Personal Warbirds Bests..........
Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:14 pm
For those involved more directly with warbirds. Have you you set any records?? Local or otherwise????
WE HAD 87 NOISE COMPLAINTS IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD WHILE WAYNE WAS FLYING WITH TED STEWART GETTING READY FOR HIS TYPE RATING CHECKRIDE. A SALEM AIRPORT RECORD THAT WILL PROBABLY STAND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
WE HAD 87 NOISE COMPLAINTS IN A 4 HOUR PERIOD WHILE WAYNE WAS FLYING WITH TED STEWART GETTING READY FOR HIS TYPE RATING CHECKRIDE. A SALEM AIRPORT RECORD THAT WILL PROBABLY STAND FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.
Thu Dec 20, 2007 5:41 pm
I don't know how many reports we generated..but I was helping on a late evening engine run on an F-86 at Arlington Muni and the policeman came by and asked us to cut it out....My wife said she could hear the the airplane from the house...about 4 miles away 
I may have a picture from that day...I'll have to look....
I may have a picture from that day...I'll have to look....
Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:15 pm
I ate the most slices of pizza at the Friday POF pre-airshow volunteer's dinner once. I don't think the record was certified by the FAI (Foundation for Alimentary Indulgence) though and I have yet to do my back up run...
Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:09 pm
Ztex wrote:I don't know how many reports we generated..but I was helping on a late evening engine run on an F-86 at Arlington Muni and the policeman came by and asked us to cut it out....My wife said she could hear the the airplane from the house...about 4 miles away
I may have a picture from that day...I'll have to look....
I used to have a loft in Tribeca – downown manhattan – and late at night I would often hear a sound that could only be that of a lrage jet engine running up. I finally surmised that I must be hearing sounds from Newark, maintenance runups I presumed, which was certainly farther away than 4 miles. (Or else I was just crazy.)
Bret
Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:22 am
I found the pictures of the engine run...F-86F N860AG (52-4666) Ex-Bolivian FAB-651
Woot!
Woot!
Fri Dec 21, 2007 1:03 am
The local Kmart once complained about the noise at the airport back in the mid 90's when the C-123 was getting run up, when we got the complaint, we went and ran up the C-123 along with the B-17 and the B-25 Hoosier Honey.
Fri Dec 21, 2007 2:45 am
I'm sure it's a rounding error for some, but I set a new personal record this year- I used 7622 gals of gas this year for warbird flying. A new record for me. I hope to use 10,000 or more next year. Probably over 300 gallons of oil, but I didn't keep as accurate count on the oil.
My carbon footprint is huge. Hopefully bigger next year as well.
My carbon footprint is huge. Hopefully bigger next year as well.
Fri Dec 21, 2007 6:40 am
EDowning,
God love you for sharing your a/c with us groundpounders.
Hope to see your a/c again in 2008.
Hoppy New Leap Year.
God love you for sharing your a/c with us groundpounders.
Hope to see your a/c again in 2008.
Hoppy New Leap Year.
Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:14 am
We must have the most broke Mustangs in 1 hangar.
Bald Eagle- Engine
Princess Elizabeth- Engine
Frenesi- Restoration
We must also have the most dirt bikes in a hangar- over 20 with more be rebuilt.
Rich
Bald Eagle- Engine
Princess Elizabeth- Engine
Frenesi- Restoration
We must also have the most dirt bikes in a hangar- over 20 with more be rebuilt.
Rich
Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:07 am
EDowning wrote:
My carbon footprint is huge. Hopefully bigger next year as well.
Rock ON!!!
All my records have to do with "wildlife control" at the airport, but we've got too many animal lovers for me to go into specifics
Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:35 am
EDowning wrote:I'm sure it's a rounding error for some, but I set a new personal record this year- I used 7622 gals of gas this year for warbird flying. A new record for me. I hope to use 10,000 or more next year. Probably over 300 gallons of oil, but I didn't keep as accurate count on the oil.
My carbon footprint is huge. Hopefully bigger next year as well.
This year was a personal best for me as well. I used over 12,000 gallons of Jet-A and no detectable engine oil usage (that's a good thing). Like Eric, I'm hoping to do better in '08. Now that my buds on the field aquired a T-33 and a T-37, that should give added incentive to rid the world of excess fossil fuel.
Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:43 am
Paul, don't you also qualify for the most "Hooters Runs" involving a warbird?
Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:52 am
Beachy wrote:Paul, don't you also qualify for the most "Hooters Runs" involving a warbird?
I think so, but hard to say for sure since this isn't something officially tracked. It only happens once a year at Oshkosh when we make the 12 mile flight to Appleton to pick up Hooters wings. Hope to make it a three or four ship in '08.
Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:00 am
Now THAT will be a lot of wings!!!!
Happy Holidays!
Happy Holidays!
Fri Dec 21, 2007 9:20 am
T33driver wrote:Beachy wrote:Paul, don't you also qualify for the most "Hooters Runs" involving a warbird?
I think so, but hard to say for sure since this isn't something officially tracked. It only happens once a year at Oshkosh when we make the 12 mile flight to Appleton to pick up Hooters wings. Hope to make it a three or four ship in '08.
I smell a good Warbird Digest article we could do just for the trip
That would be serious fun.