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Hey Coop
Hey Coop
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
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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
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
- Vaquero
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Re: Hey Coop
Looks like a heck of a place to park it.
RP
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Monte Walsh "You have No idea how little I care".
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
- beaverislander
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- cooperhawk
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Re: Hey Coop
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.
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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
VFW (Life Member), VVA (Life Member)
Legion (Life Member), NRA (Life Member)
U S Army Aviation 64-67, Vietnam MACV 65-66
Re: Hey Coop
Its a Beaver in the woods Randy
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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
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
- Vaquero
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Re: Hey Coop
Thanks Al, I know little about 'em, other than they fly and sometime crash.
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
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Monte Walsh "You have No idea how little I care".
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Ain't No Apologies for My Temperament
Si vis pacem, para bellum
H001, H006, H012
Re: Hey Coop
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.
Here is a photo of that flight
Here is a photo of that flight
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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
H001T .22LR
H001T .22LR MONUMENT VALLEY
H003T PUMP .22LR
BBS .41 MAG
SS .357
SIDE GATE 38-55
- Sir Henry
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Re: Hey Coop
Lawn art!
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Hi, my name is Gene and I'm a Henryholic from Wisconsin.
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Re: Hey Coop
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
http://pioneerflightmuseum.org/aircraft/index.html
Jake
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- cooperhawk
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Re: Hey Coop
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.
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.
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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
VFW (Life Member), VVA (Life Member)
Legion (Life Member), NRA (Life Member)
U S Army Aviation 64-67, Vietnam MACV 65-66