Defender Part II

[retroaviation]

For those of you who are reading this thread and going, "HUH?", The Defender is a must see for anyone who likes airplanes, and for many who don't know a thing about airplanes. The only person I've ever heard of that didn't like the film was fellow WIXer, Mudge. Bless his heart.

But either way, this is a documentary that is like no other...and I bet Mudge would agree with that, right?

Gary

[Ztex]

Did somebody say Diemert?

....with his latest 400mph pressurized turbine ultralight!

[retroaviation]

You know, after all that's been said, I would like to meet him sometime. Zane, is he still working in the Dallas area?

Gary

[sgt hawk]

Alphonse and Gastone build a fighter? Slap a set a wings on the old John Deere, Oh yes I can!

[A2C]

What kind of turbine? Garret or PW?

[Matt Gunsch]

I just watched it, his hi-tech wings sure looked alot like a pair of Cessna wings, right down to the cabin air inlets............

[Matt Gunsch]

A2C,
There are not many 2,000 HP ultralights running around,
There are reasons there are standards, and most of the reasons are written in blood. If you want to deviate from the standards, please let us know the date of the first flight so we can have the hamburger and hotdogs ready to grill over the wreckage............................oh and make sure you have full tanks so it will be a real hot fire..............

You first !

I have, I have built my own plane, engine and all, I have also restored several T-6s.



And you have done ?

[Warbird Kid]

Okay, Im watching this now and I gotta say, what a documentary! Boy warbird restorations and fighter design sure isn't like this today!
Those crazy Canadians! I also have to admit, he seems quite ingenious. And even though he may have had some unorthodox methods of restoring aircraft, those aircraft are still around today to be restored correctly by others. Or has some of his aircraft crashed over the years?

[retroaviation]

I just watched it, his hi-tech wings sure looked alot like a pair of Cessna wings, right down to the cabin air inlets............

Ahhh, good catch. Most folks don't realize it on the first go around, that after alllllll of that testing of a new "extraordinary" wing design, that he ended up using the components from a Cessna 180 or 182, including the engine, wings, and I think even the rudders were Cessna.

Watching The Defender is kind of like looking at one of those 3D pictures that is hidden amongst a bunch of red, purple, and blue dots......the more you look at it, the more you see (although, I must admit, I never can see what's in those dang 3D pictures).

Gary

[Ztex]

Gary,

Last I heard he was still at JWY.

[mustangdriver]

I'd love to get his autograph.

[mustangdriver]

A2C,
There are not many 2,000 HP ultralights running around,
There are reasons there are standards, and most of the reasons are written in blood. If you want to deviate from the standards, please let us know the date of the first flight so we can have the hamburger and hotdogs ready to grill over the wreckage............................oh and make sure you have full tanks so it will be a real hot fire..............

Awesome post!

[A2C]

A2C,
let us know the date of the first flight so we can have the hamburger and hotdogs ready to grill over the wreckage............................oh and make sure you have full tanks so it will be a real hot fire..............

Awesome post![/quote]

Right, and the Goldwing is the one and only thing someone flies.

[Matt Gunsch]

A2C,
just so you know, You cannot log your MS Flight simulator time.............

What was the last plane you flew ? mine was a 8KCAB............

[mustangdriver]

A2C,
just so you know, You cannot log your MS Flight simulator time.............

What was the last plane you flew ? mine was a 8KCAB............

Dude, nice. We had a Decathalon at my old Flight school to get our tail wheel. Sweet plane.