[Steve91T]

Hey I figure if you guys can talk guns and corvettes, I can talk about airplanes.

Long story short, I've been flying gliders since I was 13 and the. tow plane for a glider school in SC since I was 18. I did that for a few years and built my time until I left for college. After I finished I got a job at a commuter airline and now I've been flying the Airbus 320 for American Airlines for about 4 years now. Sailplanes still have a special place in my heart. It's the most pure form of flying. Very bird like. And the tow plane, an old crop duster, is a 225 hp 1000 lb fabric covered plane that is meant to fly slow, and carry a lot of weight. It makes a perfect tow plane.

Anyway, last weekend I had an opportunity to fly the tow plane in an air show. To top it off, it was at my brothers Air National Guard base where he flies F16's. Truely an amazing opportunity.

I just thought I'd share a quick video I made. If anyone has ever had an interest in aviation, I can't recommend finding your nearest glider school and at least taking a ride. I promise you'll be hooked.


https://youtu.be/8odWPfFU16w

[trackbird]

We got planes from the Maryland Warbirds Museum (T6 Harvard and others). One day I was working on a Cessna and a Grumman Tiger (the owner bought a new plane and wanted me to swap all the electronics from his Cessna into the Grumman and swap the Grumman stuff into the Cessna so he could sell it). I'm upside down under the dash of the Cessna and I hear a heavy metallic "THUD". I rolled out of the plane and realized my friend had bumped the tailhook release on the old bird he was working on from the warbirds museum. I yelled to JD "your tailhook is down, make sure you snag that cable". He laughed a big laugh and said "Is that what that was?". lol. We were putting a GPS in it, but I forget what plane it was now. It's been a while.

Did work on lots of Cessna Citations, the occasional Saberliner 65, I have lots of time tearing down 152/172, etc Cessnas and a bunch of time tearing down Beech stuff (bonanza, twin bonanza, Baron, etc). Some Cessna Centurion time, lots of time tearing apart King airs (and non pressurized ones...we had a bunch of those at dynamic aviation). Had a customer with a Navion, one with a Kitfox and I forget what else (Turbo Commanders with the Garrett turbines are ear splittingly loud when they roll up out front). The occasional Cessna "Mixmaster". Some helicopters (Bell 22a) and a Fairchild Hiller FH1100. You never knew what might show up at the shop on any given day.

[landstuhltaylor]

I tried to get into the military with the intention of going to flight school, likely marines. Unfortunately this was 2011 and they could afford to be picky, so my sleep meds kept me out of all branches.

My cousin is at ER right now for drones.