Question, how many here are involved with real airplanes?

robtek · #1 09-20-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Splitter

I have two parachute jumps under my belt...never again

. When does "I'm going to die" feeling go away? lol......

Splitter

We skydivers used to say: Do you remember the times when sex was save and skydiving dangerous? ;-D

Armatian · #2 09-20-2010, 06:27 PM

Well, a couples of times a year i fly with my father aboard piper pa12, almost category 1
And my best memories are from last year at electromechanical tech secondary school, we worked on III air force base, i was assigned at hydraulics, they let us put our hands directly on the airplanes after a few weeks. Was at category 4 =D
This was the plane, IA-58 "pucará" (indian fortress):

#3 09-21-2010, 06:52 PM

Wow, a Pucara, are they still flying in Argentina?!

Armatian · #4 09-22-2010, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Sternjaeger

Wow, a Pucara, are they still flying in Argentina?!

Oh yes they are, the structure on the oldest ones are a bit off (wings missaligned almost 20cm) but because they were built with huge security margins they still very capable, still nimble, i recall one english analist saying that two of these planes could hunt any chopper avaiable, great heli hunters, but they were made for counter-insurgent (a ridicule purpouse due to insurgency nature here in that time)

PD: Sadly we lost one young pilot and a plane a couple of weeks ago