Years ago I had a neighbor who was building one of the slicker homebuilts in his garage. The first time I asked him about it, in fact the first time we met, I asked him how long he had been flying. He told me he was not even a pilot yet. Hmmm. I told him his project was a pretty "hot" plane and to be sure he had plenty of time in tamer aircraft before flying is own. He moved away after some time. Hopefully it all worked out.
At 10:45, it's a Cheetah. The American Aviation AA-1B at 4:04 it had the same glide ratio as other trainers; you COULD drop it like a stone if you wanted to but that can be a bonus. I trained in the AA-1 and 1B and I consider it one the the finest trainers ever made, Hell, once people finally started reading the POH then instructors and students had no issues.
I wish students were more disciplined about that. As I said, it was/is a great little plane but unforgiving of 'screwing around' which is what caused ours to crash. I do love the little bugger and it does prepare a student for hotter planes but it had a higher than average accident rate. Those were usually low time pilots which are by nature students ergo making it a questionable selection for a trainer in real statistics.
@@maxsmodels Well, anyone who "screws around" in a plane gets what they get. Most accidents at our training center with the AA1's were C150 pilots who did not understand that you have to switch tanks...
Excellent presentation and a great history lesson as well Max. You've been watching Mike Machat haven't you😂. I'm a grateful Gloo Trooper who loves the new channel. As always God bless you and your family and thanks for everything you do!
Deriving an interceptor from a strike aircraft was done successfully by Panavia with the Tornado ADV from the IDS. The Tornado was, however, a smaller airplane and about 30,000 lb lighter at MTOW! The F-111B needed a lot of thrust.
GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS,MAYBE ONE ON SEAPLANES? GREW UP IN S.E. LOUISIANA IN THE 50S AND 60S,AND THERE WHERE SEAPLANES EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED.THERE NOT SO MANY NOW,IS THIS DUE TO COST OR IT'S A TIME WELL PAST WHO OVER? TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS
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My first aircraft was different ,fast, dangerous, and gorgeous: A Gee Bee, from the Smithsonian. It fit neatly into my pocket at age 8.
😂 good one
Years ago I had a neighbor who was building one of the slicker homebuilts in his garage. The first time I asked him about it, in fact the first time we met, I asked him how long he had been flying. He told me he was not even a pilot yet. Hmmm. I told him his project was a pretty "hot" plane and to be sure he had plenty of time in tamer aircraft before flying is own. He moved away after some time. Hopefully it all worked out.
At 10:45, it's a Cheetah.
The American Aviation AA-1B at 4:04 it had the same glide ratio as other trainers; you COULD drop it like a stone if you wanted to but that can be a bonus. I trained in the AA-1 and 1B and I consider it one the the finest trainers ever made, Hell, once people finally started reading the POH then instructors and students had no issues.
I wish students were more disciplined about that. As I said, it was/is a great little plane but unforgiving of 'screwing around' which is what caused ours to crash. I do love the little bugger and it does prepare a student for hotter planes but it had a higher than average accident rate. Those were usually low time pilots which are by nature students ergo making it a questionable selection for a trainer in real statistics.
@@maxsmodels Well, anyone who "screws around" in a plane gets what they get.
Most accidents at our training center with the AA1's were C150 pilots who did not understand that you have to switch tanks...
@@arthurfoyt6727yes, the 150 arguably made it too easy.
Excellent presentation and a great history lesson as well Max. You've been watching Mike Machat haven't you😂. I'm a grateful Gloo Trooper who loves the new channel. As always God bless you and your family and thanks for everything you do!
thanks
Hiya Max, as someone who is about to go into flight school, this is really interesting, especially the bit about flying wothin your needs.
Best wishes…we need you!
Deriving an interceptor from a strike aircraft was done successfully by Panavia with the Tornado ADV from the IDS. The Tornado was, however, a smaller airplane and about 30,000 lb lighter at MTOW! The F-111B needed a lot of thrust.
Awesome video.
Thanks
Great job you nailed it. Keep ‘em coming
my ego wants me to buy P-51D 😂 my wallet says “just buy a ticket at southwest”
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You nailed it, thanks!
Thanks Mike
GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS,MAYBE ONE ON SEAPLANES? GREW UP IN S.E. LOUISIANA IN THE 50S AND 60S,AND THERE WHERE SEAPLANES EVERYWHERE YOU LOOKED.THERE NOT SO MANY NOW,IS THIS DUE TO COST OR IT'S A TIME WELL PAST WHO OVER? TAKE CARE AND GOD BLESS
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