For several years, the reclusive neighbor had been quite friendly to the local glider pilots, allowing them to park their trailers in his side yard. The pilots either did not notice, or chose to ignore, his odd behavior toward the end of each flying season. One year, he was spotted at the local Home Depot buying a large circular saw. When approached, he got a strange look in his eye and muttered something about "taking care of the ruts in the yard." At the time, this didn't make any sense, so the pilots decided to ignore him once again. One of them, an EB-28 pilot with a full-sized SUV, later wished he had paid more attention to the crazy old coot.
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Invasion of the fuselage snatchers?
The result of a glider pilot refusing to cooperate with organized crime. The poor guy probably woke up to find his cockpit in his bed.
...proving that a bad day at the airport is not necessarily better than a good day at the office.
Nimbus 4DM?
http://www.genesys.net/eb28stolen/
The human animal is so over rated....
On a completely unrelated note I should have my self launching 1-26 flying in the spring.
I think I saw one of those at Elmira. It was rubber band powered, I believe.
For several years, the reclusive neighbor had been quite friendly to the local glider pilots, allowing them to park their trailers in his side yard. The pilots either did not notice, or chose to ignore, his odd behavior toward the end of each flying season. One year, he was spotted at the local Home Depot buying a large circular saw. When approached, he got a strange look in his eye and muttered something about "taking care of the ruts in the yard." At the time, this didn't make any sense, so the pilots decided to ignore him once again. One of them, an EB-28 pilot with a full-sized SUV, later wished he had paid more attention to the crazy old coot.
Here's a video of this same ship landing in happier times. Check out how the wing shape changes when the landing flaps go down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7lnjq1Un64
This glider is till winning races, only they are of the two-wheeled variety on the Eastern European Motorcycle Circuit...
Or winning races on the high-tech airboat circuit.
Nah those would all be [somewhat] noble ends for the motor. Being piss poor Europeans I bet they stole it for the two liters of gas in the tanks.
What? That? That's just a scratch! I could fix that in a weekend and paint to match the next! (Good luck finding a test pilot, though...)
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