air for the first time ever in this thing sitting in the right...