Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane

Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by lutusp on Thursday February 20, 2014 @02:50AM (#7269502)

A reasonable number, but many of them were stunt pilots -- or thought they were stunt pilots. I didn't mean to create a false impression. Also remember I mentioned that was a 12-year period.

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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by jeiting on Thursday February 20, 2014 @03:10AM (#7269581)

Ah, the subset of stunt pilots will run a MUCH higher risk profile. That would explain a lot.

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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by WildUtah on Thursday February 20, 2014 @03:59AM (#7269737)

but many of them were stunt pilots

Lincoln Beachey thought it was a dream to go up to heaven in a flying machine The machine broke down and down he fell thought he'd go to heaven but he went to Lincoln Beachey thought it was a dream ...

RIP Lincoln Beachey, drowned in SF Bay 1915

[0] http://www.radiolab.org/story/159748-loop-loop/

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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by The_Fox on Thursday February 20, 2014 @12:06PM (#7271967)

That reminds me of something I heard once- "there are old pilots, and there are bold pilots, but there are no old bold pilots."

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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by miahi on Thursday February 20, 2014 @02:30PM (#7272980)

And then, there's Jurgis Kairys[1] doing things like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWaSgofuD6g at 60.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurgis_Kairys

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Re:Questions People Ask When I Tell Them I Own an Airplane by pubman on Thursday February 20, 2014 @10:23AM (#7271174)

This would have been key information in your original statement for sure.

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