Warbird Information Exchange

Excuse the cussin' and WATCH THIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... fEYqGGYXRk

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

Watch what? No video...

He's talking about the smiley face eating popcorn. Pretty boring if you ask me.

Dowp! fixed.

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

Pretty cool!

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Don't make me go get my flying monkeys-

Sure would be nice if more instructors were that easy going!

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A&P/I.A., A.A.S./Aviation Maintenance technology
Warbird salvage/recovery
One day I'll get that P-40!

They probably saved that kids life!

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He bowls overhand...He is the most interesting man in the world.
"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

That can't have been very safe, but then again, I had an old chopper pilot from the Vietnam era tell me they sometimes used the huey's blades to cut a runway if they were in a jam...I'd love to know who this guy is. It looked like he was in South Louisiana. Anybody got a guess?

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."

That was awesome! Loved the FI's commentary. I can see it now. Guy is at the R/C hobby store and tells the this story and everyone in there goes, B.S. ! LOL

I thought it was safe with what he had to work with. If the model had been further down the tree or it was the student attempting it, things coulda been dicey. One of those things helicopters are made for as long as an experienced professional is performing the task.

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He bowls overhand...He is the most interesting man in the world.
"In Peace Japan Breeds War", Eckstein, Harper and Bros., 3rd ed. 1943(1927, 1928,1942)
"Leave it to ol' Slim. I got ideas...and they're all vile, baby." South Dakota Slim
"Ahh..."The Deuce", 28,000 pounds of motherly love." quote from some Mojave Grunt
DBF

That is such a cool video. The R22 is perfect for just that kinda think. I think Frank Robinson may be paying that Helicopter School a visit here before long when he finds out who it was. He loves things that show off the low downwash that his rotor system has and that was one of them. I doubt many other helos could have done that because they would've blown the model out of the tree.

When I was a kid, we'd launch model rockets off the perimeter of the airfield. They would end up in a field of tall grass nearby.
The county police operated Bell 47's from that end of the field, and would occasionally play "fetch" with the rocket's parachute hung on a skid tip

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Lest Hero-worship raise it's head and cloud our vision, remember that World War II was fought and won by the same sort of twenty-something punks we wouldn't let our daughters date.

I am very skeptical that this video was not a set up.

Oh stuff it you grumpy old man!
You're just jealous cause you never thought of it!

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"I knew the jig was up when I saw the P-51D-20-NA Mustang blue-nosed bastards from Bodney, and by the way the blue was more of a royal blue than an indigo and the inner landing gear interiors were NOT green, over Berlin."