[simpits-tech] Memory Lane....

[Chris Woodul]

Ill take a TWEET and would love to fly in one. I just meant that here in
Texas it gets Kinda HOT in the summer and the TWEETS environmental system is
sort of lacking, The T-6II will be a little bit more comfy!

Chris

----- Original Message -----
From: "John P. Miguez" <jmiguez@bellsouth.net>
To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Memory Lane....


> Know knock the TWEET too badly.  It is a fun plane to fly.
>
> And it is a JET....... just barely but, a jet.  Besides, I bet it is as
fast
> or almost as fast as the T-6II
>
> John
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Sikkema" <hangr18@hotmail.com>
> To: <simpits-tech@simpits.org>
> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [simpits-tech] Memory Lane....
>
>
> > Well Chris, I'm FROM Grand Rapids, Michigan, a couple hours north of the
> > indiana border and a couple hours east of Lake Michigan. But I spend
most
> of
> > my time going to school at Michigan Technological University in
Houghton,
> > Michigan.
> >
> >
>
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?country=US&addtohistory=&address=&city=
> Houghton&state=MI&zipcode=49931&homesubmit=Get+Map
> >
> > Mapquest, in all its infinite wisdom, has decided that Houghton must
> reside
> > in Lake Superior, but ignore it. If you zoom out a bit and look to the
> > southeast of the red star you should see Houghton. Waaaay up there. The
> > canal I spoke about goes across the Keeweenaw peninsula, and is just on
> the
> > north side of MTU.
> >
> > The Bell 47 ride was in the Wisconsin Dells, one of those aerial tours,
me
> > and my dad did that on a family vacation. Lot of fun.
> >
> > As for what I've flown on, here's about as close as I can remember:
> > Cessna 172 Skyhawk - Most of my flight training, including an alternator
> > failure on my first solo cross country!
> > C-130 - Only a few flights, but a couple of them were fairly long
> > Cessna 150 - Only a few flights, but a few too many!
> > Cessna 177RG - The Strutless Gutless Wonder, also known as the Cardinal.
I
> > actually did a bit of work on this plane, helping the dentist my mom
> worked
> > for restore it. He gave me my first Airplane ride, in his Cessna 150. I
> > still remember it clearly... the duct tape on the wings, his door coming
> > open on takeoff... fun stuff ;)
> > T-1A Jayhawk - High speed low level in a corporate jet! Heheheh.
> > DC-3 - Won as a raffle prize this past Memorial day.
> > Bell 47 - already covered
> > B-1B and T-38 sims - try flying a B-1B low-level using nothing but the
> trim
> > in REAL life, hehehe.
> > I think that's about it, I may have missed something, though, I can
never
> > remember. Unfortunately a lot of this isn't LOGGABLE, I think I've only
> > logged hours in 172s, 150s, and the 38 sim.
> >
> > As for the T-6A, I'll be sure to give the group a complete rundown on
ALL
> > the aircraft I end up in ;) Actually, though I might still end up in the
> > Tweet. I don't remember the entire phase-in schedual, but I do know that
> > Columbus is the last to get the T-6 (seeing as they are first to get the
> > T-38C, they've already got a few, even), and they dont get them until
> 2006,
> > I *think*. Seeing as I'll be graduating in 2005, its entirely possible
> that
> > I might end up being one of the last to fly the -37. Doubtful, though,
my
> > casual status would probably be long enough that I would still end up
with
> > the T-6. But its possible.
> >
> > So thats my sorry life so far.
> > Brian
> >
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