±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 1243
Total: 1243
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Community Forums
03: Home
04: Home
05: Home
06: Home
07: Home
08: Community Forums
09: Home
10: Community Forums
11: Home
12: Home
13: Home
14: Community Forums
15: Community Forums
16: Home
17: Home
18: Home
19: Home
20: Home
21: Photo Gallery
22: Home
23: Home
24: Photo Gallery
25: Home
26: Home
27: Home
28: Home
29: Home
30: Home
31: Home
32: Home
33: Home
34: Home
35: Photo Gallery
36: Home
37: Home
38: Community Forums
39: Home
40: News
41: Downloads
42: Member Screenshots
43: Home
44: Member Screenshots
45: Downloads
46: Downloads
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Home
50: Home
51: Home
52: Member Screenshots
53: Member Screenshots
54: Home
55: Home
56: Home
57: Home
58: Downloads
59: Home
60: Home
61: Home
62: Home
63: Home
64: Home
65: Home
66: Home
67: Home
68: Home
69: Home
70: Home
71: Home
72: Member Screenshots
73: Home
74: Home
75: Home
76: Home
77: Home
78: Home
79: Home
80: Home
81: News Archive
82: Home
83: Downloads
84: Home
85: Home
86: Member Screenshots
87: Community Forums
88: Photo Gallery
89: Community Forums
90: Home
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Home
94: Photo Gallery
95: Community Forums
96: Member Screenshots
97: Home
98: Statistics
99: Community Forums
100: Community Forums
101: Downloads
102: Community Forums
103: Home
104: Photo Gallery
105: Home
106: Home
107: Home
108: Home
109: Member Screenshots
110: Home
111: Statistics
112: Downloads
113: Home
114: Home
115: Photo Gallery
116: Photo Gallery
117: Home
118: Community Forums
119: Photo Gallery
120: Downloads
121: Member Screenshots
122: Photo Gallery
123: Photo Gallery
124: Home
125: Home
126: Home
127: Downloads
128: Home
129: Home
130: Home
131: Community Forums
132: Photo Gallery
133: Home
134: Home
135: Home
136: Home
137: Photo Gallery
138: Home
139: Downloads
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Home
144: Community Forums
145: Community Forums
146: Home
147: Community Forums
148: Home
149: Photo Gallery
150: Community Forums
151: Home
152: Home
153: Photo Gallery
154: Home
155: Photo Gallery
156: Home
157: Home
158: Home
159: Member Screenshots
160: News Archive
161: Community Forums
162: Photo Gallery
163: Home
164: Photo Gallery
165: Home
166: Photo Gallery
167: Home
168: Community Forums
169: Community Forums
170: Community Forums
171: Downloads
172: Downloads
173: Member Screenshots
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Community Forums
178: Downloads
179: Home
180: Member Screenshots
181: Photo Gallery
182: Photo Gallery
183: Community Forums
184: Member Screenshots
185: Community Forums
186: Home
187: Member Screenshots
188: Photo Gallery
189: Photo Gallery
190: Home
191: Photo Gallery
192: Community Forums
193: Community Forums
194: Statistics
195: Downloads
196: Home
197: Home
198: Downloads
199: Community Forums
200: Home
201: Home
202: Home
203: Home
204: Home
205: Community Forums
206: Home
207: Photo Gallery
208: Photo Gallery
209: Home
210: Photo Gallery
211: Member Screenshots
212: Home
213: Downloads
214: News Archive
215: Home
216: Member Screenshots
217: Community Forums
218: Home
219: Home
220: Home
221: Downloads
222: Home
223: Home
224: Community Forums
225: Home
226: Member Screenshots
227: Statistics
228: Community Forums
229: Community Forums
230: Home
231: Home
232: Home
233: Home
234: Member Screenshots
235: Community Forums
236: Community Forums
237: Home
238: Community Forums
239: Your Account
240: Home
241: Home
242: Home
243: Community Forums
244: Home
245: Home
246: Community Forums
247: Home
248: Home
249: Downloads
250: Home
251: Home
252: Home
253: Community Forums
254: News
255: Photo Gallery
256: Statistics
257: Photo Gallery
258: Home
259: Community Forums
260: Photo Gallery
261: Home
262: Home
263: Home
264: Community Forums
265: Home
266: Home
267: Home
268: Home
269: Home
270: Home
271: Home
272: Home
273: Home
274: Home
275: Home
276: Home
277: Home
278: Home
279: Home
280: Home
281: Home
282: Home
283: Home
284: Home
285: Home
286: Home
287: Home
288: Home
289: Home
290: Home
291: Downloads
292: Community Forums
293: Community Forums
294: Home
295: Home
296: Home
297: Home
298: Home
299: Home
300: Home
301: Home
302: Home
303: Home
304: Member Screenshots
305: Home
306: Home
307: Community Forums
308: Home
309: Community Forums
310: Community Forums
311: Downloads
312: Statistics
313: Photo Gallery
314: Downloads
315: Home
316: Community Forums
317: Member Screenshots
318: Home
319: Home
320: Photo Gallery
321: Community Forums
322: Member Screenshots
323: Community Forums
324: Photo Gallery
325: Photo Gallery
326: Member Screenshots
327: Home
328: Photo Gallery
329: Community Forums
330: Photo Gallery
331: Member Screenshots
332: Community Forums
333: Home
334: News Archive
335: Home
336: Home
337: Photo Gallery
338: Photo Gallery
339: News
340: Home
341: Home
342: Downloads
343: Photo Gallery
344: Photo Gallery
345: Community Forums
346: Community Forums
347: Home
348: Community Forums
349: Home
350: Home
351: Home
352: Home
353: Home
354: Home
355: Home
356: Home
357: Home
358: Home
359: Home
360: Home
361: Community Forums
362: Community Forums
363: Downloads
364: Photo Gallery
365: Home
366: Home
367: Home
368: Home
369: Community Forums
370: Home
371: Home
372: Home
373: Community Forums
374: Home
375: Home
376: Downloads
377: Home
378: Home
379: Home
380: Home
381: Home
382: Photo Gallery
383: Home
384: Home
385: Home
386: Home
387: Home
388: Home
389: Statistics
390: Home
391: Home
392: Home
393: Community Forums
394: Home
395: Home
396: Home
397: Home
398: Home
399: Home
400: Home
401: Statistics
402: Home
403: Home
404: Home
405: Photo Gallery
406: Home
407: Member Screenshots
408: Supporters
409: Member Screenshots
410: Community Forums
411: Home
412: Home
413: Home
414: Home
415: Home
416: Home
417: Home
418: Home
419: Home
420: Home
421: Home
422: Home
423: Home
424: Home
425: Home
426: Home
427: Home
428: Home
429: Home
430: Home
431: Community Forums
432: Member Screenshots
433: Photo Gallery
434: Community Forums
435: Home
436: Home
437: Home
438: Home
439: Home
440: Home
441: Home
442: Community Forums
443: Community Forums
444: Home
445: Home
446: Home
447: Member Screenshots
448: Home
449: Home
450: Home
451: Home
452: Home
453: Home
454: Home
455: Home
456: Home
457: Home
458: Home
459: Home
460: Home
461: Photo Gallery
462: Home
463: Home
464: Home
465: Home
466: Community Forums
467: Home
468: Home
469: Home
470: Home
471: Home
472: Community Forums
473: Community Forums
474: Home
475: Home
476: Home
477: Home
478: Home
479: Home
480: Home
481: Home
482: Home
483: Home
484: Home
485: Community Forums
486: Community Forums
487: Home
488: Home
489: Home
490: News Archive
491: Home
492: Home
493: Home
494: Home
495: Home
496: Community Forums
497: Community Forums
498: Home
499: Home
500: Home
501: Home
502: Home
503: Home
504: Home
505: Home
506: Community Forums
507: Home
508: Home
509: Home
510: Home
511: Home
512: Home
513: Home
514: Home
515: Home
516: Home
517: Photo Gallery
518: Home
519: Home
520: Home
521: Home
522: Home
523: Home
524: Community Forums
525: Home
526: Home
527: Home
528: Home
529: Home
530: Home
531: Home
532: Home
533: Home
534: Home
535: Home
536: Home
537: Home
538: Home
539: Home
540: Home
541: Community Forums
542: Home
543: Home
544: Home
545: Home
546: Home
547: Home
548: Home
549: Home
550: Home
551: Home
552: Home
553: Home
554: Home
555: Home
556: Home
557: Home
558: Home
559: Home
560: Home
561: Home
562: Home
563: Home
564: Home
565: Home
566: Home
567: Home
568: Community Forums
569: Community Forums
570: Home
571: Home
572: Home
573: Home
574: Home
575: Home
576: Home
577: Home
578: Home
579: Home
580: Home
581: Photo Gallery
582: Community Forums
583: News
584: Home
585: Home
586: Community Forums
587: Community Forums
588: Photo Gallery
589: Community Forums
590: Home
591: Statistics
592: Statistics
593: Home
594: Home
595: Photo Gallery
596: Photo Gallery
597: Home
598: Community Forums
599: Statistics
600: Home
601: Home
602: Home
603: Photo Gallery
604: Home
605: Home
606: Home
607: Home
608: Home
609: Home
610: Home
611: Home
612: News
613: Community Forums
614: Home
615: Community Forums
616: News
617: Home
618: Downloads
619: Community Forums
620: Community Forums
621: Member Screenshots
622: Home
623: Community Forums
624: Photo Gallery
625: Photo Gallery
626: Community Forums
627: Home
628: Downloads
629: Photo Gallery
630: Community Forums
631: News Archive
632: News Archive
633: Photo Gallery
634: Downloads
635: Member Screenshots
636: News
637: Member Screenshots
638: Home
639: Home
640: Home
641: Home
642: Member Screenshots
643: Home
644: Home
645: Community Forums
646: Home
647: Home
648: Home
649: Home
650: Community Forums
651: Home
652: Community Forums
653: Home
654: Photo Gallery
655: Photo Gallery
656: Photo Gallery
657: Home
658: Home
659: Photo Gallery
660: Community Forums
661: Home
662: Home
663: Community Forums
664: Community Forums
665: Photo Gallery
666: Home
667: Member Screenshots
668: Downloads
669: Photo Gallery
670: Photo Gallery
671: Home
672: Photo Gallery
673: Community Forums
674: Member Screenshots
675: Community Forums
676: Home
677: Home
678: Home
679: Home
680: Home
681: Home
682: Home
683: Photo Gallery
684: Photo Gallery
685: Community Forums
686: Photo Gallery
687: Photo Gallery
688: Home
689: Community Forums
690: Home
691: Home
692: Home
693: Home
694: Photo Gallery
695: Home
696: Photo Gallery
697: Photo Gallery
698: Home
699: Home
700: Home
701: Photo Gallery
702: Home
703: Home
704: Home
705: Community Forums
706: Home
707: Community Forums
708: Photo Gallery
709: Home
710: Home
711: Home
712: Home
713: Home
714: Home
715: Home
716: Home
717: Home
718: Home
719: Photo Gallery
720: Home
721: Photo Gallery
722: Home
723: Home
724: Community Forums
725: Community Forums
726: Photo Gallery
727: Home
728: Photo Gallery
729: Home
730: Home
731: Community Forums
732: Home
733: Home
734: Home
735: Home
736: Home
737: Home
738: Home
739: Home
740: Home
741: Home
742: Home
743: Home
744: Home
745: Community Forums
746: Community Forums
747: Downloads
748: Home
749: Photo Gallery
750: Home
751: Community Forums
752: Home
753: Home
754: Home
755: Home
756: News Archive
757: Home
758: Home
759: Community Forums
760: Home
761: Community Forums
762: Community Forums
763: Photo Gallery
764: Community Forums
765: Home
766: Community Forums
767: Home
768: Home
769: Community Forums
770: Home
771: Community Forums
772: Member Screenshots
773: Home
774: Home
775: Home
776: Home
777: Home
778: Home
779: Home
780: Member Screenshots
781: Home
782: Home
783: Home
784: Home
785: Home
786: Community Forums
787: Home
788: Home
789: Home
790: Home
791: Member Screenshots
792: Home
793: Home
794: Community Forums
795: Home
796: Photo Gallery
797: Home
798: Home
799: Photo Gallery
800: Home
801: Community Forums
802: Home
803: Community Forums
804: Home
805: Home
806: Home
807: Home
808: Home
809: Community Forums
810: Home
811: Home
812: Home
813: Home
814: Home
815: Home
816: Home
817: Community Forums
818: Home
819: Home
820: Home
821: Home
822: Home
823: Home
824: Home
825: Home
826: Home
827: Home
828: Home
829: Home
830: Home
831: Home
832: Home
833: Home
834: Downloads
835: Community Forums
836: Home
837: Home
838: Home
839: Community Forums
840: Your Account
841: Member Screenshots
842: Home
843: Home
844: Home
845: Member Screenshots
846: Photo Gallery
847: Photo Gallery
848: Downloads
849: Community Forums
850: Community Forums
851: Statistics
852: Home
853: Home
854: Home
855: Community Forums
856: Home
857: Photo Gallery
858: Community Forums
859: Photo Gallery
860: Community Forums
861: Statistics
862: Photo Gallery
863: Home
864: Home
865: Home
866: Community Forums
867: Member Screenshots
868: Community Forums
869: Your Account
870: Community Forums
871: Photo Gallery
872: Home
873: Photo Gallery
874: Member Screenshots
875: Home
876: News Archive
877: Photo Gallery
878: Home
879: Downloads
880: Photo Gallery
881: Home
882: Home
883: Photo Gallery
884: Downloads
885: Photo Gallery
886: Community Forums
887: Community Forums
888: Member Screenshots
889: Community Forums
890: Community Forums
891: Member Screenshots
892: Home
893: Photo Gallery
894: Member Screenshots
895: Home
896: Downloads
897: Photo Gallery
898: Home
899: Photo Gallery
900: Photo Gallery
901: Community Forums
902: Community Forums
903: Home
904: Home
905: Home
906: Downloads
907: Home
908: Photo Gallery
909: News Archive
910: Home
911: Home
912: Home
913: Home
914: Home
915: Home
916: Home
917: Member Screenshots
918: Photo Gallery
919: Photo Gallery
920: Community Forums
921: Home
922: Home
923: Home
924: Home
925: Home
926: Home
927: Home
928: Home
929: Home
930: Home
931: Home
932: Home
933: Home
934: Home
935: Home
936: Home
937: Home
938: Home
939: Home
940: Home
941: Home
942: Home
943: Home
944: Home
945: Home
946: Home
947: Home
948: Home
949: Home
950: Home
951: Home
952: Home
953: Home
954: Home
955: Home
956: Home
957: Home
958: Home
959: Home
960: News
961: Home
962: Home
963: Home
964: Home
965: Community Forums
966: Community Forums
967: Home
968: Home
969: Home
970: Community Forums
971: Community Forums
972: Community Forums
973: Home
974: Home
975: Home
976: Home
977: Home
978: Home
979: Home
980: Home
981: Home
982: Home
983: Home
984: Home
985: Photo Gallery
986: Home
987: Home
988: Home
989: Home
990: Home
991: Home
992: Home
993: Home
994: Home
995: Home
996: Home
997: Home
998: Home
999: Home
1000: Home
1001: Home
1002: Home
1003: Home
1004: Home
1005: Home
1006: Community Forums
1007: Home
1008: Home
1009: Home
1010: Home
1011: Downloads
1012: Photo Gallery
1013: Home
1014: Home
1015: Home
1016: Home
1017: Photo Gallery
1018: Home
1019: Community Forums
1020: Home
1021: Home
1022: Home
1023: Home
1024: Statistics
1025: Home
1026: Home
1027: Home
1028: Home
1029: Home
1030: Home
1031: Community Forums
1032: Home
1033: Home
1034: Home
1035: Home
1036: Home
1037: Home
1038: Home
1039: Home
1040: Home
1041: Home
1042: Home
1043: Home
1044: Home
1045: Home
1046: Home
1047: Home
1048: Home
1049: Home
1050: Home
1051: Home
1052: Home
1053: Photo Gallery
1054: Home
1055: Home
1056: Home
1057: Community Forums
1058: Home
1059: Home
1060: Home
1061: Home
1062: Home
1063: Community Forums
1064: Home
1065: Home
1066: Home
1067: Home
1068: Home
1069: Photo Gallery
1070: Community Forums
1071: Member Screenshots
1072: Home
1073: Photo Gallery
1074: Home
1075: Member Screenshots
1076: Photo Gallery
1077: Photo Gallery
1078: Home
1079: Community Forums
1080: Home
1081: Downloads
1082: Home
1083: Home
1084: Photo Gallery
1085: Home
1086: Home
1087: Home
1088: Home
1089: Home
1090: Photo Gallery
1091: Home
1092: Home
1093: Home
1094: Home
1095: Home
1096: Home
1097: Photo Gallery
1098: Photo Gallery
1099: Photo Gallery
1100: Photo Gallery
1101: Community Forums
1102: Community Forums
1103: Photo Gallery
1104: Photo Gallery
1105: Home
1106: Community Forums
1107: Community Forums
1108: Photo Gallery
1109: Community Forums
1110: Home
1111: Downloads
1112: Statistics
1113: Home
1114: Photo Gallery
1115: Statistics
1116: Home
1117: Community Forums
1118: Home
1119: Photo Gallery
1120: Community Forums
1121: Community Forums
1122: News
1123: Photo Gallery
1124: Community Forums
1125: Photo Gallery
1126: Home
1127: Downloads
1128: Home
1129: Home
1130: Home
1131: Downloads
1132: Photo Gallery
1133: Home
1134: Community Forums
1135: Photo Gallery
1136: Home
1137: Community Forums
1138: Photo Gallery
1139: Home
1140: Community Forums
1141: Home
1142: Photo Gallery
1143: Community Forums
1144: Downloads
1145: Home
1146: Home
1147: Home
1148: Home
1149: Community Forums
1150: Home
1151: Home
1152: Home
1153: Home
1154: Community Forums
1155: Home
1156: Home
1157: Home
1158: Home
1159: Home
1160: Home
1161: Photo Gallery
1162: News Archive
1163: Home
1164: Photo Gallery
1165: Home
1166: Community Forums
1167: Home
1168: Photo Gallery
1169: Photo Gallery
1170: News Archive
1171: Community Forums
1172: Community Forums
1173: Home
1174: Home
1175: Home
1176: Photo Gallery
1177: Home
1178: Community Forums
1179: Photo Gallery
1180: Home
1181: Home
1182: Home
1183: Home
1184: Home
1185: Home
1186: Photo Gallery
1187: Home
1188: Home
1189: Home
1190: Community Forums
1191: Home
1192: Home
1193: Home
1194: Community Forums
1195: Home
1196: Home
1197: Home
1198: Home
1199: Home
1200: Home
1201: Home
1202: Home
1203: Home
1204: Home
1205: Home
1206: Photo Gallery
1207: Home
1208: Home
1209: Home
1210: Home
1211: Home
1212: Home
1213: Home
1214: Home
1215: Home
1216: Home
1217: Home
1218: Home
1219: Home
1220: Home
1221: Home
1222: Home
1223: Home
1224: Home
1225: Home
1226: Home
1227: Home
1228: Home
1229: Home
1230: Home
1231: Community Forums
1232: Home
1233: Home
1234: Home
1235: Community Forums
1236: Home
1237: Home
1238: Home
1239: Home
1240: Home
1241: Home
1242: Home
1243: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
New wingy quiz... sorta :: Archived
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
XcalibeR
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 11, 2005
Posts: 358

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:09 am
Post subject: New wingy quiz... sorta

Thought I'd put a spin on the wingy quiz thing.

Can you name this airport?



I got this pic several years ago, and I've never figured out what airport it is. So maybe one of you guys could help me out.

_________________


[TSF]Lt. Col. XcalibeR{5thF}
PG_Raptor
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
SFC_Jeff_Button
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 1311
Location: Ft Hood, TX
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:48 am
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Looks like somewhere in the Blue Ridge Parkway. Possibly an old road turned into a short landing strip? I sure wouldn't want to fly off or onto that!

_________________
SFC Jeff Button "High Angle Hell"
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6481
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 11:49 am
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

HOLY COW!
A "Dog-leg right" runway!
lolol

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
JG300-EXOS
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 15, 2005
Posts: 495

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:27 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Swope Farm (WV11), Fan Rock, WV

37.57 North / 81.62 West (West of Roanoke, VA)

This private airfield is remarkable for a short runway which is both sharply curved, and steeply sloped.

Its sole Runway 7/25 is extremely short (only 1,250'),

but also slopes sharply downhill: dropping from 1,800' elevation to 1,665' - a grade of 11%!



The airfield was built & operated by W.O. Swope, an avid flyer since 1947.

He purchased the land for the airfield in 1963,

and immediately began planning & construction for an extremely unusual runway,

given the very unaccommodating topography.



Swope based & flew a twin-engine Beechcraft Baron (!) and a helicopter from the airfield,

until passing away in 2001, at age 86.

He logged a total of 3,000 takeoffs & landings into the Swope Farm airfield.

Swope only had one eye.



Takeoffs were made downhill, and landings were made uphill.

The helicopter could only be landed at the very top of the runway,

as the lower portion of the runway was too steep.



The hangar was originally located at the bottom of the runway.

However, it was moved to the top of the runway after an unfortunate incident

in which Swope's brakes overheated going downhill,

and he had to dump the plane in the brush to avoid hitting the hangar.



Swope's son plans to keep the airfield in operation.



On recent aeronautical charts, the airfield was labeled "Swope (Hazardous)".

It was not depicted at all on recent USGS topo maps.


Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields

_________________
JG300-EXOS

Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 12:54 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

WOWWW!!!!!

Not only an unusual and interesting airfield, but a GREAT story!!!

Friggin' Twin Beech??!!! Holy CRIPES!!!

Great thread - nice research too!!!!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-1Bullet
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 1117
Location: Odessa, Texas
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:55 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

ONE EYE AND 1/2 A RUNWAY DANG!! Shocked

_________________

You've never been lost until you've been lost at Mach 3
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Uhu_Fledermaus
Aircraft Demolition Expert

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 28, 2004
Posts: 4369
Location: Blaricum, The Netherlands ~GMT+1
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 3:59 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Shocked

WOW !!

great find ExcalibuR and also Thankx for the great story Exos !!

Twisted Evil I feel an add-on scenery for fs9 coming up by some well known caracters round here !! Laughing


fled
Cool
Back to top
View user's profile ICQ Number MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 5:18 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

- JG300-1Bullet
ONE EYE AND 1/2 A RUNWAY DANG!! Shocked


1/2 an UPHILL/DOWNHILL runway!! In a twin!!!

3,000 takeoffs and landings!!!!!

Up to the age of 86!!!!!

Even purposefully dumps the plane in the bush going downhill....I can see this guy jumping out the door, hitting the ground and doing a half-roll, then just getting up and brushing himself off....no big thing, we'll get a tow strap and get that baby out, then just take off on what's left of the remaining runway!

Aviation Hall of Famer, dontcha think???


It's amazing, and so cool, to hear about individuals like this that just stand out so much by their own ballsy, impressive personal accomplishments that go unnoticed by the rest of the mainstream world.

Ever hear of a guy named Jeff Clark? Of course not. But he single-handedly discovered and surfed, alone, for FIVE YEARS, the single largest surf spot on the US west coast - Maverick's, up at Half Moon Bay CA. Occasionally, other big-wave surfers would go to the point with him, see the monster 40-to-50 (sometimes 60) foot break, the huge razor-sharp rocks waiting to slice them up on the inside break, and the ice-cold, brain-freezing water, and drive off in their cars as fast as they could. No one would go out there with him so he just shrugged it off and went anyway, by himself for five freakin years! Nobody watching from the beach, no coast gaurd, no lifeguard shacks, no helicopters with movie cameras, no babes or magazine photographers, just him and whatever seals were nuts enough to be out there with him. Today it's finally recognized - and used - as THE West Coast big-wave competition spot, even eclipsing Hawaii's famed Waimea Bay. Because of one determined guy who sought no fame nor attention, but just went for it!

Respects, and tailwinds, to the MIGHTY W.O. SWOPE!!!!!!

Freakin' GREAT story - XCalibeR and EXOS!!!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
XcalibeR
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 11, 2005
Posts: 358

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:23 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

I somehow doubt that he only had one eye, that sounds like some urban (I guess rural would be more appropriate) legend. There is almost no chance that a one eyed fixed wing pilot could get their medical, and even if he did, he would most certianly not have been able to land a helicoptor without depth perception.

Although it does make a good story, and taking off from the airport, one eye or two, would take more guts than I've got!

_________________


[TSF]Lt. Col. XcalibeR{5thF}
PG_Raptor
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:34 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Actually, the one-eyed depth perception thing is somethign that doctors definitely believe in, but is questionable based on real-world examples (and I remember reading this in Flying magazine years back, if that helps).

There were some German pilots in WWII with one eye (one specifically, I can't recall) that were aces.

Also, who's the guy with one eye that did the high-altitude flights in the 30's in a modified Lockheed Vega? You know, the one that Will Rogers was killed flying with.....

Besides, that's out thar in Wes' Virginny...in th' back country, looks like.....any FAA officials that get out that way just might find themselves in the middle of the movie "Deliverance".....

Interesting question, the number of one-eyed pilots... wait that's not very PC..... stereo-optic-challenged?? Eyesocket-enhanced?

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-fr8ycat
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 13, 2005
Posts: 1530
Location: Los Angeles
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:37 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

"Swope only had one eye."

And his dog only had 1 hind leg. Should have seen the poor critter do his 1 legged jig around that old telephone pole, face full of confusion. Wink
Back to top
View user's profile MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:50 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Well, when I was a kid, we had a cat with a prosthetic, wooden butt. Imagine the disgust of finding wood shavings in your old KOSS headphones!!

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
JG300-Stoopy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 05, 2005
Posts: 5840
Location: Group W bench
PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:52 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Hey XCalibeR, check this out...

I wasn't looking to prove you wrong or anything, but I just thought it was an interesting topic.

Wiley Post was the guy I was thinking of, above.. OK, well, he crashed.....so how about...

WW2 Japanese Ace Saburo Sakai - who lost an eye in combat, recovered, and then went on to train other pilots and return to combat flying.

Additionally, another monocular pilot was WW1 RAF ace.... the legendary Mick Mannock!

There's also some interesting bits about FAA certification - it happens, but you're right, it certainly ain't easy, for the commercial pilots!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1588506/posts

http://www.dolphin.soton.ac.uk/Feb2001/Mannock.html

_________________
"Once your reputation is ruined, you can live quite freely."
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
XcalibeR
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 11, 2005
Posts: 358

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:43 pm
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

Yeah, you'll notice I didn't say it was impossible ;). There are ways to get around the medical, and with the right training and attitude, I believe a one-eyed fixed-wing pilot could become just as safe and effective as someone with two eyes. It's just the helicopter part I don't believe. To land or hover a helicopter, you definately need depth perception. It may be true, and far be it from me to tell someone that what happened didn't actually happened Smile

_________________


[TSF]Lt. Col. XcalibeR{5thF}
PG_Raptor
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
401RCAF_Hammer
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 03, 2005
Posts: 921
Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada.
PostPosted: Fri May 05, 2006 2:30 am
Post subject: Re: New wingy quiz... sorta

-S-

bet you he closed the " one eye " on landings to show off..!!!

Hammer Cool Laughing Cool Laughing Cool
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.