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Me Too!!! Bob Saville dddoyle wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Spook, > > I think the neatest thing about Lee is that he took you for a ride in his > plane. His willingness to share his joy of flying is encouraging to all of > us. Hopefully the Young Eagles program will continue this trend. Thanks > for sharing the flight and you observations with us. I, for one, am a bit > envious of your flight :-) > > Ken Doyle > Springfield, Mo > Alon N5477E > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Georgia Trehey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 11:01 PM > Subject: [COUPERS] WARNING:OFF TOPIC- Lee & his T-6 > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > > Hello again, > > > > About 1 week ago, I wrote about my ride in a beautiful T-6. I want to > > make some additional comments regarding the plane's owner, Lee. > > > > Lee is a retired WWII Navy pilot who lives in Fortuna, a town about 20 > > miles south of Eureka, CA. Rohnerville > > > > > http://www.edelmans.com/album/flying_photos/march_2000/rhonerville_runway. ht > ml > > > > is the small airport where his plane is hangered. > > > > Lee doesn't talk much when he's in the air or at least not to me. About > > the only thing he said to me was, "Now don't be looking at the > > instruments. Look at the horizon." It's fine with me that he wasn't > > chatty. I like the idea of being silent, of being one with the plane and > > the sky. > > > > However, Lee had plenty to say when he was on the ground. He has strongly > > held beliefs about planes and how people should learn to fly. I do not > > have the experience or the knowledge to agree or disagree with him. > > Besides, I am as interested in learning from him and hearing his flying > > tales as I am in riding in his plane. > > > > I pass some of his thoughts along to you: > > > > -Student pilots should be taught on tail draggers. > > > > -Tricycle gear planes are easy to fly. One doesn't really know how to fly > > until s/he can fly a tail dragger. > > > > -Ercoupes bore him. There's nothing much to do. (Don't be offended > > folks. Consider what he's been through and done in his life.) > > > > -He calls Cessnas powered gliders. > > > > -All students should have to do stall AND SPIN practice. > > > > -Because the landing gear are so close together, the T-6 is, using Lee's > > word, "squirrelly" on the ground. > > > > I think Lee has a reputation among the local pilots as being somewhat of a > > maverick. Andres, my CFI takes issue with certain flying practices of > > Lee's. Andres wouldn't come right out and say it, but I think he was a > > little concerned about me riding with Lee. Andres is an excellent > > instructor and he practices and teaches us safety, logic, precision, > > consistancy, discipline, organization, etc. I can understand why a pilot > > who's a bit, well, unruly, would make him nervous. On the other hand, Lee > > is 83, has been flying for 50-60 years and is still doing it. I don't > > think I need to state the obvious. > > > > From what I can tell from looking at Lee and talking to him, he is in > > excellent health- trim, fit, and strong. And if it's true that mental > > functions decline with age, Lee must have been some kind of an Einstein > > when he was younger. > > > > Two things Lee said made a particularly strong impression on me. I asked > > him to tell me his favorite plane of all the ones he flew. He said that > > he has flown 27 different planes and he loved them all. They all had their > > good and bad points. > > > > I wish I had written an exact quote but I didn't so I'll have to > > paraphrase. Lee said that he had fallen in love with airplanes when he > > was six years old. All he really ever wanted to do was fly and he feels > > the same way today. Any activity that can capture and hold a person's > > love and interest for 77 years has to have a lot going for it. > > > > But then, we all know that, don't we? :-) > > > > > > Spook > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics > > > > __________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ___________________________________________________________ > T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 > Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics __________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from this list please send mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
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