Scudrunners

[size=1.8em][font=linux libertine]I was working at Malton Airport and watched Jan Żurakowski do the first flight test of the Avro Arrow.[/font][/size]

[size=1.8em][font=linux libertine]It was light years ahead of the rest of the world and a moron prime minister cancelled it.[/font][/size]

[quote author=Colonel Sanders link=topic=7245.msg19999#msg19999 date=1508686988]

Here is one of my [i]student[/i] pilots, flying right wing on me:

Here is another one of my student pilots, again flying
right wing on me [/quote]

Hedley, how many students did you instruct that year, apart from your kid? I have sensed, from forum posts, there is some skepticism regarding how much instruction you've done recently.

I got my class 4 instructor rating in 1991 and instructed
continuously until the end of 2015. 

Checked my logbook, in 2015 I gave hundreds of dual
flights to around 50 different people.  I hope that's fucking
good enough for you.

Since then I have only flown for my own pleasure and
enjoyment, and I try to stay as far away from Canada
as I can possibly arrange.

I realize that I only instructed for 25 years or around [b]20%[/b]
of the history of powered human flight, which probably
doesn't cut much slack with you, but it's good enough
for me.

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Again, I invite you to post pictures of [i]your[/i] student pilots
flying russian jets, and formation aerobatics at airshows,
because I'm such a shitty instructor that has been personally
flying for [b]over one third[/b] of the history of powered human flight
without [i][b]any[/b][/i] accidents, ever.  Now, that's a crappy safety record.

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Nearly all of my friends are dead, and I'm still alive, I guess
because I'm such a shit pilot compared to a typical Canadian
that keeps trying to crash at SFO.

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Yeah, according to the Canadian internet experts, I never get
out of the pattern at CYSH, either.

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Hey, ever heard of a guy called Photofly?  Ask
him who instructed him for his class 4 instructor
rating, would you?  And fixed his VOR antenna
after the paint shop fucked it up, because I'm
such a stupid fucking engineer and the worst
fucking pilot on any aviation forum, ever?

[quote]I too hate instrument flying.  [img alt=;)]Forum/Smileys/default/wink.gif[/img][/quote]

At last a kindred spirit!

CS any chance you're going to get a US CFI or are you pretty much done?

I get pestered to do my CFI but to tell you the
truth, I'm getting pretty tired of being crapped
on.  I'd rather just fly for fun.

If you do this, people pour money over you:
[url=https://www.google.com/patents/US8667185]https://www.google.com/patents/US8667185[/url]

When you fly airplanes - especially if they are
shiny and you fly them with great skill - people
attack you and steal your stuff.  It's best to do
as little of that as possible.

The shape of that Cornell always looked "just right" to my eye.
I know they had issues with their wooden spar but-if you flew it, Andy-could you share your thoughts with us?

The Cornell was a wonderful, gentle airplane to fly.  Very
smooth inverted six.

It's biggest problem was it's weight.  On a hot day, the
climb rate is similar to an overloaded 150.

Given that dropping 500 lbs was not likely, adding a
more powerful engine would vastly improve it.  The
Stearman comes to mind.  IMHO the Cornell needs
a power increase more than the Stearman!

Given that a PT-6 or even Allison would be financially
insane, I might suggest a good cheap Walter M601. 
Didn't GE buy them a while back?

[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_M601]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_M601[/url]

The Cornell was a very stable easy machine to fly and it was big.


But like Andy said it was under powered.


Mind you when I flew one I was only a puppy.


I do remember the year though it was in the summer of 1954.


The Stearman is hands down my favourite airplane and I would love to get one with the 600 HP P&W radial in it.

Blows my mind to think of a Stearman with a wasp R-1340.

I found the wasp jr R-985 Stearman to be rather nose-heavy. 
No complaints about the power, though!  Not many aircraft
you can take off, turn and level off on downwind and do a
roll before you turn base, the first time you fly it. 

It inspired that level of confidence.

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It's not easy being green, but if your only airplane is a
Stearman, life ain't all that bad.