Rutan makes emergeny landing

[squirrel 0]

and it was near our house.

story here


http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/rutan_4142___article.html/victorville_dick.html

________________________________
Where is Darwin when you need him?

[ryoder 1,387]

Quote

and it was near our house.

story here

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/rutan_4142___article.html/victorville_dick.html

Rutan was flying a C150???

That's like seeing Enzo Ferrari driving a Ford Escort.

Edited to add: Just realized it was Dick, not Burt, so it's more like Michael Schumacher in an Escort.

"There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones.

[monkycndo 0]

It would have been cool to be there to meet Rutan. Those guys have done some cool stuff.

*threadjack*
Ah, Hic'torville. Brings back memories. Lived in the area for ten years. Step mom worked at the listed paper. OK place to live, great place to leave.

Against my normal anti-posting about being a sports fan,

Go Jackrabbits!

See, they can't even have a decent mascot.

50 donations so far. Give it a try.

You know you want to spank it
Jump an Infinity

[squirrel 0]

Quote

*threadjack*
Ah, Hic'torville. Brings back memories. Lived in the area for ten years. Step mom worked at the listed paper. OK place to live, great place to leave.

yeah, I hear ya...I grew up in the SF bay area, and how I landed here, I have no idea. But, its basically a little over an hour to snow, beach, skydiving, and its an great place to go out and fly my ultralight really low and chase jack rabbits!

________________________________
Where is Darwin when you need him?

[warpedskydiver 0]

Geez maybe he was flyin' ghetto style?

I still want a Velocity LFG someday.

With an engine I have in mind

[VectorBoy 0]

Rutan was flying a C150???

I'm shocked the tall guy fit in the 150. You would think that Burt would let him take the Boomerang now that he lost his medical.

[JSBIRD 1]

How weird is it to see an aviator that experienced, from a family known for designing fast/efficient aircraft, flying cross country in a C150 that doesn't even have wheel pants?

BASE359

"Now I've settled down,
in a quiet little town,
and forgot about everything"

[Hausse 0]

Quote

Quote

and it was near our house.

story here

http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/rutan_4142___article.html/victorville_dick.html

Rutan was flying a C150???

That's like seeing Enzo Ferrari driving a Ford Escort.

Edited to add: Just realized it was Dick, not Burt, so it's more like Michael Schumacher in an Escort.

Bad example since Schumacher is driving Taxis at the moment

[davelepka 4]

Quote

How weird is it to see an aviator that experienced, from a family known for designing fast/efficient aircraft, flying cross country in a C150 that doesn't even have wheel pants?

I'm not sure if Mojave to Palm Springs qualifies as cross country. It looks like it's only about 100 miles.

You could fire up a big, complex AC, and by the time you get it up to speed and alititude, you have to bring it back down for the approach.

I would take a 150 on a 100 mile trip anyday. If I had to pick a plane to land on a dirt road, again, the 150 would be a good way to go.

[VectorBoy 0]

I'm not sure if Mojave to Palm Springs qualifies as cross country. It looks like it's only about 100 miles.

You could fire up a big, complex AC, and by the time you get it up to speed and alititude, you have to bring it back down for the approach.

[SBS 0]

Quote

It would have been cool to be there to meet Rutan.

It would be cool to meet his brother...supposedly his mother had a premonition when naming him Dick, because he "consistently lives up to his name".

_____________
I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...

[Zing 2]

I've met both of them. They're both decent fellows who have accomplished amazing things. Neither of them suffer fools gracefully.

Zing Lurks

[SBS 0]

I would hardly call the people I am referring to fools. And their personalities have nothing to do with their accomplishments, just as their accomplishments have nothing to do with their personalities. Thanks, though, for the most elegant of PA's.

_____________
I'm not conceited...I'm just realistic about my awesomeness...