And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
I'm not a pilot or aircraft designer but I have long thought that those modifications applied to a Fiesler Storch would make a perfect bush plane. Hey, if the original was good enough for Otto Skorzeny, it would be a great machine with those mods! Now If I only had a million bucks laying around ;-)
I learned how to fly in a Piper Super Cub with the 260hp engine and oversized tires. It was a very forgiving aircraft that could easily power out of problems. After I had my license I was getting checked out in a Beechcraft Bonanza and almost swore off flying as I had problems. Going from a well behaved tail dragger to tri-cycle landing gear and that squirrelly V tail put me back to flight school startup.
Check out the video log of the guy making that plane.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever have a "low energy day" watch the vids.
The guy's got a natural seratonin overdose 24/7
I'm not a pilot or aircraft designer but I have long thought that those modifications applied to a Fiesler Storch would make a perfect bush plane. Hey, if the original was good enough for Otto Skorzeny, it would be a great machine with those mods! Now If I only had a million bucks laying around ;-)
ReplyDeleteI learned how to fly in a Piper Super Cub with the 260hp engine and oversized tires. It was a very forgiving aircraft that could easily power out of problems. After I had my license I was getting checked out in a Beechcraft Bonanza and almost swore off flying as I had problems. Going from a well behaved tail dragger to tri-cycle landing gear and that squirrelly V tail put me back to flight school startup.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is AWESOME.
ReplyDeleteI cannot view the video. I'm on the hospital wi-fi right now. But that looks a lot like a PZL Wilga.
ReplyDeleteIt is, modified significantly by the pilot.
DeleteThanks. I'm home now and watched the video. Impressive would be an understatement.
DeletePretty cool. I really like the Wilga. Mostly because of it's odd appearance.
Pretty nice what a million bucks can get you.