[Rhodes22-list] My other "boat"

[Herb Parsons]

So, being a W-2 weeded out those that only thought they were invincible?

Herb Parsons

S/V O'Jure
1976 O'Day 25
Lake Grapevine, N TX

S/V Reve de Papa
1971 Coronado 35
Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana Coast 

>>> hnw555 at gmail.com 10/26/2006 9:19:19 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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