Spitfire
Tue Oct 31, 2006 7:47 pm
I got to fly the Spitfire today!
Tue Oct 31, 2006 10:31 pm
Congrats on what must have been a tough day ! 
Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:11 am
congrats bill i hope you have many more hours of enjoyment
paul (just dont tell the wife or she might take it of you )
paul (just dont tell the wife or she might take it of you
)
Re: Spitfire
Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:16 am
Bill Greenwood wrote:I got to fly the Spitfire today!
And we have a new winner for "Postings I wish I could write" ...
August
Wed Nov 01, 2006 12:52 pm
Way to go, Bill. Rub our noses in it.
Mudge the envious
Mudge the envious
Spitfire
Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:41 pm
Mudge, what I meant is that my plane which has been in the shop for several months is now flying again.
Wed Nov 01, 2006 1:47 pm
Bill, No offense intended. I know it's been in the shop. What I meant was that the great majority of us WIXers never have and never will have the chance to ride in a Spit., much less fly one.
To quote my hero, "DUKE", "Just funnin', son. Just funnin'."
To quote my hero, "DUKE", "Just funnin', son. Just funnin'."
Fri Nov 03, 2006 12:37 pm
Mudge ~ if its any consolation ...... picture the scene
2005 airshow at Eden Prarie MN, I've had the great priviledge to arrive with the Yankee Air Force in B-17G ~ Yankee Lady on Friday afternoon.
I get invited as "crew" to the barbeie that evening. The YAF B-17 crew chief ( Norm Ellikson ~ the nicest man I've ever met ) introduces us all to BILL GREENWOOD
~ who spends some time talking to Norm.
After Bill goes I say that I would give anything for a ride in that Spitfire ~ but I've read about the strict weight limitation on the rear cockpit and I'm ( ahem ) 40 pounds toooooo heavy.
Saturday is a super day at the local show. Yankee Lady does lots of rides
and everyone is busy.
Bill flys a great show around 4pm.
The YAF crew all meet up around 5pm to pack up the stand and put the airplane to bed for the night.
Norm says to me ~ we were looking for you earlier ~ Bill wondered if we had someone who wanted a ride in the back of the SPITFIRE and we thought of you ~ but then we remebered you said about the weight thing so we told he nope ~ we don't !
As dinner that night the group decision was I should do the thing properly
ie have both legs amputated ( Like Douglas Bader ) and maybe ~ just maybe I would just scrape in on 180 pounds !
A little extreme maybe ~ but the closest I'll ever get to the a Spitfire flight
2005 airshow at Eden Prarie MN, I've had the great priviledge to arrive with the Yankee Air Force in B-17G ~ Yankee Lady on Friday afternoon.
I get invited as "crew" to the barbeie that evening. The YAF B-17 crew chief ( Norm Ellikson ~ the nicest man I've ever met ) introduces us all to BILL GREENWOOD
~ who spends some time talking to Norm.
After Bill goes I say that I would give anything for a ride in that Spitfire ~ but I've read about the strict weight limitation on the rear cockpit and I'm ( ahem ) 40 pounds toooooo heavy.
Saturday is a super day at the local show. Yankee Lady does lots of rides
and everyone is busy.
Bill flys a great show around 4pm.
The YAF crew all meet up around 5pm to pack up the stand and put the airplane to bed for the night.
Norm says to me ~ we were looking for you earlier ~ Bill wondered if we had someone who wanted a ride in the back of the SPITFIRE and we thought of you ~ but then we remebered you said about the weight thing so we told he nope ~ we don't !
As dinner that night the group decision was I should do the thing properly
ie have both legs amputated ( Like Douglas Bader ) and maybe ~ just maybe I would just scrape in on 180 pounds !
A little extreme maybe ~ but the closest I'll ever get to the a Spitfire flight
Fri Nov 03, 2006 1:17 pm
Bomberflight...If I were to go to the extreme of having both legs amputated, I'd have to insist on at least FLYING the thing 
Mudge the extremist
Mudge the extremist