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  1. Jerry Lytle

    Fate is the Hunter!

    Did anyone notice the event in Masters of The Air, the B-17s landing at the same one way blind strip on Greenland? Heck with the TAJ. This made me pucker so bad that my wife had to pull the throw pillow of my butt.
  2. Jerry Lytle

    Fate is the Hunter!

    Ernie Ghann had the ability to take a problematic situation and make it wildly tense. Believe me I am a 200% fan of his books, marvelous writer. Then one morning I was at Malon Sweet Eugene Oregon where I based my 170A. I had often thought about asking the tower for permission to to land in a...
  3. Jerry Lytle

    Crashes in the News - Thread

    That headline is on thin ice. No crash involved. I wonder if the decided to make a full stop in the wrong place.
  4. Jerry Lytle

    Airplane For Sale Spotted: 1941 Stinson in KY. Dang.

    Stinson L-5 is a far cry from from the plane under discussion. The paint scheme is the ony common denominator. On the left 185 hp. on the right 90 hp
  5. Jerry Lytle

    Airplane For Sale ROBERTSON B1RD ULTRALIGHT - $2,500 (Arlignton)

    Back in the day Flying magazine chose the Robertson B1-RD for a flight review. They spoke highly of it's engineering and handling. I do not recall if they ever reviewed any other ultralight.
  6. Jerry Lytle

    Village plane [Syndicated]

    Such village existed in Independence OR a number of years back. There where quit a number that started. I think they finshed three Newport replicas.
  7. Jerry Lytle

    Fiat AS.6 Engine of Macchi-Castoldi

    Can anyone explain the mechanism replacing the propeller.
  8. Jerry Lytle

    EAA - For better or worse

    The worst thing about going OT is when everyone else follows suite. Is this comment OT?
  9. Jerry Lytle

    Crashes in the News - Thread

    1 dead, 1 critically hurt in float plane crash on Lake Sammamish By KIRO 7 News StaffSeptember 15, 2023 at 12:55 pm PDT NOW PLAYING ABOVE VIDEO: 1 killed in Lake Sammamish plane crash BELLEVUE, Wash. — One person is dead and another is critically injured after a float plane crash on Lake...
  10. Jerry Lytle

    Charges Filed Against Trevor Jacob

    Jedi, It was a Beech 18, not a Cessna 310.
  11. Jerry Lytle

    Airplane For Sale Mooney Mite Project for sale.

    49 minutes ago "They look nearly identical to a Culver Cadet." ? Every bit as much as a 172 looks like a Beaver.
  12. Jerry Lytle

    Tack welding 4130

    I am not aware that Repubic built WW2 trainers. Perhaps Fairchild?
  13. Jerry Lytle

    Wind turbines falling

    What does all this have to do with Home Buit Airplanes ?
  14. Jerry Lytle

    What is the thickest airfoil ever used in an aeroplane wing for lift ?

    Do not forget the B-15, it had interal human access for all four engines.
  15. Jerry Lytle

    The state of our (dying) sport 2022

    Do you think that being locked out ot where the aiplaness are has anything to do with lack of interest? I Pedaled my bike to the nearest airport and spent hours admiring the equipment and longing for the day I could fly. Now that I am 80 the locked gate brings me to a halt.
  16. Jerry Lytle

    What was the first airplane you flew in and how old ?

    Stinson high wing tri-motor,1941.
  17. Jerry Lytle

    Airplane for the Common Denominator

    Beech did build an aerobatic Bonanza in 1970. It was a very limited edition of only five examples. Flying ran a review of it if I remember correctly.
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