Walk Around And Flight In Real P-38

Originally Posted by MaxGunz

IIRC Steve Hinton was another of the pilots in the series.

When they talk about how a plane flies (easy/stable/etc), remember how skilled the person saying that is. Ditto for book quotes.

Having actually talked to Steve Hinton about flying various warbirds the sense I got was when he said a particular warbird was "easy" (or "difficult") he meant for the average pilot who would be qualified to *start* flying it. Most of the pilots I know (including myself - lol) don't think any airplane they have flown is really particularly difficult for themselves (though they might think it would be for someone else) just varying in challenge. So that just means some airplanes need to be flown and others are easy. If Steve were talking about difficulty in terms of his skill practically no one but he would be able to fly these crates ... certainly not many of the tens of thousands of ~20 year old advanced trainee graduates we were kicking out in the early forties.

Just my thoughts.

[MaxGunz]

So when Gene Gamer who has never flown a plane before and doesn't bother with little things like trim says the FM is wrong because Steve Hinton or Jeff Ethell says the real plane is very stable while Gene finds the sim version isn't for him, he's right?

BTW, those 20 year olds (and many younger than that) did go from GA to trainer to fighter. Got to get your time in tail draggers on that path nowadays, don't you? Miss out on training time and who knows what levers you forget to switch?

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Originally Posted by MaxGunz

IIRC Steve Hinton was another of the pilots in the series.

When they talk about how a plane flies (easy/stable/etc), remember how skilled the person saying that is. Ditto for book quotes.

Originally Posted by zipper

Having actually talked to Steve Hinton about flying various warbirds the sense I got was when he said a particular warbird was "easy" (or "difficult") he meant for the average pilot who would be qualified to *start* flying it. Most of the pilots I know (including myself - lol) don't think any airplane they have flown is really particularly difficult for themselves (though they might think it would be for someone else) just varying in challenge. So that just means some airplanes need to be flown and others are easy. If Steve were talking about difficulty in terms of his skill practically no one but he would be able to fly these crates ... certainly not many of the tens of thousands of ~20 year old advanced trainee graduates we were kicking out in the early forties.

Just my thoughts.

I can't say I know him personally but I have had a few words with Steve in passing while doing volunteer work at Planes of Fame. Where did you meet him?

Originally Posted by secretone

This man died following his dreams. However the film he created is so good that it seems worth sharing with the community...

Seen it before but well worth another watch.


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