Private Pilots License

[Wayne M.]

Good luck BIG. I always admire your Fortitude!

 

[BIGNASTY]

Good luck BIG. I always admire your Fortitude!

:-laf:-laf Had to look this one up Pard!!!





synonyms: courage, bravery, endurance, resilience, mettle, moral fiber, strength of mind, strength of character, strong-mindedness, backbone, spirit, grit, true grit, doughtiness, steadfastness;













I started to laugh and wife took a look over my shoulder at the breakfast table. She said that I COULD BE SUMMED UP IN TWO WORDS!!!



In place of: strong-mindedness, Replace with PIG-HEADED



and



In place of: steadfastness, Replace with Stubborn as one of my mules



Guess she knows me pretty well!!!! :-laf

 

[BSeyler]

Big,

I e-mailed my pilot/instructor neighbor and told him what you wanted to know. I was not nearly as eloquent in describing you as Wayne, but got the point across. I just said you were a stubborn ol' SOB that didn't have any quit in you. Here is what he wrote this morning:

"I will check with a friend of mine at the FAA. He will be able to tell me what the process would be. I know it can be done.

Another friend of mine trained a pilot to fly who had no legs. He controlled the rudder pedals with a hand device. I can also check with him to see what waivers had to be obtained. "

So, looks like it can be done! I'll let you know what else he says.

Bud

 

[BIGNASTY]

Big,



I e-mailed my pilot/instructor neighbor and told him what you wanted to know. I was not nearly as eloquent in describing you as Wayne, but got the point across. I just said you were a stubborn ol' SOB that didn't have any quit in you. Here is what he wrote this morning:



"I will check with a friend of mine at the FAA. He will be able to tell me what the process would be. I know it can be done.



Another friend of mine trained a pilot to fly who had no legs. He controlled the rudder pedals with a hand device. I can also check with him to see what waivers had to be obtained. "



So, looks like it can be done! I'll let you know what else he says.



Bud

Thanks Bud



It seems as thou yourself and my wife hold the same opinion of me, so I must be doing it right!!! because that's what ive always strived for.



Tomorrow im going to Helena to look at a new tractor and will stop by Flight Standards Office to see about any info. I went to town this AM and one of the Forest Service Pilots gave me a heads up on an instructor, he flew with the Coast Guard (wont hold that against him, Air Force would be my first choice :-laf ) He said he's pretty much the guy around here to learn from.



Thanks again

BIG aka stubborn ol' SOB

 

[Wayne M.]

I can whip one out now n again.

 

[BIGNASTY]

I can whip one out now n again.

Whip WHAT OUT WAYNE??????????? IM STARTING TO GET AS NERVOUS AS SHEEP IN WY. :-laf just kidding

 

[AH64ID]

Good luck Big, I think you will enjoy it!!

The only I would see is your ability to apply pressure to the brakes, which as you probably know are on top of the pedals and your foot position will probably move from fly to brake (at least mine does).

Get a helicopter ticket, no brakes on birds with skids

 

[BIGNASTY]

Good luck Big, I think you will enjoy it!!

The only I would see is your ability to apply pressure to the brakes, which as you probably know are on top of the pedals and your foot position will probably move from fly to brake (at least mine does).

Get a helicopter ticket, no brakes on birds with skids

Never did like those, anything that fly's is supposed to have forward movement AT ALL TIMES!!!

Would have to use my Mechanical leg, the other will try to do things other than what was wanted if pressure is applied wrong.

 

[BSeyler]

It seems as thou yourself and my wife hold the same opinion of me, so I must be doing it right!!! because that's what ive always strived for.
BIG aka stubborn ol' SOB

Big,

My first father in law cowboyed and guided all over the Wind Rivers for most of his life. He was a stubborn ol' SOB and I think that's what kept him going long after most people thought he'd head for the rocking chair. He cowboyed right up to the last year of his life - almost 80. When I had a day off, I'd go help him. He was 73 the first time I rode with him and I was 24 - Damn near killed me trying to keep up with him! Guess my own stubbornness was all that got me through. I remember him saying on several occasions, "These old SOBs that quit working and start sitting around will just wake up dead real quick!" I think he had it right.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Big,

My first father in law cowboyed and guided all over the Wind Rivers for most of his life. He was a stubborn ol' SOB and I think that's what kept him going long after most people thought he'd head for the rocking chair. He cowboyed right up to the last year of his life - almost 80. When I had a day off, I'd go help him. He was 73 the first time I rode with him and I was 24 - Damn near killed me trying to keep up with him! Guess my own stubbornness was all that got me through. I remember him saying on several occasions, "These old SOBs that quit working and start sitting around will just wake up dead real quick!" I think he had it right.

Bud
I think he was right, The old SOB's that I know and really admire around town are just that!!! OLD SOB'S they get up everyday and do what needs to get done. I see them in town and we talk about things that matter to us!!! not what's going on in the rest of the world, just our part and that's all we can control, Buy them a beer now and again, and live like man was intended to IMO. ONE DAY AT A TIME, and sometimes that's thinking TO FAR IN ADVANCE.

BIG

 

[ALSAN]

Big I just remembered there was a WW2 ace named Douglas Bader not sure I spelled the last name right but he had two tin legs due to an earlier accident (both legs at the knees I believe)

 

[BIGNASTY]

WoW!!! Tin, have came a long way since then, all of mine have been fiberglass socket with aluminum leg shaft, NOW!!! Carbon Fiber Leg socket with Titanium leg shaft and fiberglass foot to prevent athletes foot with 6 toes to confuse the shoe store. Ive always been a Smart A** about it also JUST IN CASE SOMEBODY FORGOT

 

[BIGNASTY]

Forest Service Buddy sent me this and the flight instructor sent an Email also stating it would be his honor to train a Disabled Vet. Cant ask for anything more than that, Instructor is going with us to Helena to get as much info as he needs to get things started. the Link has a video section a little ways down I have been pointed to the top row middle video it works!!!!!

Not grounded with this any longer, this is just as exciting as getting a Bionic Leg!!!!! Oo.



http://www.freedomintheair.org/hand-controls/

 

[AH64ID]

Never did like those, anything that fly's is supposed to have forward movement AT ALL TIMES!!!

That takes half the fun out of it

 

[BIGNASTY]

That takes half the fun out of it

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Maybe if it was in a different place and different time I would think a little better of them, but sitting in an open door with an M60 on your lap JUST TO GET TO TOWN FOR SOME R AND R was not the place I wanted to be.

 

[AH64ID]

Weird... ...

 

[BIGNASTY]

Weird... ...

YES IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!! Didn't have all the sophisticated things that the military has NOW!!

Don't know if the one you fly has the guns follow the drop down site on your helmet? ours was all hand/eye coordination. The body armor was NOTHING to what it is today. Just glad I didn't have to go with Para Rescue boys to pick up downed pilots, they didn't last to very long, I just twisted wrenches for never ending hours.

 

[AH64ID]

Yeah our gun follows our line of sight, nothing needed to drop down. We always have a monocle with data displayed, and the bird is always tracking our head location.

 

[BIGNASTY]

Just a little different, I would say!!!!!

 

[Killgore]

BIG, you'll be in good company! Wing Commander Hans-Ulrich Rudel of the Luftwaffe was Germany's highest decorated soldier of WWII; Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Golden Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. He also continued to fly in combat after losing a leg below the knee. He flew 2,530 combat missions during which he destroyed over 2,000 targets including 800 vehicles, 519 tanks, 150 artillery pieces, 70 landing craft, 4 armored trains, a destroyer, 2 cruisers, a battleship and nine other aircraft.



"STUKA PILOT", his autobiography, is forwarded by the most respected British pilot, Group Captain Douglas Bader, D. S. O. , D. F. C. who continued to fly after losing both legs. In my military library I keep this book next to a copy of "THE BLOND KNIGHT OF GERMANY", a biography of Erich Hartmann who had 352 confirmed victories.



Rudel's "STUKA PILOT" is an almost unbelieveable read. I highly recommend it; and, No, you're too old to try some of his stunts!



Ed