Originally posted by retleo99: I'll go jump into a Citabria, which also has a fear factor of zero, and with no GUMP to fret about...
ROFLWTIME! Gear Down And Welded = No GUMP. The only truer truisms are the old saws about runway behind you and altitude above you.
On the other hand, as a habitually-IFR airman no matter how nice the weather, I've always been a firm adherent to the admonition to "keep the rubber side down," a concept with which the Citabria (the name comes from "Airbatic" spelled backwards- go figure) seems to have some inherent, chronic difficulty...
I've been trying to catch the V-22 Osprey episode for weeks with no success so far. Can't wait to stumble upon it some dark & stormy night.
Thanks for the confirmation that we are not the same person. For a minute there I was afraid that the voices in my head (the ones that keep telling me to stay home and clean my guns) had come back and I was posting to myself again...
Originally posted by Chicagoswsuburbs: Oh, wait..news flash...[Aryeh Nusbacher] he is now a she. That right air fans..HE had a sex change, and I dont think you will be seeing HER on any more shows... SHE goes by the name of LYNNE now. I am not making this up...just google on his old name...
Looking back at my original rant in this thread about this jerk, I called him "effeminate." I had no idea how right I was. This calls for a beer. Maybe even two!
you people are insane the mustang is the the graetest fighter ever biult and flown.but you are right about the corsiar it should have made the list but the p61 blackwidow also shuold have made the top ten fighters list.
you people are insane the p51 was and is the best fighter ever built and flown but you are right about the corsiar it should have made the list but another plane should have made the list. that plane is the p61 blackwidow.
you are all insane the p51 mustang was and is the graetest fighter plane ever built.but the corsair should have made the list but there is another plane that should have made the top ten list that plane is the p61 blackwidow.
I think this show is prejudiced against naval and marine aircraft.
They snub the Corsair and Hellcat completely. The F-4 is the only naval aircraft mentioned and it is referred to as a "turkey". The thing that is never mentioned is that the F-4 was not designed as a dogfighter.
I think the reason the USAF commentators are so critical of the F-4 is because of the USAF's failure with the aircraft. The USN created TOPGUN and trained their men on how fly against non-like aircraft and laid the ground work for all future air combat training. With the Revolt of the Admirals that had to be a bitter pill for the USAF to swollow.
