Quote from: 1911SHOOTER on March 13, 2018, 02:21:42 PM

I guess we have more pilots n here than we thought.   Any body into Aerobatics?
Blackie

A good friend of the family was big into aerobatic flying and was the organizer for the airshows we used to have here in Shreveport. His name was Marion Cole, brother of the famous Duane Cole. First class man who whenever he spoke had something of value to say. He passed on a few years ago sadly. We used to participate in some of his shows with our Piper J-3 Cub (which we still have by the way). He did a car top landing routine with it one time. That was fun!

Did you guys ever do the "Drunk Pilot" looking at the plane and "falling" into the cockpit routine?
I used to do that in my Cessna 151 Aerobat, what a blask.
Blackie

Sean,
We    had a guy, looked like a drunk thug.  He would wander around the
field, among the spectators, getting ugly looks, and then would climb  up on the wing of a PA-28 and "fall" in the cockpit.  Needless to say, the engine got started,
and he took off.  made a helluva show.  Better than me in my C-150 aerobat! 
Blackie

Quote from: 1911SHOOTER on March 22, 2018, 11:15:07 AM

Sean,
We    had a guy, looked like a drunk thug.  He would wander around the
field, among the spectators, getting ugly looks, and then would climb  up on the wing of a PA-28 and "fall" in the cockpit.  Needless to say, the engine got started,
and he took off.  made a helluva show.  Better than me in my C-150 aerobat! 
Blackie

What made it so convincing is that we used old Bud Light beer bottles that were filled with apple juice! Pretty convincing! But there was no alcohol inside, just apple juice!

We always used an old Jim Beam bottle filled halfway with iced tea.
Blackie