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JimH · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 9:46 pm

thanks Django...a few more from this weekend...nothing static here!!!

maxum96 · **Posted:** Sun Sep 02, 2012 11:25 pm

What were you flying Jim?

JimH · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 2:54 am

Mustang and B-24

TAdan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 8:11 am

Love the last shot of the sunken concrete ship and (restored) watch tower at Sunset Beach.

The observation tower has been restored in recent years and was built during WWII to spot for the nearby artillery battery (still there, just out of the picture).

The ship is the S.S. Atlantus, an experimental WW I cargo ship made out of concrete... after the war it was towed to sunset beach to be used as a dock. Instead it broke free in a storm and came to rest just off the beach and has been sitting there since 1926.

MKD1966 · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:54 pm

Hey Jim,
Are you going to get checked out in the Skyraider ? Looks like it would be a fun ride as well... Thanks for posting the pictures...

Dan Johnson II · **Joined:** Tue May 04, 2004 1:49 am **Posts:** 659

Do you mind if we hate you sometimes, just a little bit?

Must feel like winning the lottery to do that stuff

JimH · **Posted:** Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:49 pm

nah...you guys can hate me all you want

...if you would have told me 10 years ago I would be doing this I would have laughed at you. if anything I am proof that hard work, alttle bit of skill and luck will get you more than you can imagine. I am and will always be a pilot...static airplanes are a waste of effort in my opinion. Until you dance with a Mustang or wrangle a B-17 in a heavy crosswind, or drop "ordinance" from a B-24, history is lost to the ages...I have flown the Skyraider to satisfy the checkride requirements... just need to get it done...its an awesome machine. Until the last time the mags are turned to "OFF" I will quietly scream "keep em' flying"

jim

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2629

What do the black marks on the leading edge represent?

Pogo · **Posted:** Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:38 pm

Well, I think we may thank our lucky stars that Jim's "little bit of skill and luck" includes passing on the thrill. The photos have been first rate throughout this thread, and now the prose begins to soar too. Thanks for allowing us to ride along with you, Jim!

:drink3:

JimH wrote:

nah...you guys can hate me all you want

...if you would have told me 10 years ago I would be doing this I would have laughed at you. if anything I am proof that hard work, alttle bit of skill and luck will get you more than you can imagine. I am and will always be a pilot...static airplanes are a waste of effort in my opinion. Until you dance with a Mustang or wrangle a B-17 in a heavy crosswind, or drop "ordinance" from a B-24, history is lost to the ages...I have flown the Skyraider to satisfy the checkride requirements... just need to get it done...its an awesome machine. Until the last time the mags are turned to "OFF" I will quietly scream "keep em' flying"

jim

JimH · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:34 am

I'll keep posting photos...really cool to be apart of.

Ben Drew

Keough doing aerobatics

Ryan and I

crosswind

Moffett

DenverWarbirdFan · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 12:01 pm

Jim- how about some video?????

jaybird · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 8:13 pm

Jim - you still have a Pitts S-1?

JimH · **Posted:** Wed Sep 05, 2012 11:31 pm

@jaybird...the Pitts deal fell through, still looking though...either an Eagle or a Pitts. I flew an S-2 a couple months ago and fell in love with it. The videos will take some time to edit...so look for them around January.

jH

maxum96 · **Posted:** Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:01 pm

Let me just with total and complete envy, you suck! LOL Awesome pictures! Keep them coming.

jaybird · **Posted:** Fri Sep 07, 2012 8:11 am

@JimH- well when your back in the hometown, you're welcome to go up in my 2-B....

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