GUMPS wrote:You really think the average joe knows or cares about the difference between a nose dragger and a tail dragger?
Talking about it by the water cooler? Absolutely not.
But every one of them can tell just by looking at photos that the fast Taildragger looks more interesting than the Cessna. Just like looking at a Fairlane next to a Ferrarri. One looks fast and fun just standing still.
AirFrame wrote:
But every one of them can tell just by looking at photos that the fast Taildragger looks more interesting than the Cessna. Just like looking at a Fairlane next to a Ferrarri. One looks fast and fun just standing still.
Well.... so did the Fiero with it's Chevette engine and underpinnings.
If you put an RV-7 next to a DA-20 next to a CH601.... no layman would be able to tell which one was the fastest and most fun.
A young stud flys his Cessna 150 to the big city airport where he spots a -10, a chick with spectacular mammeries. As he is trying to get to first base with -10, a Hercules taxies by. He tells the chick he is a pilot. She is impressed. He says, pointing to the Herc, "See, that is a C130, I fly a C150".
I would imagine that there are far worse ways to end a career than being put out to stud ..... it pays very well according to this article on race horses ....
In Italian culture a buzzjob is seen as an act of great "machismo" so it's going to happen.
In Italian culture it is not acceptable to challenge the decisions of your mother.
Italian culture is not compatible with the operation of modern training aircraft.
(sidenote: In SFO were apparently "blinded" by the sun's glare ... possibly off of a notepad or some other harsch reflection of the pre-noon sun in a delicate segment of their visual approach. In YKZ it was something else for sure, ie in the "buzzjob" footage it didn't appear to be too sunny out.)
