Pietenpol-List: de Havilland Tiger Moth
Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 7:41 am
Original Posted By: "taildrags"
Jim: I often get the same message and emails from AMSafety,as well as a couple of others on the list... but I get the digest version, not the instant messages so I always thoughtit was just me.And just to fill in some space here, don't let anybody know butI played hooky from work yesterday afternoon and went flying.My hangar-mate had a vehicle parked at an ag strip the other sideof Hondo and I flew him over to retrieve it. What a beautiful, crisp,cold day to be out flying. Scout flew wonderfully and good landingswere made by all. It was humorous to see the mechanics over at the agrepair shop all come running out to look at the Piet as we taxied up...here are these guys all surrounded by dozens of huge crop dusters,working on ailerons as big as an entire Piet wing, propellers that looked like windmills, and these guys are all grins as they touched the"real wood prop!" and fabric of an old Air Camper. Cameras came outand they took pictures of Scout; it's good to see that airplane peoplerecognize and admire the classic lines of this airplane.The frosting on the cake was after we got back to the hangar(me with the airplane, Craig with his Jeep Waggoneer), we were standingaround talking when an honest-to-goodness Tiger Moth flew into thepattern and started shooting touch and goes. Obviously someone wasgetting instruction because there were two aboard, but the Moth wasjust gorgeous... finished in silver with RAF roundels and a yellowslash on the fuselage... and the Gipsy never missed a beat. Theyprobably shot a half-dozen landings, then headed off to the eastafter wagging the wings. Gorgeous airplane.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: de Havilland Tiger Moth
Jim: I often get the same message and emails from AMSafety,as well as a couple of others on the list... but I get the digest version, not the instant messages so I always thoughtit was just me.And just to fill in some space here, don't let anybody know butI played hooky from work yesterday afternoon and went flying.My hangar-mate had a vehicle parked at an ag strip the other sideof Hondo and I flew him over to retrieve it. What a beautiful, crisp,cold day to be out flying. Scout flew wonderfully and good landingswere made by all. It was humorous to see the mechanics over at the agrepair shop all come running out to look at the Piet as we taxied up...here are these guys all surrounded by dozens of huge crop dusters,working on ailerons as big as an entire Piet wing, propellers that looked like windmills, and these guys are all grins as they touched the"real wood prop!" and fabric of an old Air Camper. Cameras came outand they took pictures of Scout; it's good to see that airplane peoplerecognize and admire the classic lines of this airplane.The frosting on the cake was after we got back to the hangar(me with the airplane, Craig with his Jeep Waggoneer), we were standingaround talking when an honest-to-goodness Tiger Moth flew into thepattern and started shooting touch and goes. Obviously someone wasgetting instruction because there were two aboard, but the Moth wasjust gorgeous... finished in silver with RAF roundels and a yellowslash on the fuselage... and the Gipsy never missed a beat. Theyprobably shot a half-dozen landings, then headed off to the eastafter wagging the wings. Gorgeous airplane.Oscar ZunigaAir Camper NX41CCSan Antonio, TXmailto: taildrags(at)hotmail.comwebsite at http://www.flysquirrel.net ________________________________________________________________________________Subject: Pietenpol-List: de Havilland Tiger Moth