I believe I heard an A-4 engine runup today!
Wed Oct 21, 2009 4:59 pm
Could be wrong, but it sure was loud whatever it was!
Zack
Zack
Wed Oct 21, 2009 5:32 pm
I heard my wife running the vacuum cleaner (and I'm sure it was a vacuum cleaner), and it was really loud too!
Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:00 pm
I'm sure there are probably some vacuum cleaners in the Wittman Regional Airport area as well, but there darn sure is an A-4 Skyhawk nearly ready to fly here. Does your wife have one of them too Valdez? 
Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:14 pm
Zach, you are now on level 10 alert. Get the video camera (stills at minimum) and get the proof. I'll buy the brats next year if you do. 
We know the "truth".
We know the "truth".
Wed Oct 21, 2009 7:56 pm
Now I don't know who would have been making all that noise today! 
Nobody could see us through the cruddy weather and low ceilings. I'm happy to report that we did run the A4 today at full power and the engine is trimmed and ready to go. It was impressive standing by it and feeling the concrete shake under my feet. I'll post some pictures tomorrow as I just got home and am ready for a beer. The Scooter is heading airborne soon!
David
WHF Maint
Nobody could see us through the cruddy weather and low ceilings. I'm happy to report that we did run the A4 today at full power and the engine is trimmed and ready to go. It was impressive standing by it and feeling the concrete shake under my feet. I'll post some pictures tomorrow as I just got home and am ready for a beer. The Scooter is heading airborne soon!
David
WHF Maint
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:23 pm
Awesome news. Can't wait till next year
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:38 pm
OK, in between a beer I have one photo for proof of what Zack heard. here she is at full power!
David
WHF Maint
David
WHF Maint
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:41 pm
Great news! I'm excited to get a chance to see a scooter in the air again!
Tim
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:50 pm
The roar was so loud that it reached into the bowels of the museum where my office lies. It was a beautiful sound...quite unlike vacuum cleaners. 
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:57 pm
Zack, I can confirm it is louder than a vacum cleaner.
David
David
Wed Oct 21, 2009 8:59 pm
Zachary wrote:The roar was so loud that it reached into the bowels of the museum where my office lies. It was a beautiful sound...quite unlike vacuum cleaners.
If it sounded like a vacuum it would have been a S-3 Viking.
Tim
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Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:10 pm
Right on Tim!! Right up till it sucks you up!! I remember the TA-4s flying at P-Cola back in the 70s.. It was cool seeing the pattern full of them!!
Never heard one at full power close by though. Although standing by a F-14 on the cat in burner is fairly impressive
Never heard one at full power close by though. Although standing by a F-14 on the cat in burner is fairly impressive
Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:22 pm
If you think that was loud, try this !
Congratulations on a good run !
Congratulations on a good run !
Wed Oct 21, 2009 11:34 pm
Zachary wrote:I'm sure there are probably some vacuum cleaners in the Wittman Regional Airport area as well, but there darn sure is an A-4 Skyhawk nearly ready to fly here. Does your wife have one of them too Valdez?
Nope, but she has a T-6, and I'd rather watch her vacuum in her French Maid outfit than see an A-4 fly.
Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:49 am
That's just wrong Valdez,...without pictures,.... 
Everybody likes to see a Scooter fly !
Tim, come on down to Wings Over Houston, or Randolph and you can get an early Scooter fix while Dave is still messin' around !
Everybody likes to see a Scooter fly !
Tim, come on down to Wings Over Houston, or Randolph and you can get an early Scooter fix while Dave is still messin' around !