BK Bird

Airplanejunkie · **Posted:** Thu May 21, 2009 6:15 am

Baldeagle wrote:

Airplanejunkie wrote:

US185damiani wrote:

Hey Steve,

You need to bring that nice BK out to Grimes some weekend!~

Mike

I'm for sure planning on it!

Steve, filming postponed until next week, 30-31. Will you be at Robbinsville Friday the 22nd?

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Assuming I can get my s*%t together and get through a couple of major projects today I am planning on going to both Robbinsville and Eagles Mere on Friday....no particular order or timing at this point....

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 2:53 pm

Steve,
Jeff said to give him a shout when you have a layover in PDX.
He said he's got over 1800 hours in his Bird. That's gotta be a record?!?!

Airplanejunkie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:54 pm

Jack Cook wrote:

Steve,
Jeff said to give him a shout when you have a layover in PDX.
He said he's got over 1800 hours in his Bird. That's gotta be a record?!?!

1800 hrs in a Bird.....I don't think I'll catch up with him but I can sure have fun trying

Jeff and I exchanged emails....now I just need to get a PDX layover!!!

Best,

Steve

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 3:58 pm

He's been flying it over 35 years!! After he came back from AF pilot training has a supersonic T-38 pilot he went out and groundlooped it and busted the prop :shock:

He just collected 4 truck loads of antique a/c parts from Sandy River Airport when he was storing them with Cliff Crum. I think he's going into the part business :shock:

Airplanejunkie · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:05 pm

Jack Cook wrote:

.... groundlooped it and busted the prop :shock:

I had to take about about a 7 year break from GA in the late 80's early 90's. Went to get recurrent in a J3. Couldn't find the runway to save my soul....trying to land a J3 at the same eye height as a DC-10. :roll:

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Thu Jun 25, 2009 7:09 pm

If I remember Jeff correctly he said the gear set up makes it a real groundlooper. The gear hangs down with the wheels/tires toed in.
You'd never know which one it pop out first when it touches so you never know which way it's going to swing.
His NP-1 was bad also and they usually taxied it with the tailwheel locked.

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