Spring has sprung. Get out and shoot your Henry

Hey Coop

Sit back and talk with friends. Same rules as before. Rule #1-Relax with friends on the front or back porch.
Rule #2-No Politics, religion or anything above a G level.
User avatar
BigAl52
Forum Ambassador
Posts: 13637
Joined: Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:43 pm
Location: Evans,Colorado
United States of America

Hey Coop

Post by BigAl52 » Sat May 08, 2021 1:18 am

I was on a walk today and thought about a guy in Minnesoooooota when I saw this and wondered if you knew what it was
IMG_1883.JPG
IMG_1883.JPG (266.19 KiB) Viewed 558 times
2 x
Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......


H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55

User avatar
Vaquero
Ranch Boss
Posts: 10255
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:56 am
Location: Somewhere between Memphis & Nashville
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by Vaquero » Sat May 08, 2021 8:04 am

Looks like a heck of a place to park it.

RP
0 x
Monte Walsh "You have No idea how little I care". :lol:

Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament :shock:
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012

User avatar
beaverislander
Cowhand
Posts: 197
Joined: Fri Dec 04, 2020 7:58 pm
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by beaverislander » Sat May 08, 2021 8:12 am

Is it a Beaver?
0 x

User avatar
cooperhawk
Drover
Posts: 4119
Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:27 pm
Location: 20 miles south of the twin cities.
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by cooperhawk » Sat May 08, 2021 8:43 am

BigAl52 wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 1:18 am
I was on a walk today and thought about a guy in Minnesoooooota when I saw this and wondered if you knew what it was.
Oh heck yes. When I came back from VN I was assigned to a small Army Research Post in Maryland where I was, for a time, the only Army Aviator on the post. I had a U6 Beaver and a Sikorsky H19 to Crew Chief. I had missions to be flown for the labs testing a variety of things, (don't even ask), so I would borrow a National Guard Pilot when needed. A lot of the missions were pretty hairy.
I even had an Dept. of the Army Mechanic that maintained them for me. I got a lot of flight time in them, I had run up and taxi orders with the Beaver, I just wasn't authorized to take off. I could run up the helicopter but couldn't pull pitch so I couldn't taxi it.
1 x
Retired FAA Air Traffic Control Supervisor
VFW (Life Member), VVA (Life Member)
Legion (Life Member), NRA (Life Member)
U S Army Aviation 64-67, Vietnam MACV 65-66

User avatar
BigAl52
Forum Ambassador
Posts: 13637
Joined: Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:43 pm
Location: Evans,Colorado
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by BigAl52 » Sat May 08, 2021 10:32 am

Vaquero wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 8:04 am
Looks like a heck of a place to park it.

RP
Its a Beaver in the woods Randy :lol:
0 x
Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......


H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55

User avatar
Vaquero
Ranch Boss
Posts: 10255
Joined: Mon Mar 21, 2016 12:56 am
Location: Somewhere between Memphis & Nashville
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by Vaquero » Sat May 08, 2021 11:10 am

BigAl52 wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 10:32 am
Vaquero wrote:
Sat May 08, 2021 8:04 am
Looks like a heck of a place to park it.

RP
Its a Beaver in the woods Randy :lol:
Thanks Al, I know little about 'em, other than they fly and sometime crash. :o

Hey... How far will this thing go with only the one engine?
Straight to the crash site... oh and about 30 mins. ahead of the Paramedics. ;)

RP
0 x
Monte Walsh "You have No idea how little I care". :lol:

Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament :shock:
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012

User avatar
BigAl52
Forum Ambassador
Posts: 13637
Joined: Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:43 pm
Location: Evans,Colorado
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by BigAl52 » Sat May 08, 2021 11:21 am

There is alot of cool planes here where my sister lives. One hanger has a Stearman in it. I would like to get a picture of it but not sure if the guy will be around. There is also a Cessna 195 here fully restored. Very Cool airplane and I have flown in that one.
SD card for digital photo frame 519 (1).jpeg
SD card for digital photo frame 519 (1).jpeg (76.35 KiB) Viewed 528 times
Here is a photo of that flight
1 x
Don't worry about getting older and still doing stupid stuff. You'll do the stupid stuff as always, only much slower. Hold my beer and watch this.......


H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55

User avatar
Sir Henry
Administrator / Owner
Posts: 12052
Joined: Sun Mar 20, 2016 10:58 pm
Location: Price County Wisconsin
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by Sir Henry » Sat May 08, 2021 12:13 pm

Lawn art!
0 x
Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.

Range Reporter: Henry Repeater

User avatar
Shakey Jake
Drover
Posts: 4285
Joined: Wed Aug 16, 2017 11:10 am
Location: Sugar Land, TX
Contact:
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by Shakey Jake » Sat May 08, 2021 12:18 pm

There's a small town with an association and old airport that keeps up old planes. They have a fund raiser "Fly In" every spring. It was cancelled last year and don't know if they had it this year. I try to go and look at all the neat planes:
http://pioneerflightmuseum.org/aircraft/index.html
Jake
1 x

User avatar
cooperhawk
Drover
Posts: 4119
Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2019 3:27 pm
Location: 20 miles south of the twin cities.
United States of America

Re: Hey Coop

Post by cooperhawk » Sat May 08, 2021 5:12 pm

Back in the 90s three of us took an Alaska trip and I got to ride in a Beaver once more. We flew Air Alaska into Ketchikan and then took a bush plane on floats up into the mountains on a remote island. We leased a Forest Service Cabin and fished for salmon for a week. Actually, there were so many salmon it got boring so we went after trout. Then that got boring and there wasn't much else to do. We drank a lot.

This is not our plane, but similar. I was disappointed because I thought maybe I'd get a chance to fly one again, but the dang thing only had single controls. Oh well, it brought back memories.

Low, slow, and reliable. In Vietnam the VC didn't want to shoot at one because they threw too much hot oil when hit. :shock:
Attachments
Beaver in Alaska.jpg
Beaver in Alaska.jpg (40.25 KiB) Viewed 497 times
1 x
Retired FAA Air Traffic Control Supervisor
VFW (Life Member), VVA (Life Member)
Legion (Life Member), NRA (Life Member)
U S Army Aviation 64-67, Vietnam MACV 65-66

Post Reply