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10-25-2012, 09:11 PM
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What could go wrong?
Joined: Mar 2007
Location: Beautiful Revelstoke BC
Oddometer: 4,959
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That Swift is awesome!
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10-31-2012, 11:21 AM
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Ribs....for her pleasure
Joined: Feb 2005
Location: Bitterroot Valley, Western Montana
Oddometer: 3,057
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Wow. That is one cool airplane.
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11-01-2012, 11:15 AM
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Rhymes w/piecejunkie
Joined: Jun 2006
Location: The only county in Illinois with no train tracks
Oddometer: 4,767
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Sure it is an old pic, but dang if this isn't one of the hottest pics posted here in a while:
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11-01-2012, 03:21 PM
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Bumpy Backroader
Joined: Jun 2005
Location: Western Canada
Oddometer: 2,418
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Raf
Or RCAF. Very cool.
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11-01-2012, 06:13 PM
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a quiet adventurer
Joined: Nov 2009
Location: Small Town, Texas
Oddometer: 3,404
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11-01-2012, 11:20 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Dec 2003
Location: Wasilla Alaska
Oddometer: 1,446
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A friend sent me this link about the Reeve Electra that lost it's #4 propeller in flight back in the 80's- I recall it being in the news but never knew all of the details. It's a little long but it has a happy ending.
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11-02-2012, 04:06 AM
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Just Passing Through
Joined: Mar 2010
Location: Cape Girardeau, MO
Oddometer: 1,616
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I used to rent a Warrior out of Riverside Airport in Wichita in the early 90's. They had four Swifts based there, an airplane with a somewhat dicey reputation. It was known as a bit of a widowmaker, but I suspect that's because they had good performance and did what you told them to do, for better or worse. As an aside, there was a long long list of mods available for the airframe. Enough to keep most owners pockets empty, at least.
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11-02-2012, 10:21 AM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Jan 2007
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Oddometer: 2,214
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Those Swifts are some beautiful planes.
I'd love to have one with a 180 hp Lyc, and a CS prop... |
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11-02-2012, 02:19 PM
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Still a stupid tire guy
Joined: Oct 2004
Location: Auburn, CA
Oddometer: 7,270
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Smile for the camera!
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11-02-2012, 07:21 PM
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Beastly Adventurer
Joined: Apr 2006
Location: Denton, TX
Oddometer: 2,704
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Not sure if they are in the area anymore but a number of years ago when I had a plane, had friends that had planes and did all the airplane related stuff in the area with the local EAA chapter there was a retired couple with matching Swifts. They were members of the local antique chapter. Those were gorgeous planes, polished, 2 tone stripes and rarely did you see one without the other parked right beside it.
I gave up the expensive airplane hobby for the bikes but still look skyward.
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11-06-2012, 01:14 PM
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Ran when parked
Joined: Oct 2007
Location: The Horse Latitudes
Oddometer: 505
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Polish MI-8 in Wardak Afg, 2008
 I'm not sure how to imbed this properly so it doesn't try and open a new screen to play...
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11-06-2012, 06:33 PM
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what blackflies?
Joined: Nov 2005
Location: Chapleau, ON
Oddometer: 2,620
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The video doesn't play for me, but I saw it on the news. The SUV driver didn't look for plane traffic or stop at the STOP sign painted on the road. I can understand how the driver didn't see the Cessna, but the pilot should have been able to see the SUV and gone around. The runway threshold doesn't show, but it looks like he was low on his approach and would have touched down well before the numbers.
Our local airport has a gravel road that crosses behind a runway and there is a STOP sign on a vertical post along with a sign warning drivers to look out for planes. I worry about boats where I land, not cars.  Edit: The video that was above disappeared, but it must have been the one about a Cessna 172 about to flare for touchdown hitting a SUV that drove across the end of the runway.
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11-06-2012, 07:27 PM
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Chaingolian Observer
Joined: Aug 2003
Location: Crystal Lake, IL
Oddometer: 2,266
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Minor injuries. Cessna and SUV FUBAR
Roanoke, TX K52F. Here's a link to the video: http://youtu.be/JS0kn0182cg
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11-06-2012, 08:06 PM
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1.5 Finger Discount
Joined: Apr 2007
Location: DFW, Texas
Oddometer: 20,077
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Quote:
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11-07-2012, 04:31 AM
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Native Texican
Joined: Sep 2008
Location: N.Texas
Oddometer: 4,740
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It's been on the news, pay attention.
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