| Re: Bush Flying, pt 3 - Beaver 11.jpg (1/1) |
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| Mitchell Holman (noemail@verizont.net) |
2019/01/23 19:27 |
Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:q2aje70hfl@drn.newsguy.com:
> In article <XnsA9E088E3C86Dnoemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell
> Holman says...
>>
>>Stormin' Norman <norman@schwarzkopf.in.memorium> wrote in
>>news:52eh4e9elslvirmv8ceak36o8ddqj7mkts@4ax.com:
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>>> On Wed, 23 Jan 2019 07:39:48 -0600, Mitchell Holman
>>> <noemail@verizont.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> De Havilland made some very impressive aircraft. Thanks for
>>> posting.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> "Anything you can close the door on"
>>was the byword for what a Beaver could
>>carry..........
>>
>>
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> My aviation company in VNam had three of them in addition to
> helicopters. I wound up about as far south as you can go in SVietnam
> and at midnight had to fly one back to Saigon...the site was unsecure
> so we couldn't stay overnight. The pilot was fixed wing qualified but
> outranked me...a first lieutenant...he gave me the controls to fly as
> soon as we were airborne while he went to sleep!
>
> As there was no electricity in those days the only visible lights on
> the horizon were the city of Saigon in the far distance...had to fly
> on instruments almost the entire flight...easier to do than in a
> helicopter.
>
> Flew unto an island, landing it on a open field...you can't lock the
> doors so we took what we could while visiting some of our
> personnel...what was left in the U-6 was stolen! Found out later the
> Vietnamese name of the island translated to "Island of Thieves"
>
> On another flight, the prop seal broke while in flight causing oil to
> splatter all over the windscreen...since we couldn't very well, the
> pilot had to land while sticking his head out the side window to see
> where he was landing as he was bringing it in.
If Lindergh could land with no
forward view, well..........
>
> ...but great plane...reliable radial engine...will go anywhere...carry
> just about anything...forgiving to fly but loud!
The one I flew in Texas was of
the "check the gas and fill the oil"
variety.
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