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    B-29 Replica Takes Shape

    Man, that SUCKS!!! ☹️
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    USAF, USN, USMC, USA picklesuits

    GLAD you finally found a way into a cockpit! Breaks my heart when I hear that bad eyesight, something we humans have almost no control over, causes our dreams to be snuffed out before we hardly get started. So glad what modern surgery can do for pilots. 👍👍
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    USAF, USN, USMC, USA picklesuits

    I wanted to be an AF pilot from about the time I was 10. I used to terrorize any fighter pilot that would tolerate my endless questions at airshows. A quintessential part of the equation was the sage green bag. I’ll never forget how thrilled I was when my wife surprised me with a used flight...
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    USAF, USN, USMC, USA picklesuits

    “Picklesuits”? I wore a flightsuit for 23 yrs. We either called them a “flighsuit” or a “bag”. Is this a civilian term?
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    Texas Toye: Update

    Glad to see it flying again. Hope it’s you in the cockpit soon.
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    75% scaling

    He said he tried to search for applicable threads and couldn’t find anything. He even admitted maybe he wasn’t using the right search terms.
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    Juan Brown & Scott Purdue on NTSB Docket Wings Over Dallas B-17 Mid-Air Collision Nov 2022

    ^^^^^ They had a pre-set plan but it was a horrifically bad one, ie, no altitude deconfliction for the bombers and fighters even though the 2 separate formations had crossing ground tracks. That is absolutely shocking. And NONE of the pilots said this was a bad idea???
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    The 10 Most Beautiful Military Jets Ever

    A-4F A-7D B-58 F-86F F-100C F-4E F-15C F-16C T-38A T-45 Honorable Mention B-47
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    I give hats off to Titan for selling so many kits but their plane has quite a few aesthetic flaws that make it look noticeably different than the real one, and I'm not even talking about the size of their design. In their defense they have also been making improvements on the aesthetics so...
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    Real P-51: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_P-51_Mustang Length - 32' 3" Wingspan - 37' 0" Titan-51: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_T-51_Mustang Length - 23' 6" (23.5 / 32.25 = ~ 72.9% of P-51) Wingspan - 24' 0 " (24.0 / 37.0 = ~ 64.9% of P-51) Not 75%. Fuselage is close but...
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    I don’t think the Titan-51 is 75%.
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    What Skills to Fly the Stewart S-51 Mustang?

    @ check6 - Which S-51 is your friend test flying?
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    What Skills to Fly the Stewart S-51 Mustang?

    FWIW I've read accounts from one or two guys who are type rated in the real Mustang who say the S-51 handles quite the same (airborne), just the horsepower and speeds are different. When Jim Stewart was flying off the FAA required 40 hrs he was often complimented by how much it felt like the...
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    I know one S-51, that actually flew, that has been for sale for at least 10 yrs. Owner died, widow trying to sell it. Has come close a couple times but nothing yet. Here's the S-51 that's been for sale for quite some time:
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    Sadly, FWF is more like $100K. Bill H. has some cost estimates on this on his older website. The S-51 uses a Hartzell hub and blades that are cut down a little. When I checked with Hartzell probably 6-8 yrs (?) ago they wanted $37K for a prop. I know one guy who is using a McCauley prop...
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    Owen Smith used to be the head of the S-51 builder's group. Sadly, he crashed his plane....totally destroyed and was injured in the process. :-(
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    Saville - "I'd be interested in a discussion of the pilot skills required to safely fly an S-51. I think I'll start a post in the Warbirds section." Opinion: I'd say as a bare-bones minimum, 400 hrs flying time with 100 hrs min tailwheel time with a checkout in the T-6 Texan first. Then you'd...
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    Parts Wanted Stewert S51 PLANS

    FYI - Jim Stewart's first design was an all-wood project, as some of you have already stated. Jim then thought if he was going to do the job right it needed to be metal, so he spent years redesigning every single piece, drafting by hand (no cad-cam, etc), alone, into aluminum. Metal prototype...
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    Parts Wanted Richard Bach - Travels with Puff

    Can also highly, HIGHLY recommend “Stranger To The Ground”. Have read it at least three times, probably more. As a retired Air Force pilot I can vouch he nails what it’s like to be in the cockpit of a small, high performance plane, the romance and passion of it all. His writing style in that...
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    The 737 is an honest airplane

    FWIW, I fly the 737 now and have done so for the last 7 1/2 yrs.....-700 (until we got rid of it during COVID), -800 and -900 (no MAXs yet). Great airplane overall. Heavy on the controls, much like a C-130, which I personally don’t like. Also a little too complex on the approach automation...
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