Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:50 pm
http://www.azcentral.com/offbeat/articl ... ht-ON.html
Goering was to fat to fiT in a L-4! Pilot still alive at 99 yrs.
Goering was to fat to fiT in a L-4! Pilot still alive at 99 yrs.
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:03 pm
Thanks for posting this story, and it's one of the reasons I'm so thankful for this site-without it, this story would just slip away and probably not be heard outside the immediate family and this is EXACTLY the type story that fills in the 'little gaps' in history and rounds out the whole story.
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:37 pm
That is why i posted it. The little stuff is just as important.
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:49 pm
Versatile wrote:That is why i posted it. The little stuff is just as important.
Couldn't have said it better myself! One of the reasons I love my job running EAA's Timeless Voices of Aviation oral history program is that I get to hear so many "little" stories like this one that do not show up in the history books. Thanks for sharing!
Zack
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:57 pm
This article also ran in my local paper, with a different photo of Goering standing on the airstrip.
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:09 pm
Yep this story was in the Fort Worth Star Telegram this weekend.
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:11 pm
Very cool!
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much!
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 5:33 pm
I wonder if that was his last flight?
If so, a rather ignominious end for a WWI ace...flying over your defeated country in a Stinson.
If so, a rather ignominious end for a WWI ace...flying over your defeated country in a Stinson.
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:48 pm
Great story..thanks for posting!
So....he was a re-enactor then?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
SN
Goering was too fat to fit in a L-4!
So....he was a re-enactor then?
Sorry, couldn't resist.
SN
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Mon Jan 31, 2011 7:57 pm
ignominious end for a WWI ace...flying over your defeated country in a Stinson.
Yeah, flying in the airplane which could fly in your skies freely, due to your poor management...
So....he was a re-enactor then?
You are welcome to come march with us any time, and see if you can keep up...
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Tue Feb 01, 2011 10:38 am
You are welcome to come march with us any time, and see if you can keep up...
Sheesh..I was just kidding.
Someone in the thread also took a cheap shot at us model builders, but it was locked before I could respond.SN
Re: Montana pilot, 99, recalls flying Goering
Tue Feb 01, 2011 5:07 pm
300# even the back seat of an L-5 was overloaded. Just shows what a great airplane it is.