Speaking of Airplanes

Ernest Cawby · From: Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

We were making ice cream on Nans dads back poarch one afternoon when a Blue angles airplane landed in our back yard, the yard was 10 acres.He had flamed out and thought he could make the field, he crossed a road, railroad tracks and wiped out his landing gear and stopped in the corn field, burned his arm on the metal as he left the plane.
The pilot flew that afternoon as wing man at the air show, he said he wanted to get back in it. Nan lived in the flight path North south run way path At Maxwell field in Montgomery Alabama..
They paid dad money to trim his pecan trees so they would not hit them on take off. You could see the expression on thier faces as they passed over her house, and they would wave when they passed over.

ernie

Stu Schulman · From: Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)

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Ray Montee · From: Portland, Oregon (deceased)

Nothing like "bringing them home".........

What a thrill that was, I'm sure. Not very many people could top that tale.

Rick Campbell · From: Sneedville, TN, USA

I did the same thing once in with an engine failure. I landed in a pasture field among the cows and cow piles. I radioed for a helicopter to come pick me up. It was an easily repairable problem with the airplane. We fixed it the next day and I got some people to keep the cows out of the way while I flew it out of there.

I've been an FAA Certified Flight Instructor (CFI, CFII, MEI, MEII) for 20 years.

Tip: An Emmons push pull, Nashville 400, Seat, etc... in the back of a Beeechcraft Bonanza, with no passengers, makes them tail heavy.

Ken Lang · From: Simi Valley, Ca

In the early 70's we had a small plane come down near our house, like a piper cub or similar. They had run out of gas and were trying to land in a pasture across from my house. Actually they did pretty well till the right wing caught in the barb wire fence, and pivoted them head first into a berm.

When we got to them, they were not seriously hurt, but didn't know who or where they were and what they were doing sitting in an airplane.

Roger Shackelton · From: MINNESOTA (deceased)

Rick, when you are flying to a gig you better just take a lap steel guitar. Smile

Roger

James Collett · From: San Dimas, CA

Roger, go wash your mouth out with soap! Oops this is the pedal neutral "Steel Players" section- scratch that! Winking

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Rick Campbell · From: Sneedville, TN, USA

That's why I play more fiddle than anything else. It's easier on the CG.

Derrick Frank · From: Berkshire, England

Had an incident while teaching a student emergency landing procedure a few years ago, and while allowing him to get the aircraft lined up we had an engin out.
We had been working on the exercise for about an hour, and he was flying his own aircraft, and as he was near the end of his training I said to go throu the restart exercise, and after a couple of failed restarts, to get into the correct position to make an approach,as it was his aircrft he could land it himself, thou I did watch him very closley.
Knowing he would not want to bend it, he did the approach spot on and did a perfect landing, to his releif and my appreciation.
Unfortunatly here in England we don't have the room to fly to gig's or I would have been doing it years ago.

Malcolm McMaster · From: Beith Ayrshire Scotland

Derrick, where did you teach? I did my ppl at Blackbushe many years ago, now sadly lapsed can't afford it.

Derrick Frank · From: Berkshire, England

Hi Malcolm, taught at Popham as a QFI under Mac Smith but now out of hours, but still have my licence, just need to keep the hours up, and that is not too easy at the mo.
By the way, it's a D licence for Microlights, I love um.
Did start at Blackbush on a Cesna 170 I think, long time ago, but I found Microlights a lot cheaper, you can take a recourse now for £90 Hr, and free ground school at some airfields. Pic, over the A33 south of Reading.

Ernest Cawby · From: Lake City, Florida, USA, R.I.P.

You cannot fly a Blue Angles airplane out of a corn field, they took the plane apart and hauled it out. The plane was under guard because of secret radio in those planes, Nan's dad went over to look at the plane and the guard told him he could not , Dad said then get it out of my field, the guard had no answer for thatHe was a railroad engineer and knew nothing about radios or airplanes.
Bobbe Seymour I am checked out in these aircraft.
1. J3 Cub
2. super cruiser
3. Cessna 190, 110, 120 140 172,
4. Piper Cherakee, Comanchee, sticktime in a 310.
5. Stinson Station Wagon
6. Champ, engine went out and landed it in a field.

Flew RC compitition for several years. This was the most fun, no nose bleed in these.

ernie

Dale Bessant · From: Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Man,
I love aircraft, wish I had taken that path in life sometimes, but have kept my feet on the ground...sounds like a real blast!!!
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Casey Lowmiller · From: Kansas

I got to fly in a powered-parachute yesterday. I was using it to shoot aerial video of the tornado damage at Chapman,Ks. It was an adventure for sure!!!

Casey
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Derrick Frank · From: Berkshire, England

Used to teach on a powerchute, and as it was single seater, your first flight was on your own, with only me on the radio for comfort, but they are great fun, allthou a little suseptable to the wind.

Rick Campbell · From: Sneedville, TN, USA

Ernie,

Next time I see you in Saluda we can talk airplanes. I've flown everything from J3's to Barons...much of it in weather when the birds were walking. Don't do much anymore, don't have the time and too much hassle with maintenance, keeping current, too expensive, etc... But, I've owned 11 airplanes through the years and I always sold them for more than I paid for them. It used to be a lot of fun, but now I have to travel a lot with commercial airlines (school buses with wings).

I ran into Roy Clark at an airport once..he was flying and Aztec. Also, ran into Micky Gilley once..he was flying a King Air. Chuck Campbell has a Twin Commanche.

A few years ago, Earl Scruggs had invited a friend of mine(a banjo freak)to his house to visit, and he asked me to join him. He was anxious to ask Earl about different banjos he'd owned, etc... About five minutes into the visit, I made the mistake of asking Earl about flying. He went off into string of flying and airplane tales and my friend never got to talk much banjo. I felt bad about it for him.

I'm much more competent in a C-310 than I am on a D-10,8/4. That's why you see me more with a fiddle in my hands. Not too competent there either, but it's easier to carry.

Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

Ernie, I spent a lot of enjoyable time with you last year in the Fulawka room at St. Louis, but the "A" word never came up. We'll have to fix that the next time we meet. I love airplanes. I have a BC-12D Taylorcraft and RC planes from small electrics to large gas power. I just came back from a Cub fly in. We will be moving into the hangar and a 5th wheel sometime this year while we build a new house and hangar at a new airpark near San Antonio. I have had a love affair with planes and music as far back as I can remember. OK, sometimes that's not very far back.

Moon in Alaska · From: Kasilof, Alaska * R.I.P.

All I can say is.....you guys should have moved to Alaska 20 or more years ago. You could make a good living flying here.....
Click on my web site below...go to page 2 for a few airplane photos...
Moon
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Bobbe Seymour · From: Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.

Ernest, I have owned half of those you named, I loved the Stinson Voyager except for the "Valve swallowing Franklin engine".
A Cessna 190 huh? I missed that wonderful A/C. Love those big round engins, I'd love to own a Howard D-17 with a PW-985 in it!

Thank you Ernest, you are a great dear friend, now go practice! Smile

Captian Bob,

Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

Moon,
Our former guitar player (Charlie Gillispe) pretty much followed your advice. He moved to Alaska about 10-12 years ago and is flying freight for somebody and enjoys small planes too. We kidded him about making gigs on a snow mobile with an amp & guitar frozen on the back.

Roger

Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

Bobbe,

I was a mechanic on R4360's on C124 Globemasters. Is that round enough for you? LOL

Roger

Bobbe Seymour · From: Hendersonville TN USA, R.I.P.

WOW! 4360s, bigger than my house, louder than a steel convention, but they do sound better!

I see them race in Reno on Sea Fury's and Corsairs, possibly a Bear Cat or two. Propeller blades wider that the Cumberland river, (at flood stage).

Talk about a maintence nightmare, four of them? Enough to drive a sane man nuts! You should go to work for me installing knees on P-P guitars!
I was on C-130s with the "little" Allison T-56-Js.

100 galons to start them! (of OIL I mean!) Whoa!

Bobbe

Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

Bobbe
Careful, I'll show up on your door step. LOL

Stu Schulman · From: Ulster Park New Yawk (deceased)

Roger,I see Charlie from time to time,Just a monster guitar player,He just loves flying planes.Stu Winking

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Roger Edgington · From: San Antonio, Texas USA

Stu,That's too cool. Charley is a hoot for sure. He will drag a fiddle out if you get enough juice in him. We still have the same band otherwise. If you see him tell him "Howdy" for us. We sure miss him.

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