[Rhodes22-list] My other "boat"

Fri Oct 27 00:35:00 EDT 2006

W-2 pilots?  These are the guys who get paid and report their income? 
Sorry, I couldn't resist, my pop was an accountant.

Mike

From: "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:19 PM

> Brad,
>
> You'll probably read this in the morning, but, in the Army, most pilots 
> are
> Warrant Officers, who range in grade from W-1 to W-4 (Actually it is WO-1 
> to
> CW-5 but that just complicates the story).
>
> We quickly learned that the most dangerous group to fly with were the W-2
> pilots.  The W-1s were fresh out of flight school and not yet confident
> enough in their skills to do something real risky and the W-3 and above 
> had
> had a few near misses and survived and realized just how dangerous and
> serious flying could be.  The W-2s were proficient in their skills and 
> still
> felt invincible, henceforth, they crashed a lot.
>
> Hank
>
> On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hank,
>>
>> Yep!  The same adage applies to sailors.  There's a certain envelope with
>> any new sport or skill set where your willingness to experiment exceeds
>> your
>> ability.  If you can make it past that 'danger zone', you'll probably
>> survive.
>>
>> On that note, I've got to teach a class on regulations in the morning.
>> Nothing like reviewing FAR's to put you to sleep quickly.
>>
>> Good night!
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>> On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > Brad,
>> >
>> > Remember the other old adage, "There are old pilots and there are bold
>> > pilots, but there are NO old, bold pilots!"
>> >
>> > Hank
>> >
>> > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hank,
>> > >
>> > > During my younger, braver days (high school), I used to buzz 
>> > > sailboats
>> > > on Carlyle Lake, Bob Weber's home waters in Southern Illinois. It was
>> > fun
>> > > to
>> > > pull up and circle to see if they reacted.  Most of my friends were
>> farm
>> > > boys and they got the open tractors while their dad's had the
>> > cabs.  They
>> > > couldn't hear a thing, so I'd sneak up behind them at head level and
>> > scare
>> > > the wits out of them.  They'd leave a big squiggle in the field which
>> > > seldom
>> > > went unnoticed by their dads. On one of the many occasions I skipped
>> > > school,
>> > > I flattened my PE class on the exercise field.  They gave me a
>> > suspension
>> > > which meant I didn't have to skip school on those day.  Smart
>> thinking!
>> > >
>> > > That was then, I'm happy to get from point A to B now.
>> > >
>> > > Brad
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > Brad,
>> > > >
>> > > > What's the old saying, "Any landing you can walk away from is a 
>> > > > good
>> > > > landing!"
>> > > >
>> > > > When I was crewing on UH-60s we used to practice low level flight,
>> > (Nap
>> > > of
>> > > > the Earth or NOE in Army speak) and occasionally we'd have to clean
>> > some
>> > > > branches out of the landing gear when we got back to the
>> > airbase.  Those
>> > > > were some interesting times!
>> > > >
>> > > > Hank
>> > > >
>> > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Hank,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > The common complaint against the V-tail is the "wiggle" in rough
>> > air.
>> > > My
>> > > > > solution to that is to not fly in rough air. Other than that, you
>> > > can't
>> > > > > tell
>> > > > > the difference between the V and a conventional tail.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > As to the second question, I can't land it to save my ass.  Well,
>> > > > actually
>> > > > > I've saved my ass four times but it wasn't pretty.  It will take
>> > some
>> > > > > practice.  The landing height above touchdown is about 40 feet
>> > > > difference
>> > > > > between the Bonanza and the DC-10. I horribly over control it,
>> thus,
>> > > no
>> > > > > passengers until I can fly it without embarrassment.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Brad
>> > > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Does the v-tail make her squirrelly or harder to handle in
>> certain
>> > > > > > conditions?  Can you fly something that weighs less than 
>> > > > > > 100,000
>> > > > pounds?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Hank
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Hank,
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Don't understand that - I forwarded them from my other e-mail
>> > > > address
>> > > > > to
>> > > > > > > this one and it worked.  Here's three photos I took while the
>> > sun
>> > > > was
>> > > > > > > coming
>> > > > > > > up in St. Johns, Arizona.  The wings had quite a bit of frost
>> on
>> > > > them
>> > > > > > and
>> > > > > > > I
>> > > > > > > had the pleasure of visiting with some "old heads" while
>> waiting
>> > > for
>> > > > > the
>> > > > > > > sun
>> > > > > > > to melt the frost.
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > Brad
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > On 10/26/06, Hank <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > Pics didn't come through, Brad.
>> > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > On 10/26/06, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > > The seller just sent me these pics today.  He
>> > > > > > > > > photographed the departure of his "baby" leaving
>> > > > > > > > > Prescott for her new home.  This is why I don't own a
>> > > > > > > > > second boat. Yet!  Brad
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >
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>> > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> > > > > > > > > From: Vtailflier at aol.com
>> > > > > > > > > To: flybrad at yahoo.com
>> > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:35:28 EDT
>> > > > > > > > > Subject: pics
>> > > > > > > > >
>> > > > > > > > >
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